School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.
School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University Campbelltown Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.
Syst Rev. 2019 Jul 31;8(1):189. doi: 10.1186/s13643-019-1112-7.
South Asia has one of the largest proportions of undernourished children in the world, especially stunting, wasting, and underweight as well as micronutrient deficiencies such as the deficiency of iron, vitamin A, and zinc. Undernutrition continues to pose a major threat to this region's economic and social growth. This systematic review aims to assess the drivers and identify priorities for child undernutrition in South Asia. It aims to appraise, synthesise, and summarise literature to create an evidence base that looks at multiple faces of macro and micro child undernutrition in South Asia.
A systematic review of published and grey literature on child undernutrition, including macro and micronutrient deficiencies, in South Asia covering the period January 2000 to September 2019 will be undertaken. Studies with all relevant study designs and those published in English will be considered for inclusion. Five academic databases will be searched: CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed, PsycINFO, and Scopus, in addition to various grey literature sources. The analysis will incorporate a narrative synthesis, meta-ethnography or a meta-analysis as appropriate, depending on the nature of the retrieved data. Quality of the included studies will be assessed by validated tools. The UNICEF conceptual framework on child undernutrition will be used to frame findings.
This protocol is guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols (PRISMA-P) guidelines. The protocol gives an insight into the scope and parameters for the systematic review to be carried out.
The protocol was registered by the PROSPERO international prospective register of systematic reviews, reference CRD42018112696 .
南亚是世界上营养不良儿童比例最高的地区之一，特别是发育迟缓、消瘦和体重不足，以及缺铁、维生素 A 和锌等微量营养素缺乏。营养不良仍然是该地区经济和社会发展的主要威胁。本系统评价旨在评估南亚儿童营养不良的驱动因素，并确定优先事项。旨在评估、综合和总结文献，为研究南亚宏观和微观儿童营养不良的多个方面创建一个证据基础。
对 2000 年 1 月至 2019 年 9 月期间发表和灰色文献中有关南亚儿童营养不良（包括宏观和微量营养素缺乏）的系统评价和灰色文献进行综述。将考虑纳入所有相关研究设计的研究，以及以英文发表的研究。将在五个学术数据库中搜索：CINAHL、EMBASE、PubMed、PsycINFO 和 Scopus，此外还将搜索各种灰色文献来源。分析将根据检索数据的性质，采用叙述性综合、元民族学或荟萃分析。将使用经过验证的工具评估纳入研究的质量。该研究将使用儿童营养不良的联合国儿童基金会概念框架来构建研究结果。
本方案由系统评价和荟萃分析首选报告项目（PRISMA-P）指南指导。该方案深入了解将进行的系统评价的范围和参数。
该方案已在 PROSPERO 国际前瞻性系统评价注册中心进行了注册，参考 CRD42018112696。
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