SEARCH STRATEGIES | Reproductive health research capacity strengthening programs in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

Abstract

A comprehensive search of the literature published between January 2011 and August 2023 was conducted by a health sciences informationist (GKR). Discrete searches were conducted in nine databases: MEDLINE via Ovid, Embase via Elsevier, Scopus, CINAHL via Ebsco, Web of Science, PsycINFO via Ebsco, Women's Studies International via Ebsco, CABI Global Health and Global Index Medicus. No restrictions on language were applied. The original literature search was implemented in November 2021. A search update was conducted in August 2023. Search strategies were constructed by combining search terms representing three search concepts: (1) sexual and reproductive health; (2) research strengthening or capacity building; and (3) low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) or low-resourced regions. The third concept described above was represented by variations on the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) LMIC search filter (v.4) [1] in all databases except for Embase, CABI Global Health, and Global Index Medicus. The University of North Carolina's Developing Country / Low-Middle Income Searches filter (2019 update) [2] was used in Embase. No LMIC search filters were used in CABI Global Health or in Global Index Medicus. The World Bank [3] list of country income status was used as a criterion to identify a country as an LMIC. ___________________________________________________________________________________

1. The Cochrane Collaboration. LMIC Filters [Internet]. [cited 2022 May 23]. Available from: https://epoc.cochrane.org/lmic-filters ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. University of North Carolina University Libraries. Public Health: Popular search strategies [Internet]. [cited 2022 May 23]. Available from: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/c.php?g=8369&p=784120 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. World Bank. World Bank Country and Lending Groups [Internet]. [cited 2022 May 23]. Available from: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups