Prestige Tatenda Makanga|Nadine Schuurman|Peter von Dadelszen|Tabassum Firoz
A scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health
Simon Fraser University|Midlands State University|Simon Fraser University|St George's, University of London|University of British Columbia
geographic information systems gis increasingly recognized tools maternal healthto evaluate use gis maternal health identify knowledge gaps opportunitieskeywords broadly related maternal health gis used search academic articles gray literaturereviewed articles focused maternal health gis used part methodspeer reviewed articles n40 gray literature sources n30 reviewedtwo main themes emerged modeling access maternal services identifying risks associated maternal outcomes knowledge gaps included need rethink spatial access maternal care low middleincome settings need explicit use gis account geographical variation effect risk factors adverse maternal outcomes limited evidence existed suggest use gis influenced maternal health policy instead application gis maternal health largely influenced policy priorities global maternal healthinvestigation role gis contributing future policy directions warranted particularly elucidating determinants global maternal health