From: Evaluations of reproductive health programs in humanitarian settings: a systematic review
 | Included | Excluded |
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Topic | Papers that described RH programs to address maternal and newborn health, FP, HIV and other STIs and/or GBV (sexual violence including rape, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, and intimate partner violence) | Papers that reported on other reproductive health topics (e.g., female genital mutilation, forced or early marriage, reproductive cancers) |
Types of Papers/ Data | Quantitative evaluations of RH programs or services, including experimental and non-experimental designs that report outcome data | Descriptive quantitative papers with no specific health intervention and no outcomes (e.g., reporting only descriptive or baseline data); purely qualitative papers |
Settings | Humanitarian crises in conflict, post-conflict or natural disaster settings in lower or middle income countries | Papers in locations that were not affected by armed conflict or natural disaster; that were more than ten years post-conflict; disaster settings in higher income countries |
Types of publications | Papers in peer-reviewed journals | Letters, editorials, commentaries; grey literature; review papers (although these were screened for references) |
Language | English | Study titles and abstracts in languages other than English |
Publication date | January 2004 – December 2013 | Papers published before 2004 or after 2013 |