Table 1 Characteristic of included reviews
From: What influences the implementation of kangaroo mother care? An umbrella review
Author/year | Type of Review | Years covered | Number of studies in the review | Country | Setting | Aim/Objective | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smith et al. (2017) [27] | Systematic review | January 1, 1960 to August 19, 2015 | 98 | Americas, Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, and multiple regions | Health facility, NICU or stepdown unit, Community or population-based surveillance | To identify barriers and enablers of implementation and scale up of KMC from caregivers’ perspective. | Caregivers (e.g. mothers, fathers, and families) perspective |
Chan et al. (2017) [28] | Systematic review | January 1, 1960 to August 19, 2015 | 86 | Americas, Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, and multiple regions | Health facility, NICU or stepdown unit, Community or population-based surveillance | To further explore the barriers and enablers of KMC implementation specifically from the perspective of health systems, with a focus on HCWs and health facilities | Perspective of healthcare workers (HCWs) and/or facilities |
Seidman et al. (2015) [38] | Systematic review | Before August 13, 2013 | 103 | Sweden, United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, North Africa/the Middle East, Latin America/Caribbean, Eastern Europe, East Asia/ Southeast Asia/Pacific and multiple regions | Health facility, community-initiated setting | To identify the most frequently reported barriers to KMC practice for mothers, fathers, and health practitioners, as well as the most frequently reported enablers to practice for mothers. | Mothers, fathers, and health practitioners |
Kinshella et al. (2021) [29] | Systematic review | From database inception to December 2019 | 30 | Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda) | Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa | To understand the barriers and facilitators of kangaroo mother care implementation in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, where there are the highest rates of neonatal mortality in the world | Health worker, mothers and their families |
Mathias et al. (2021) [39] | Scoping review | January 1990 to August 2020 | 22 | Low-and middle income countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa) | Health facility, community-based surveillance | To map evidence on the barriers, challenges and facilitators of KMC utilisation by parents of LBWIs (parent of low birthweight infant [PLBWI]) in LMICs. | Parents of low birthweight infant |
Chan et al. (2016) [40] | Systematic review | January 1, 1960 to 19 August, 2015 | 112 | Americas, African, European, South-East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific and Multiple regions | Health facility, NICU or stepdown unit, Community or population-based surveillance | To understand factors influencing adoption of kangaroo mother care in different contexts | Mothers, fathers and families; health-care workers and facilities |