Maternal health research outputs and gaps in Latin America
Reflections from the mapping study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19534147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily Vargas-Riaño, Emily M Vargas-Riaño, Víctor Becerril‐Montekio (0000-0002-7375-1484, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, corresponding author), Francisco Becerra-Posada (0000-0001-9074-0608, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Mario Tristan (0000-0001-6732-3398, International Health Central American Institute Foundation) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 74-74 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Globalization and Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-8603 • E-ISSN: 1744-8603 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12992-017-0300-2 |
| PMID | 28923096 |
| OpenAlex | W2756314661 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
As part of the MASCOT/WOTRO multinational team conducting the maternal health literature mapping, four Latin American researchers were particularly interested in analysing information specific to their region. The mapping started with 45,959 papers uploaded from MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, LILACAS, PopLINE, PsycINFO and Web of Knowledge. From these, 4175 full texts were reviewed and 2295 papers were subsequently included. Latin America experienced an average maternal mortality decline of 40% between 1990 and 2013. Nevertheless, the region's performance was below the global average and short of the 75% reduction set in Millennium Development Goal 5 for 2015. The main outcomes show that research on maternal health in the countries where the most impoverished populations of the world are living is not always aligned with their compelling needs. From another perspective, the review made it possible to recognize that research funding as well as the amount of scientific literature produced concentrate on issues that are not necessarily among the main causes of maternal deaths. Even though research on maternal health in Latin America has grown from an average of 92.5 publications per year in 2000-2003 to 236.7 between 2008 and 2012, it's not satisfactorily keeping pace with other regions. In conclusion, it is critical to effectively orient research funding and production to respond to the health needs of the population. At the same time, there is a need for innovative mechanisms to strengthen the production and uptake of scientific evidence that can properly inform public health decision making
CINAHL · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Global health · Health services research · Latin Americans · MEDLINE · Millennium Development Goals · Nursing research · Political science · Population · PsycINFO · Public health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare · Medicine · Nursing · Health Policy
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |