Table 2 Summary of articles included in the review
Author | Year | Title | Type of publication | Data collection | Nomadic population described |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmed, et al. | 2018 | Sociocultural Determinants of Nomadic Women’s Utilization of Assisted Childbirth in Gossi, Mali: A Qualitative Study | Peer reviewed article: research | Literature review, semi-structured interviews, non-participant observation | Tamasheq (Tuareg) and Fulani in Gossi region of Mali |
Sharma et al. | 2014 | Exploring Tribal Women’s health seeking behaviour in context of demographic and self-related variables | Peer reviewed article: research | Self-devised checklist and standardized SES scale | Gujjars from Jammu Province, India |
Assefa, et al. | 2018 | Magnitude of Institutional Delivery Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Women in Pastoral Community of Awash Fentale District Afar Regional State, Ethiopia | Peer reviewed article: research | Community based cross-sectional study | Pastoral community of Awash Fentale district of Ethiopia |
Byrne et al. | 2016 | Community and provider perceptions of traditional and skilled birth attendants providing maternal health care for pastoralist communities in Kenya: a qualitative study | Peer reviewed article: research | Focus group discussions and interviews with key informants | Pastoralists including Massai in Laikipia and Samburu counties, Kenya |
Caulfield et al. | 2016 | Factors influencing place of delivery for pastoralist women in Kenya: a qualitative study | Peer reviewed article: research | Interviews with key informants and nomad women | Pastoralists including Massai in Laikipia and Samburu counties, Kenya |
El Shiekh, et al. | 2015 | Factors influencing the utilization of maternal health care services by nomads in Sudan. | Peer reviewed article: review | Literature review of published and unpublished studies, research and reports | Nomadic communities in Sudan and neighbouring countries. |
Ernest, et al. | 2011 | Promoting modern family planning among Tanzania’s nomadic communities | Study report | Mixed method research: questionnaire, observation, FGD and IDI | Nomads from Kilindi District in the Tanga region, Tanzania |
Gitimu, et al. | 2011 | Using safe spaces and social networks to convey reproductive health information to nomadic girls | Commentary | Not reported | Maasai from Magadi, Loitokitok in Kajiado County, Kenya |
Gyaltsen, et al. | 2014 | Reducing high maternal mortality rates in western China: a novel approach. | Peer reviewed article: research | Case study | Nomadic herders from the Qinghai province, China |
Hampshire | 2002 | Networks of nomads: negotiating access to health resources among pastoralist women in Chad | Peer reviewed article: research | Qualitative research, including individual interviews, retrospective reporting | Pastoralists from Chad (camel herders near Dourbali; cattle herders near Birbaka; semi-sedentralised Fulani in Kas-samre north of Dougia) |
Ibrhim et al. | 2018 | Reasons for Low Level of Skilled Birth Attendance in Afar Pastoralist Community, North East Ethiopia: A Qualitative Exploration | Peer reviewed article: research | Qualitative methods including focus group discussions and key informant interviews | Pastoralist community in Afar region of Ethiopia |
Jackson et al. | 2017 | Factors That Hinder or Enable Maternal Health Strategies to Reduce Delays in Rural and Pastoralist Areas in Ethiopia | Peer reviewed article: research | Qualitative methods including key informant interviews with community based health extension workers | Pastoralist community in Afar Region, Kafa Zone, and Adwa Woreda (Tigray Region) of Ethiopia |
Kazi et al. | 2017 | Assessing Mobile Phone Access and Perceptions for Texting-Based Mhealth Interventions among Expectant Mothers and Child Caregivers in Remote Regions of Northern Kenya: A Survey-Based Descriptive Study | Peer reviewed article: research | Analysis of surveys given to patients at government health facilities | Pastoralists from Samburu, Isiolo, and Marsabit counties in Northern Kenya |
Kruger et al | 2011 | Where do women give birth in rural Tanzania? | Peer reviewed article: research | Secondary analysis of data from retrospective study | Datoga tribe (nomadic pastoralist) from Northern Tanzania |
Le, et al. | 2009 | Preferences for Perinatal Health Communication of Women in Rural Tibet. | Peer reviewed article: research | Mixed method research: FGD, IDI, 148 women were surveyed | Nomadic herders from Medrogongkar County, Tibet |
