Chan Grace J, Getnet Misrak, Olowojesiku Ronke, Min-Swe Thein, Hunegnaw Bezawit, Bekele Delayehu
Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
BMJ Open. 2020 Jul 2;10(7):e034307. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034307.
There has been a tremendous reduction in maternal and child mortality in the last decade. However, a significant number of deaths still occur disproportionately in low-income country settings. Ethiopia is the second-most populous nation in sub-Saharan Africa with a high maternal mortality rate of 412 deaths per 100 000 live births and an under-five mortality rate of 55 per 1000 live births. This study presents a scoping review protocol to describe the current knowledge of maternal and child health in Ethiopia to identify gaps for prioritisation of future maternal, newborn and child health research.
A search strategy will be conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE and the WHO African Index Medicus. Researchers will independently screen title and abstracts followed by full texts for inclusion. Study characteristics, research topics, exposures and outcomes will be abstracted from articles meeting inclusion criteria using standardised forms. Descriptive analysis of abstracted data will be conducted.
Data will be abstracted from published manuscripts and no additional ethical approval is required. The results of the review will be shared with maternal and child health experts in Ethiopia through stakeholder meetings to prioritise research questions. Findings will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication, in addition to national-level and global-level disseminations.
在过去十年中，孕产妇和儿童死亡率大幅下降。然而，在低收入国家环境中，仍有相当数量的死亡比例过高。埃塞俄比亚是撒哈拉以南非洲第二人口大国，孕产妇死亡率很高，每10万例活产中有412例死亡，五岁以下儿童死亡率为每1000例活产中有55例死亡。本研究提出了一项范围综述方案，以描述埃塞俄比亚目前关于孕产妇和儿童健康的知识，确定未来孕产妇、新生儿和儿童健康研究优先排序的差距。
将在PubMed/MEDLINE、EMBASE和世界卫生组织非洲医学索引中进行检索策略。研究人员将独立筛选标题和摘要，随后筛选全文以确定纳入情况。将使用标准化表格从符合纳入标准的文章中提取研究特征、研究主题、暴露因素和结果。将对提取的数据进行描述性分析。
数据将从已发表的手稿中提取，无需额外的伦理批准。综述结果将通过利益相关者会议与埃塞俄比亚的孕产妇和儿童健康专家分享，以确定研究问题的优先顺序。除了在国家和全球层面进行传播外，研究结果还将提交给同行评审期刊发表。
