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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Implementation strategies, facilitators, and barriers to scaling up and sustaining post pregnancy family planning, a mixed-methods systematic review

Author-Year

Country

Type of study

Design

Sample

Scaling up category

Akman 2010 [55]

Turkey

Quantitative

RCT

180

Recipient of care

Billings 2007 [49]

Bolivia, Mexico

Qualitative

IDI

49

Healthcare infrastructure, Policy and regulation, Financing, Human resource, Recipient of care

Cooper 2014 [47]

Bangladesh

Qualitative

IDI, FGD

40

Recipient of care

deSilva 2021 [39]

Sri Lanka

Qualitative

IDI

12

Healthcare infrastructure, Policy and regulation, Financing, Human resource, Recipient of care

DeSisto 2019 [27]

USA

Qualitative

IDI

41

Healthcare infrastructure, Policy and regulation, Financing, Human resource, Recipient of care

Eluwa 2016 [41]

Nigeria

Quantitative

BA

728

Recipient of care

Espey 2021 [45]

Rwanda

Quantitative

BA

12,068

Human resource, Recipient of care

Ingabire 2018 [46]

Rwanda

Quantitative

BA

9020

Human resource, Recipient of care

Karra 2019 [40]

Sri Lanka

Quantitative

stepped-wedge cluster RCT

39,084

Healthcare infrastructure, Human resource, Recipient of care

Kestler 2006 [51]

Guatemala

Quantitative

BA

13,928

Healthcare infrastructure, Human resource, Recipient of care

Koch 2022 [28]

United States

Quantitative

Retrospective Cohort

6233

Financing

Lacy 2020 [29]

United States

Quantitative

QI

2012

Healthcare infrastructure, Policy and regulation, Financing, Human resource, Recipient of care

Nelson 2019 [53]

Liberia

Mixed methods

FGD, KII, CBA

1066

Policy and regulation, Human resource, Recipient of care

Palm 2020 [30]

United States

Mixed methods

IDI, stepped wedge

20

Healthcare infrastructure, Policy and regulation, Financing, Human resource, Recipient of care

Pearson 2020 [35]

Tanzania

Quantitative

Stepped-wedge cluster RCT

15,264

Healthcare infrastructure, Human resource, Recipient of care

Pleah 2016 [48]

Benin, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Senegal, Togo

Quantitative

BA

15,000

Human resource

Pradhan 2019 [43]

Nepal

Quantitative

Stepped wedge RCT

75,587

Healthcare infrastructure, Human resource, Recipient of care

Rasch 2005 [36]

Tanzania

Qualitative

cross-sectional

1365

Human resource, Recipient of care

Saeed 2008 [54]

Pakistan

Quantitative

RCT

600

Recipient of care

Sebastian 2012 [52]

India

Quantitative

RCT

959

Recipient of care

Simmons 2013 [31]

USA

Quantitative

RCT

50

Financing, Recipient of care

Sodje 2016 [42]

Nigeria

Quantitative

Prospective cohort

1061

Human resource, Recipient of care

Stephens 2019 [37]

Tanzania

Quantitative

cross-sectional

6636

Healthcare infrastructure, Policy and regulation, Financing, Human resource, Recipient of care

Tang 2014 [32]

USA

Quantitative

RCT

800

Recipient of care

Tran 2018 [50]

Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo

Qualitative

IDI, FGD

213

Healthcare infrastructure, Policy and regulation, Financing, Human resource, Recipient of care

Wilkinson 2019 [33]

United States

Quantitative

Retrospective Cohort

1072

Financing

Wu 2020 [44]

Nepal

Mixed methods

BA

953

Recipient of care

Yahner 2022 [38]

Bangladesh, Tanzania

Qualitative

IDI, FGD

60

Human resource, Recipient of care

Zerden 2015 [34]

United States

Quantitative

RCT

324

Recipient of care

  1. BA Before after, CBA controlled before after, FGD focus group discussion, IDI in-depth interview, KII key informant interviews, RCT randomized controlled trial