Lemaron | 2016 | Community And Institutional Factors Influencing Access To Antenatal Health Care Services By Maasai Women In Isinya, Kajiado County | Master thesis: research | Mixed method research with quantitative and qualitative research features. | Maasai women in Isinya, Kajiado County in Kenya |
Lindskog | 2014 | Natural calamities and ‘the Big Migration’: challenges to the Mongolian health system in ‘the Age of the Market’ | Peer reviewed article: research | Ethnographic research | Mobile herders from province of Arhanga, Mongolia |
Mansour | 2011 | Gender at the Margins: Bedouin Women’s Perceptions of Lebanese Health Provision | Peer reviewed article: research | IDI | Bedouin women in Kab Elias and Bar Elias in Middle Bekaa, Lebanon |
Mansour, et al. | 2014 | They aren’t all first cousins: Bedouin marriage and health policies in Lebanon | Peer reviewed article: research | Socioeconomic questionnaires, IDIs with Beduoin women, semi-structured interviews with policy makers | Bedouin women in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon |
Maro, et al. | 2012 | Myth and Believes associated with Utilization of Family Planning and Maternal health services In Nomadic communities, Kilindi, Tanga Tanzania | Unpublished article: research | Mixed method research: quantitative survey, FGD with young people, IDI | Pure and mixed nomadic communities in the Kilindi District, Tanzania (Nguu, Zigua, Masai, Kaguru Kamba) |
Moucheraud et al. | 2018 | Maternal Health Behaviors and Outcomes in a Nomadic Tibetan Population | Peer reviewed article: research | Secondary analysis of data from surveys | Tibetan nomadic women in Qinghai Province, China |
Nduba, et al. | 2011 | Reproductive health in nomadic communities: challenges of culture and choice | Commentary | qualitative studies (baseline study of AMREF programme) | Nomadic populations in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania |
Okeilbunor, et al. | 2013 | Prospects of using community directed intervention strategy in delivering health services among Fulani Nomads in Enugu State, Nigeria | Peer reviewed article: research | FGDs, IDI among members of nomadic camps and with health providers and programme officers | Nomadic population in the Enugu State, Nigeria |
Pettitt | 2011 | Sexual and reproductive health challenges among Botswana’s San women | Commentary | Not reported | San or Basarwa or Bushmen (hunter-gatherers), Botswana |
Sachdev | 2012 | Perspectives on Health, Health Needs and Health Care Services among Select Nomad Tribal Populations of Rajasthan, India | Peer reviewed article: research | Semi-structured questionnaires | Nomadic tribes in Rajasthan, India (Gadoliya Lohars, Banjaras, Rabaris, Nayaks, Kanjars, Sansis, Nats and Kalbeliyas) |
Schelling | 2008 | Learning from the delivery of social services to pastoralists: Elements of good practice | Report | Literature review | Pastoralists from Western Europe, Latin America, Central, Western and Southern Asia and throughout Africa |
Sorbye | 2009 | Somalia: A situation analysis of reproductive health | Report | Literature review and interviews with implementing actors | Nomads from Somalia |
Treister-Goltzman | 2014 | Health and morbidity among Bedouin women in southern Israel: a descriptive literature review of the past two decades | Peer reviewed article: review | Literature review | Bedouin women in the Negev region of southern Israel |
van der Kwaak (ed) | 2012 | Understanding nomadic realities: case studies on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Eastern Africa | Project report | Case studies from African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Project | Nomadic peoples in East Africa (Maasai of Kajiado and Magadi districts, Kenya; nomadic communities of Kilindi, Tanga, Tanzania; pastoral communities in the Afar Region, Ethiopia) |
Wako et al. | 2017 | Institutional Delivery Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Women of Reproductive Age in the Mobile Pastoral Community of the Liban District in Guji Zone, Oromia, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study | Peer reviewed article: research | Community based cross-sectional survey | Pastoralist community of the Liban District in Ethiopia |
Wiese | 2004 | Participatory mapping as a tool for public health decision-making in nomadic settings. A case study among Dazagada pastoralists of the Bahr-el-Ghazal region in Chad | Peer reviewed article: research | Participatory mapping, FGD and semi-structured interview | Dazagada pastoralists from Bahr-el-Ghazal region, Chad |