Table 2.

Summary of study findings

Outcomes of Interest			Place(s) of Access						Enabling Environment & Ecosystem
Effectiveness (n = 11)	Feasibility (n = 12)	Acceptability (n = 14)	House-hold (n = 13)	Informal community care or organizations (n = 0)	Over the counter (n = 2)	Formal community-based or outreach services (n = 3)	Facility based (n = 2)	Peer/ Person to person (n = 2)	Governance & regulatory alignment (n = 1)	Commodity security (n = 1)	Health worker awareness, engagement & motivation (n = 16)	Community participation (n = 14)	Digital technology & platforms (n = 4)	Mass media/ educational materials (n = 8)	Information systems (n = 1)	Financing (n = 0)
Self-care for mothers and newborns
(Abbas, Mirzazada et al. 2020) [24]
✓	✓	✓	✓								✓
(Adejuyigbe, Bee et al. 2015) [25]
		✓	✓								✓	✓
(Burke 2018) [29]
	✓										✓	✓
(Haver, Ansari et al. 2016) [34]
✓			✓								✓	✓
(Lathrop, Burke et al. 2018) [36]
		✓									✓	✓
(Sanghvi, Ansari et al. 2010) [40]
✓	✓	✓	✓			✓					✓	✓		✓
(Smith, Dimiti et al. 2014) [42]
✓		✓	✓								✓	✓		✓
(de Vries, Hamad et al. 2021) [31]
✓		✓	✓								✓
(Draiko, McKague et al. 2021) [32]
✓										✓	✓	✓
(Komakech, Lubogo et al. 2020) [35]
✓			✓									✓
Self-care for HIV
(Conserve, Michel et al. 2020) [30]
	✓	✓						✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
(Maatouk, El Nakib et al. 2021) [38]
✓						✓						✓	✓		✓
(O’Laughlin, He et al. 2018) [39]
	✓	✓	✓
(Sibanda, d’Elbee et al. 2019) [41]
	✓		✓									✓		✓
(Tonen-Wolyec, Batina-Agasa et al. 2019) [44]
✓	✓						✓				✓
(Tonen-Wolyec, Batina-Agasa et al. 2019) [45]
	✓	✓	✓					✓				✓		✓
(Tonen-Wolyec, Kayembe Tshilumba et al. 2020) [47]
✓	✓		✓								✓			✓
(Tonen-Wolyec, Mbopi-Keou et al. 2019) [46]
		✓									✓
(Tonen-Wolyec, Mboumba Bouassa et al. 2020) [48]
		✓	✓
Self-care for gender-based violence
(Tol, Leku et al. 2020) [43]
✓							✓				✓	✓		✓
Self-care for contraception
(Ammerdorffer, Laws et al. 2021) [26]
	✓				✓				✓
(Bertrand, Bidashimwa et al. 2018) [28]
	✓	✓				✓					✓	✓		✓
Self-care for abortion
(Berry-Bibee, St Jean et al. 2018) [27]
		✓			✓
(Gill and Tam 2021) [33]
		✓	✓										✓
Self-care and health services
(Logie, Abela et al. 2021) [37]
	✓										✓		✓