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Table 3 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: The role and scope of practice of midwives in humanitarian settings: a systematic review and content analysis

Included

Excluded

In English

In languages other than English

Contemporary papers (years 2007–2017)

Pre 2007

Papers reporting primary research (of any method)

Papers reporting other forms of research including literature reviews

Papers pertaining specifically to the work of midwives

Papers pertaining to clinical staff whose primary function is not to provide midwifery services

Papers which differentiate the work of midwives from other cadre

Papers which discuss the roles of “skilled birth attendants” or “SRH staff” without differentiation by cadre

Papers pertaining to the role of midwives in delivering and performing any component of sexual and/or reproductive health outlined in the MISP, clinical and/or non-clinical

Papers pertaining to general/other components of health care

Papers including a description of the role of midwives in delivering SRH care in humanitarian emergency contexts and/or how they work with other health professionals to deliver SRH care in humanitarian emergency settings

Papers in which the role(s) of midwives are not described, or where involvement of midwives/ midwifery skills is recommended not implemented.

Papers pertaining to the role of midwives in meeting the SRH needs of refugee women in country of resettlement

Papers addressing any point in the continuum of an emergency (mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery)

Development settings and where the humanitarian setting is not directly described or addressed within the paper