Effectiveness of Continuum of Care-Linking Pre-Pregnancy Care and Pregnancy Care to Improve Neonatal and Perinatal Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Kimiyo Kikuchi; Sumiyo Okawa; Collins O F Zamawe; Akira Shibanuma; Keiko Nanishi; Azusa Iwamoto; Yu Mon Saw; Masamine Jimba

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164965

Effectiveness of Continuum of Care-Linking Pre-Pregnancy Care and Pregnancy Care to Improve Neonatal and Perinatal Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS One. 2016 Oct 27;11(10):e0164965. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164965. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Kimiyo Kikuchi^{1

2}, Sumiyo Okawa¹, Collins O F Zamawe¹, Akira Shibanuma¹, Keiko Nanishi³, Azusa Iwamoto⁴, Yu Mon Saw^{5

6}, Masamine Jimba¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
² Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
³ Office of International Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Bureau of International Medical Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Healthcare Administration, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
⁶ Nagoya University Asian Satellite Campuses Institute, Nagoya, Japan.

Abstract

PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews (CRD42015023424).

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Review
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Continuity of Patient Care* / organization & administration
Continuity of Patient Care* / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality*
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Health Services / organization & administration
Maternal Health Services / statistics & numerical data
Perinatal Mortality*
Pregnancy
Prenatal Care* / organization & administration
Prenatal Care* / statistics & numerical data
Program Evaluation

Grants and funding

Grant numbers: 15jk0110006h0101 http://www.amed.go.jp/en/. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.