Implementation of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: a scoping review protocol

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 14; no. 5; p. e084583
• Main Authors: Gama, Zenewton André da Silva, Lima, Milena Thaisa Silva de, Semrau, Katherine E A, Tuller, Danielle E, Fifield, Jocelyn, Fernández-Elorriaga, María, Saraiva, Cecília Olívia Paraguai de Oliveira, Freitas, Marise Reis de, Pellense, Márcia Cunha da Silva, Rosendo, Tatyana Maria Silva de Souza, Molina, Rose L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 07.05.2024; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Births; Checklist; Childbirth & labor; Delivery, Obstetric - standards; Dissertations & theses; Female; Fetuses; Grey literature; Humans; implementation science; Infant, Newborn; Maternal mortality; Medical Subject Headings-MeSH; National libraries; Obstetrics; Parturition; Postpartum period; postpartum women; Pregnancy; Public health; quality in health care; Research Design; safety; Scoping Reviews As Topic; Software; Stillbirth; Subject heading schemes; World Health Organization; Canada; Europe; postpartum women; safety; quality in health care; implementation science
• ISSN: 2044-6055; 2044-6055
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084583

IntroductionThe WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (WHO SCC) was developed to accelerate adoption of essential practices that prevent maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality during childbirth. This study aims to summarise the current landscape of organisations and facilities that have implemented the WHO SCC and compare the published strategies used to implement the WHO SCC implementation in both successful and unsuccessful efforts.Methods and analysisThis scoping review protocol follows the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute. Data will be collected and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews report. The search strategy will include publications from the databases Scopus, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science, in addition to a search in grey literature in The National Library of Australia’s Trobe, DART-Europe E-Theses Portal, Electronic Theses Online Service, Theses Canada, Google Scholar and Theses and dissertations from Latin America. Data extraction will include data on general information, study characteristics, organisations involved, sociodemographic context, implementation strategies, indicators of implementation process, frameworks used to design or evaluate the strategy, implementation outcomes and final considerations. Critical analysis of implementation strategies and outcomes will be performed with researchers with experience implementing the WHO SCC.Ethics and disseminationThe study does not require an ethical review due to its design as a scoping review of the literature. The results will be submitted for publication to a scientific journal and all relevant data from this study will be made available in Dataverse.Trial registration number https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RWY27.