Table 2. Characteristics of included reviews.
| N out of 35 | % | |
| Year published | ||
| 2015 | 2 | 6% |
| 2016 | 3 | 9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 6% |
| 2018 | 3 | 9% |
| 2019 | 5 | 14% |
| 2020 | 5 | 14% |
| 2021 | 4 | 11% |
| 2022 | 6 | 17% |
| 2023 | 5 | 14% |
| Geographic regions* | ||
| Africa | 35 | 100% |
| Asia | 13 | 37% |
| Europe | 4 | 11% |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 12 | 34% |
| North America | 4 | 11% |
| Oceania | 1 | 3% |
| Type of review | ||
| Systematic review | 20 | 57% |
| Systematic review and meta-analysis | 6 | 17% |
| Systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis | 1 | 3% |
| Scoping review | 6 | 17% |
| Review (type unspecified) | 2 | 6% |
| SHRH domain† | ||
| Helping people realise their desired family size (contraception and family planning; prevention and treatment of infertility) | 7 | 20% |
| Ensuring the health of pregnant women/girls and their newborn infants (maternal and infant mortality; preventing complications in pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period)) | 14 | 40% |
| Preventing unsafe abortion | 1 | 3% |
| Promoting sexual health and well-being (prevention of reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections; HIV/AIDS; and promotion of sexual well-being and function)‡ | 23 | 66% |
| Promoting SRHR in disease outbreaks (including prevention of sexual transmission, eg, of Zika or Ebola viruses) | 3 | 9% |
| Promoting healthy adolescence for a healthy future (covering all SRHR outcomes, with a specific focus on adolescents) | 5 | 14% |
| Preventing and responding to gender-based violence and harmful practices (intimate partner violence, domestic violence and sexual coercion/violence; and harmful practices (ie, female genital mutilation; child, early and forced marriage)) | 11 | 31% |
| Covered at least two SRHR domains | 16 | 46% |
| Number of primary studies included - mean (range, IQR) | 33 (5–127; 15, 50) | |
| Methodology of included studies | ||
| Quantitative only (of these, number limited to experimental designs) | 17 (5/17) | 49% |
| Quantitative and qualitative (mixed methods) | 16 | 46% |
| Qualitative only | 2 | 6% |
| Main focal population(s) for interventions | ||
| Both adults and youth§ | 17 | 49% |
| Adults | 11 | 31% |
| Youth | 3 | 9% |
| Men and young men | 4 | 11% |
| Extent to which studies collected data with men | ||
| All/most | 16 | 46% |
| Some | 13 | 37% |
| Few/none | 4 | 11% |
| Types of interventions | ||
| Community education | 27 | 77% |
| Health facility education | 19 | 54% |
| Health facility service delivery approaches | 20 | 57% |
| Community service delivery approaches | 21 | 60% |
| Couples counselling | 19 | 54% |
| Reaching men via their partners | 17 | 49% |
| Mass media social mobilisation campaigns | 15 | 43% |
| Gender transformative workshops | 12 | 34% |
| School-based programmes | 13 | 37% |
| Health facility strengthening/provider training | 9 | 26% |
| Financial incentives | 11 | 31% |
| Structural interventions | 7 | 20% |
| mHealth interventions | 8 | 23% |
| Workplace programmes | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 121 | 34% |
| Funding reported | ||
| National Institutes of Health | 5 | 14% |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 3 | 9% |
| USAID/PEPFAR | 5 | 14% |
| WHO | 4 | 11% |
| DFID/FCDO | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 14 | 40% |
| None reported | 12 | 34% |
*
Per United Nations regions.
†
WHO SRHR domains.
‡
Excluding conditions not acquired sexually, for example, testicular and prostate cancers.
§
By ‘youth’/‘”young men’ is meant ages 10–24.
DFIDDepartment for International DevelopmentFCDOForeign, Commonwealth & Development OfficePEPFARU.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS ReliefSRHRsexual and reproductive health and rightsUSAIDUnited States Agency for International Development