SEARCH STRATEGIES | Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Uganda: a scoping review of qualitative studies

Abstract

A comprehensive literature search was conducted by a health sciences informationist (GKR) in May 2022 and updated in May 2023. The eight databases searched were MEDLINE (via Ovid interface), EMBASE (via Embase.com), Scopus, CINAHL (via EBSCOhost), Web of Science Core Collection (via Thomson Reuters), Global Health (via CABI), PsycINFO (via EBSCOhost) and Women's Studies International (via EBSCOhost). Keyword and controlled vocabulary search terms were used to represent concepts related to SRHR in Uganda. Geographic search terms focused search retrieval on articles referencing Uganda at the country level, by district [1] or capital city of Kampala. A revised qualitative/mixed methods search filter was used in all eight database searches [2]. Two unique qualitative/mixed methods search filters were revised for use in Ovid Medline to maximize retrieval of qualitative studies [2,3]. Final search strategies were determined through test searching and search syntax to enhance search retrieval. Search results were limited to articles published from 2002 to 2023. No language limits were applied. The comprehensive literature search was conducted to address overall sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Uganda as a whole. Due to the breadth and scope of the literature retrieval, this one search was used to inform two scoping reviews on qualitative studies: one to address family planning and comprehensive abortion care in Uganda [4]; and this review which addresses SRHR in Uganda. The study selection for each of the two scoping reviews was differentiated by their use of inclusion and exclusion criteria. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Government of Uganda. (2021, August 19). DISTRICTS - Ministry of Local Government. https://molg.go.ug/districts/ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. El Sherif R, Pluye P, Gore G, Granikov V, Hong QN. Performance of a mixed filter to identify relevant studies for mixed studies reviews. J Med Libr Assoc. 2016;104(1):47-51. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722642/ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Slater, Linda G. A Comprehensive Filter to Retrieve Qualitative Studies from the OVID MEDLINE Database (based on McKibbon, Eady and Marks (1999) and Evans (2002). John W. Scott Health Sciences Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Oct 4, 2017. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KdReD-h5NL5pX3vdEsOLxK2VtAsRe8ZM_uzuZPWcitQ/edit _________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Buser, J. et al.(2024). Scoping review of qualitative studies on family planning in Uganda. [Unpublished manuscript].