Corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health
Background: Geographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly recognized tools in maternal health. Objectives: To evaluate the use of GIS in maternal health and to identify knowledge gaps and opportunities. Search strategy: Keywords broadly related to maternal health and GIS were used to s...
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| author | Makanga, Prestige Schuurman, Nadine von Dadelszen, Peter Firoz, Tabassum |
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| description | Background: Geographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly recognized tools in maternal health.
Objectives: To evaluate the use of GIS in maternal health and to identify knowledge gaps and opportunities.
Search strategy: Keywords broadly related to maternal health and GIS were used to search for academic articles and gray literature.
Selection criteria: Reviewed articles focused on maternal health, with GIS used as part of the methods.
Data collection and analysis: Peer reviewed articles (n=40) and gray literature sources (n=30) were reviewed.
Main results: Two main themes emerged: modeling access to maternal services and identifying risks associated with maternal outcomes. Knowledge gaps included a need to rethink spatial access to maternal care in low- and middle-income settings, and a need for more explicit use of GIS to account for the geographical variation in the effect of risk factors on adverse maternal outcomes. Limited evidence existed to suggest that use of GIS had influenced maternal health policy. Instead, application of GIS to maternal health was largely influenced by policy priorities in global maternal health.
Conclusions: Investigation of the role of GIS in contributing to future policy directions is warranted, particularly for elucidating determinants of global maternal health. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-45912022-06-27T13:49:06Z Corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health Makanga, Prestige Schuurman, Nadine von Dadelszen, Peter Firoz, Tabassum Geographic information systems Global health Health policy Health services Spatial epidemiology Background: Geographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly recognized tools in maternal health. Objectives: To evaluate the use of GIS in maternal health and to identify knowledge gaps and opportunities. Search strategy: Keywords broadly related to maternal health and GIS were used to search for academic articles and gray literature. Selection criteria: Reviewed articles focused on maternal health, with GIS used as part of the methods. Data collection and analysis: Peer reviewed articles (n=40) and gray literature sources (n=30) were reviewed. Main results: Two main themes emerged: modeling access to maternal services and identifying risks associated with maternal outcomes. Knowledge gaps included a need to rethink spatial access to maternal care in low- and middle-income settings, and a need for more explicit use of GIS to account for the geographical variation in the effect of risk factors on adverse maternal outcomes. Limited evidence existed to suggest that use of GIS had influenced maternal health policy. Instead, application of GIS to maternal health was largely influenced by policy priorities in global maternal health. Conclusions: Investigation of the role of GIS in contributing to future policy directions is warranted, particularly for elucidating determinants of global maternal health. 2021-11-24T09:56:09Z 2021-11-24T09:56:09Z 2016 Article http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.09.007 1879-3479 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4591 en International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics;Vol. 135; No. 3: p. 13-17 open International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
| spellingShingle | Geographic information systems Global health Health policy Health services Spatial epidemiology Makanga, Prestige Schuurman, Nadine von Dadelszen, Peter Firoz, Tabassum Corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health |
| title | Corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health |
| title_full | Corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health |
| title_fullStr | Corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health |
| title_short | Corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health |
| title_sort | corrigendum to "a scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health |
| topic | Geographic information systems Global health Health policy Health services Spatial epidemiology |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.09.007 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4591 |
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