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Factors that influence the provision of good‐quality routine antenatal services: a qualitative evidence synthesis of the views and experiences of maternity care providers

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Theory of Reasoned Action
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Table 1. Qualitative and quantitative reviews related to the uptake and delivery of ANC

Review

Title

Focus

Methodology

What the current review adds

Dowswell 2015

Alternative versus standard packages of antenatal care for low‐risk pregnancy

Effectiveness of reduced schedule of ANC visits (FANC)

Quantitative (Cochrane Review)

Data that might explain why reduced visit schedules work/don't work for some women/groups

Catling 2015

Group versus conventional antenatal care for women

Effectiveness of different approaches to ANC

Quantitative (Cochrane Review)

Data that might explain why reduced visit schedules work/don't work for some women/groups

Downe 2009

Why marginalised women don't use ANC (HIC)

Exploration of women's views and experiences of non‐use of ANC in HICs

Qualitative metasynthesis

A wider scope, as the proposed review includes all women from all settings and includes facilitators as well as barriers

Finlayson 2013

Why women don't use ANC (LMICs)

Exploration of women's views and experiences of non‐use or limited use of ANC in LMICs

Qualitative metasynthesis

A wider scope, as the proposed review includes all women from all settings and includes facilitators as well as barriers

Phillippi 2009

Women's perceptions of access to prenatal care in the USA

Exploration of women's views and experiences of access to ANC in the USA

Qualitative metasynthesis

A wider scope, as the proposed review includes all women from all settings

Downe 2015

What matters to women

Exploration of what pregnant women might want and need to support them through pregnancy

Qualitative metasynthesis

This review excluded women who were reporting on their actual experience of ANC. The proposed review will include these accounts.

Munabi‐Babigumira 2015

Factors that influence the provision of intrapartum and postnatal care by skilled birth attendants in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Exploration of the attitudes, views, experiences and behaviours of skilled birth attendants and those who support them, to identify factors that influence the delivery of intrapartum and postnatal care in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Qualitative evidence synthesis

Data that might identify the barriers and facilitators associated with the delivery of intrapartum and postpartum care from the perspective of healthcare providers

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Table 1. Qualitative and quantitative reviews related to the uptake and delivery of ANC