Table 2.
Included studies characteristics
| Authors | Target population | Location | Participants (N) | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin, 2011 [53] | Pregnant women, all ethnicities included (only 17 % population described as white British in Newham [ONS, 2011]) | Newham, East London. | 219 | Sequential mixed methods (cross-sectional and qualitative). |
| Dormandy et al., 2010 [54] | Pregnant women <19 weeks, 6 days gestation No record of SCTa status | U.K. – inner cities (not specified) with high percentages of BAME women (at least 40 %) | 1441 | Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial |
| Wiggins et al., 2004 [55] | Mothers who delivered between 1st Jan 1999-30th Sept 1999 | Camden and Islington, London. | 731 (341 = “non-white” and 181 non English speaking participant | Randomised Controlled Trial |
| Littler, 2010 [58] | Teenage parents | Bolton | 160 | Multi-Agency interventionb |
| Khan, 2008 [56] | Vulnerable and hard to reach pregnant women | West Yorkshire | 286 | Service interventionc |
aSickle Cell Thalassemia (SCT). b Multi-Agency care pathway for teenage parents. c Befriending/advocacy service for vulnerable and ‘hard to reach’ women in the ante/post natal period