Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
PLoS One. 2021 Jun 4;16(6):e0251633. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251633. eCollection 2021.
A majority of women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are not able to access healthcare information due to different factors. This scoping review aimed to map the literature on access to healthcare information by women of reproductive age in LMICs.
The literature search was conducted through the following databases: Google Scholar, Science Direct, PubMed, EBSCOhost (Academic search complete, CINAHL with full text, MEDLINE with full text, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO), Emerald, Embase, published and peer-reviewed journals, organizational projects, reference lists, and grey literature.
A total of 377 457 articles were identified from all the databases searched. Of these, four articles met inclusion criteria after full article screening and were included for data extraction. The themes that emerged from our study are as follows: accessibility, financial accessibility/affordability, connectivity, and challenges. This study demonstrated that there are minimal interventions that enable women of reproductive age to access healthcare information in terms of accessibility, financial accessibility, and connectivity.
The findings of the study revealed poor access and utilization of healthcare information by women of reproductive age. We, therefore, recommend primary studies in other LMICs to determine the accessibility, financial accessibility, connectivity, and challenges faced by women of reproductive age in LMICs.
由于各种因素，大多数处于生育年龄的中低收入国家（LMICs）的妇女无法获得医疗保健信息。本范围界定审查旨在绘制中低收入国家生育年龄妇女获取医疗保健信息的文献图。
通过以下数据库进行文献检索：谷歌学术、科学直接、PubMed、EBSCOhost（学术搜索完整、CINAHL 全文、MEDLINE 全文、MEDLINE 和 PsycINFO）、Emerald、Embase、已发表和同行评议的期刊、组织项目、参考文献列表和灰色文献。
从所有搜索的数据库中总共确定了 377457 篇文章。经过全文筛选，其中有 4 篇文章符合纳入标准，并纳入了数据提取。我们的研究得出的主题如下：可及性、经济可及性/负担能力、连通性和挑战。本研究表明，在可及性、经济可及性和连通性方面，几乎没有干预措施可以使生育年龄妇女获得医疗保健信息。
研究结果显示，生育年龄妇女获取和利用医疗保健信息的情况不佳。因此，我们建议在其他中低收入国家进行初步研究，以确定中低收入国家生育年龄妇女面临的可及性、经济可及性、连通性和挑战。
