Table 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Category | Included | Excluded |
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Population of interest | Crisis-affected populations receiving humanitarian assistance or aid in low-income or middle-income countries (as defined by World Bank, 2012): including refugees and internally displaced persons | |
Intervention | Any health-related intervention seeking to improve SRH outcomes | |
Outcomes of interest | Primary outcomes include adolescent, maternal and neonatal morbidity; adolescent, maternal and neonatal mortality; STI diagnosis; gender-based violence; and unmet need for family planning. Secondary outcomes include contraceptive prevalence rate; skilled attendance at birth; and emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) | - Studies which do not quantify health outcomes - Studies only measuring knowledge, attitudes and practice as outcomes |
Study types and design | Primary quantitative research studies. Study designs including randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials, controlled before-after studies, controlled interrupted time series studies, economic studies (cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, cost-benefit analysis, economic modelling) of public health which the outcome is measured before and after the intervention or an intervention is studied against another intervention with baseline or control group. | - Studies on preparedness or resilience if not linked to an intervention evaluating the effectiveness or utilisation of SRH interventions - Studies only targeting child sexual abuse - Studies with no specific health intervention and no outcomes (i.e. studies examining only health needs, prevalence, health risk-factors, co-ordination). - Review papers; references listed in review papers will be screened to find more primary data sources |
Data type | Must include primary data | |
Phase of humanitarian crises | Studies conducted during the acute, chronic and early recovery phases of a humanitarian crisis | |
Publication date | January 1, 1980 –April 10, 2017 | |
Language | English, French | Other languages |