Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria applied in the scoping reveiw
| Â | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
Participants | Women, newborns and parents/caregivers/family members post-birth in a facility Midwives/nurses/other health workers or providers of care in a facility prior to discharge after birth | Other participant groups, unrelated to postnatal care Women, newborns and parents/caregivers/family members after a home birth |
Intervention | Discharge preparation or discharge readiness after facility birth | Â |
Context | Any country | Â |
Outcomes | Definitions of discharge preparation and discharge readiness Criteria and content for assessing readiness for discharge Description of interventions to improve discharge preparedness/discharge readiness | Â |
Type of document | Policy documents, guidelines, consensus statements, protocols, job aids, tools/checklists Published research with any study design and other literature (e.g. conference abstracts, commentaries) Unpublished documents including technical reports and dissertations | Â |
Language | No language restrictions although the search was conducted in English | Â |
Date limits | From 2000 onwards, when studies on the effect of ‘postnatal discharge’ began to appear in the literature | Prior to 2000 |