Methods to measure effects of social accountability interventions in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health programs: systematic review and critique

Table 1 Search terms

Accountability^a	Social Responsibility [MeSH]^b, Community Participation [MeSH], accountab^a, “collective action”, “community action”, social mobili#ation”, “community mobili#ation”, “social movement^a”, “community movement^a”, “participatory budgeting”, “public expenditure tracking”, “citizen charter^a”, “public hearing^a”, “citizen report card^a”, “social audit^a”, “health committee^a”, “community scorecards”, “complaint mechanism^a”, “social protest^a” [TiAb]
And
Reproductive health	Reproductive Health [MeSH], Sexual Health [MeSH], Contraception [MeSH], Sexually Transmitted Diseases [MeSH], HIV, STI, “sexually transmitted infection^a”, reproductive, “sexual health”, “family planning”, contracept^a, abortion^a [TiAb]
Maternal health	Maternal Health [MeSH], maternal [TiAb]
Newborn health	Infant Health [MeSH], infant^a, newborn^a [TiAb]
Child health	Child Health [MeSH], child^a [TiAb]
Adolescent health	Adolescent Health [MeSH], adolescen^a, youth, young people, young person [TiAb]
AND
Health	Health [MeSH], health^a, wellness [TiAb]

^aThe Cochrane Library was searched using only the accountability terms
^bMeSH terms are specific to MEDLINE. The searches of EMBASE, Social Policy & Practice, and SCOPUS were as above but without MeSH terms

ISSN: 2072-1315