Table 2. Articles included after full-text review.

Authors, Year	Title	Purpose	Conclusion	Database
Adams and Young, 2022 [11]	Perceptions of postpartum teaching and knowledge of warning signs among black mothers	Conduct a survey of Black women who gave birth in the last year	Only 54.4% of participants were said to have been counseled on warning signs. 25% of participants could name no warning signs	Embase
D'Oria et al., 2016 [12]	Strategies to reduce maternal mortality during the first year after birth	Discuss opportunities to reduce maternal mortality	Women of childbearing age should be asked at every visit if they have recently been pregnant	Embase
Hernandez et al., 2018 [13]	Pregnancy-related deaths, Florida, 1999–2012: opportunities to improve maternal outcomes	Analyze pregnancy-related deaths in Florida and advise on methods to reduce rates of maternal mortality	In more than 40% of pregnancy-related deaths, the primary factors were deficits in provided health care	PubMed
Logsdon et al., 2018 [14]	Do new mothers understand the risk factors for maternal mortality?	Determine understanding of maternal mortality in new mothers	There are areas for improvement in the education provided for new mothers	Embase
Martin et al., 2022 [15]	Maternal early warning criteria predict postpartum severe maternal morbidity and mortality after delivery hospitalization discharge: a case−control study	Analyze utilization of maternal mortality warning criteria in the postpartum period	Women who had early warning signs during the postpartum period were more likely to encounter maternal mortality	Embase
Morton et al., 2019 [16]	Translating Maternal mortality review into quality improvement opportunities in response to pregnancy-related deaths in California	Determine opportunities for improvement in causes of maternal mortality in California	Identified themes that were related to medical facility and ability to educate women about risk factors	PubMed
Suplee et al., 2017 [17]	Nurses’ knowledge and teaching of possible postpartum complications	Evaluate postpartum nurses’ awareness of maternal mortality and education given to women prior to discharge	67% of nurses educated women on warning signs for less than 10 minutes	Embase
Suplee et al., 2016 [18]	Discharge education on maternal morbidity and mortality provided by nurses to women in the postpartum period	Analyze postpartum nurses’ methods of providing education to women prior to discharge	There was not consistent education given to each woman	Embase
Suplee et al., 2017 [19]	Improving postpartum education about warning signs of maternal morbidity and mortality	Develop teaching for nurses to educate mothers on maternal mortality warning signs	Nurses stated that discharge education checklist was useful and they were satisfied with patient comprehension	Embase
Tucker et al., 2021 [20]	Comprehensively addressing postpartum maternal health: a content and image review of commercially available mobile health apps	Judge peripartum applications available on health education information provided and inclusivity	Only 45% of applications used evidence-based information and only 45% included peripartum health risks	PubMed
Vernon and Yang, 2022 [21]	Implementing a self-monitoring application during pregnancy and postpartum for rural and underserved women: a qualitative needs assessment study	Assess qualitative needs of underserved women in Georgia and determine views on proposed home health monitoring application	Feedback will allow for improvement in application and increase postpartum education and care of underserved mothers	Embase