Comparability of family planning quality of care measurement tools in low-and-middle income country settings: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In low-and-middle income countries (LMICs), accurate measures of the elements of quality care provided by a health worker through family planning services (also known as process quality) are required to ensure family's contraceptives needs are being met. There are many tools used to assess family planning process quality of care (QoC) but no one standardized method. Those measuring QoC in LMICs should select an appropriate tool based the program context and financial/logistical parameters, but they require data on how well each tool measures routine clinical care. We aim to synthesize the literature on validity/comparability of family planning process QoC measurement tools through a quantitative systematic review with no meta-analysis.

Methods

We searched six lite

SUBMITTER: Hazel E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8557007 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature