Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Global research priorities related to the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: results of a global consultation
Reproductive Health, Volume 20, No. 1, Article 57, Year 2023
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO Labour Care Guide (LCG) in 2020 to support the implementation of its 2018 recommendations on intrapartum care. The WHO LCG promotes evidence-based labour monitoring and stimulates shared decision-making between maternity care providers and labouring women. There is a need to identify critical questions that will contribute to defining the research agenda relating to implementation of the WHO LCG. Methods: This mixed-methods prioritization exercise, adapted from the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) and James Lind Alliance (JLA) methods, combined a metrics-based design with a qualitative, consensus-building consultation in three phases. The exercise followed the reporting guideline for priority setting of health research (REPRISE). First, 30 stakeholders were invited to submit online ideas or questions (generation of research ideas). Then, 220 stakeholders were invited to score "research avenues" (i.e., broad research ideas that could be answered through a set of research questions) against six independent and equally weighted criteria (scoring of research avenues). Finally, a technical working group (TWG) of 20 purposively selected stakeholders reviewed the scoring, and refined and ranked the research avenues (consensus-building meeting). Results: Initially, 24 stakeholders submitted 89 research ideas or questions. A list of 10 consolidated research avenues was scored by 75/220 stakeholders. During the virtual consensus-building meeting, research avenues were refined, and the top three priorities agreed upon were: (1) optimize implementation strategies of WHO LCG, (2) improve understanding of the effect of WHO LCG on maternal and perinatal outcomes, and the process and experience of labour and childbirth care, and (3) assess the effect of the WHO LCG in special situations or settings. Research avenues related to the organization of care and resource utilization ranked lowest during both the scoring and consensus-building process. Conclusion: This systematic and transparent process should encourage researchers, program implementers, and funders to support research aligned with the identified priorities related to WHO LCG. An international collaborative platform is recommended to implement prioritized research by using harmonized research tools, establishing a repository of research priorities studies, and scaling-up successful research results. © 2023, The Author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Abalos, Edgardo J.
Unknown Affiliation
Adanu, Richard Mawuena Kofi
Unknown Affiliation
Dao, Blami
Unknown Affiliation
Downe, Soo M.
Unknown Affiliation
Hofmeyr, George Justus
Unknown Affiliation
Homer, Caroline S.E.
Unknown Affiliation
Hundley, Vanora A.
Unknown Affiliation
Lavender, Dame Tina
Unknown Affiliation
Lissauer, David M.
Unknown Affiliation
Lumbiganon, Pisake
Unknown Affiliation
Pattinson, Robert Clive
Unknown Affiliation
Qureshi, Zahida P.
Unknown Affiliation
Stringer, Jeffrey S.A.
Unknown Affiliation
Pujar, Yeshita V.
Unknown Affiliation
Vogel, Joshua P.
Unknown Affiliation
Yunis, Khalid A.
Unknown Affiliation
Nkurunziza, Triphonie
Unknown Affiliation
de Mucio, Bremen
Unknown Affiliation
Gholbzouri, Karima
Unknown Affiliation
Jayathilaka, Anoma Chandani
Unknown Affiliation
Aderoba, Adeniyi Kolade
Unknown Affiliation
Pingray, Verónica
Unknown Affiliation
Althabe, Fernando A.
Unknown Affiliation
Betrán, Ana Pilar
Unknown Affiliation
Bonet, Mercedes
Unknown Affiliation
Bucagu, Maurice
Unknown Affiliation
Oladapo, Olufemi Taiwo
Unknown Affiliation
Souza, Joao Paulo
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Authors: 28
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/s12978-023-01600-4
ISSN:
17424755
Research Areas
Food Security
Maternal And Child Health
Study Approach
Qualitative
Participants Gender
Female