Table 3 Article characteristics
Author(s) | Year | Aims | Study design | Data collection / Eligibility criteria | Sampling method & sample size | Ages and genders in sample | Countries of origin | Host countries | Migration status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agbemenu et al. [46] | 2022 | To synthesise current evidence and identify gaps regarding family planning among African immigrant women in the United States | Scoping review | Included articles in English that reported on African immigrant or refugee women Excluded articles that focused on other aspects not explicitly family planning | PRISMA extension for scoping reviews Sample size: 9 studies | 18—55 years 100% women | Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Eritrea, Rwanda, Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Cameroon | United States | Forcibly displaced defined by civil unrest in home country |
Agbemenu et al. [49] | 2018 | To explore refugee women's reproductive health decision-making, as influenced by their resettlement in the United States | Qualitative | Focus groups (semi-structured) | Purposive sampling Sample size: 30 | 18 to 55 years 100% women | Somalia, Kenya | United States | Forcibly displaced defined by application for refugee status |
Baroudi et al. [42] | 2021 | To describe the extent to which sexual rights are fulfilled among young migrants in Sweden | Quantitative | Cross-sectional survey | Convenience sampling Sample size: 1773 | 16 to 29 years 34.9% women 63.1% men 2.0% non-binary | No countries of origin specified Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa | Sweden | Forcibly displaced defined by seeking refuge or asylum (not necessarily applying) |
Celikkannat & Gungormus [50] | 2022 | To evaluate refugee women's knowledge and attitudes about family planning | Qualitative | Interviews (in-depth semi-structured) | Purposive sampling Sample size: 30 | 19 to 45 years 100% women | Syria | Turkey | Forcibly displaced defined by application for refugee status |
Cox et al. [55] | 2019 | To explore couples' communication and decision-making regarding child spacing | Qualitative | Interviews (semi-structured) | Purposive and convenience sampling Sample size: 19 | 18 to 51 years 47.4% women 52.6% men | Somalia, Djbouti | United States | Forcibly displaced defined by civil unrest in home country |
Dhar et al. [48] | 2017 | To explore attitudes and beliefs about sexual and reproductive health among unmarried, female, resettled refugee women | Qualitative | Interviews (semi-structured) | Convenience sampling Sample size: 14 | 16 to 20 years 100% women | Nepal | United States | Forcibly displaced defined by being born in refugee camps |
Gumus Sekerci & Aydin Yildirim [43] | 2020 | To explore the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of refugee women regarding family planning | Quantitative | Interviews (structured) | Convenience sampling Sample size: 389 | 15 to 49 years 100% women | Syria | Turkey | Forcibly displaced defined by forced migration |
Higginbottom et al. [40] | 2013 | To explore the maternity experiences of Sudanese women resettled in Canada | Mixed-methods (only reported on qualitative data) | Focus groups | Purposive sampling Sample size: 12 | 25 to 45 years 100% women | Sudan | Canada | Forcibly displaced defined by civil unrest in home country |
Mantovani & Thomas [51] | 2014 | To explore the experiences of young refugee women regarding pregnancy decision-making | Qualitative | Interviews (in-depth unstructured) | Purposive and snowball sampling Sample size: 15 | 16 to 19 years 100% women | No countries of origin specified South West, West and East Africa | United Kingdom | Forcibly displaced defined by seeking refuge or asylum (not necessarily applying) |
McMichael [41] | 2013 | To examine the ways young refugee women negotiate teen pregnancy and early motherhood whilst managing the challenges of resettlement | Mixed-methods (only reported on qualitative data) | Informal discussions, interviews, written journal responses and field notes | Purposive and convenience sampling Sample size: 120 | 11 to 19 years 45.8% women 54.2% men | Sudan, Ethiopia, Liberia, Uganda, Burundi, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Kuwait, Bosnia, Croatia, Burma | Australia | Forcibly displaced defined by application for refugee status |
Mengesha et al. [56] | 2017 | To examine the perspectives and practices of healthcare professionals regarding their provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare for refugee and migrant women | Qualitative | Interviews (semi-structured) | Informant-purposive and snowball sampling Sample size: 21 | 32 to 70 years 100% women | No countries of origin specified | Australia | Used the phrase 'recent refugee and migrant women' |
Metusela et al. [57] | 2017 | To examine experiences of sexual and reproductive healthcare among non-English-speaking migrant and refugee women | Qualitative | Interviews and focus groups | Convenience and snowball sampling Sample size: 169 | 18 to 70 years 100% women | Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, India, Sri Lanka, South America | Australia and Canada | Used the phrase 'non-English-speaking migrant and refugee women' |
Ngum Chi Watts et al. [52] | 2014 | To explore the contraception knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of African refugee women in Melbourne | Qualitative | Interviews (in-depth structured) | Purposive and snowball sampling Sampling size: 16 | 17 to 30 years 93.6% women 6.4% men | Sudan, Liberia, Ethiopia, Burundi, Sierra Leone | Australia | Forcibly displaced defined by application for refugee status |
Ngum Chi Watts et al. [58] | 2015 | To examine contraception awareness and use among African refugee women in Melbourne | Qualitative | Interviews (in-depth) and focus groups | Purposive, gatekeeper and snowball sampling Sample size: 16 | 17 to 30 years 100% women | Sudan, Liberia, Ethiopia, Burundi, Sierra Leone | Australia | Forcibly displaced defined by application for refugee status |
Saint Felix [47] | 2019 | To outline and discuss the stories of young women detained at a Texas immigration detention centre who were pregnany, undocumented immigrants that were denied access to abortion | Narrative review | No eligibility criteria described | Not applicable | No sample | Mexico | United States | Forcibly displaced defined by being detained at an immigration detention centre |
Soin et al. [53] | 2020 | To examine the factors influencing family planning choices of resettled refugee women in the United States | Qualitative | Interviews (in-depth) and focus groups | Purposive and snowball sampling Sample size: 32 | 19 to 73 years 100% women | Nepal, Burma, Iraq | United States | Forcibly displaced defined by seeking refuge or asylum (not necessarily applying) |
Vaisanen et al. [44] | 2018 | To compare the relationship between having an abortion and current contraceptive use among Kurdish, Somali and Russian migrant women and the general population in Finland | Quantitative | Secondary analysis of national surveys | Stratified random sampling Sample size: 1000 | 18 to 64 years 100% women | Russia (or the former Soviet Union), Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Somalia | Finland | Recent immigrant women |
Verran et al. [54] | 2015 | To examine the experiences and decisions about family planning among Chinese women seeking asylum in the United Kingdom | Qualitative | Interviews (semi-structured) | Purposive and snowball sampling Sample size: 10 | 26 to 41 years 100% women | Mainland China | United Kingdom | Forcibly displaced defined by seeking refuge or asylum (not necessarily applying) |
Zimmerman & Beam [45] | 2020 | To examine the information-seeking patterns, needs and barriers among refugee women regarding their health | Mixed-methods | Cross-sectional survey | Convenience sampling Sample size: 85 | 18 to 68 years 100% women | No countries of origin specified Central America, Africa | United States | Forcibly displaced defined by application for refugee status |