Table 1 PubMed search strategy
Midwives’ experiences | 1. | nurse* OR provider* OR health worker* OR sage*femme* OR “skilled birth” OR “midwifery”[MeSH] OR “nurse midwives”[MeSH] |
2. | experience* OR perception* OR view* OR opinion* OR attitud* OR perspective* OR belie* OR account* OR narrative* OR story OR stories OR distress OR emotion* OR moral* OR ethic* | |
3. | 1 AND 2 | |
Birth | 4. | “Delivery, Obstetric”[Mesh]) OR “Perinatal Care”[Mesh]) OR “Parturition”[Mesh]) OR “Labor, Obstetric”[Mesh] OR childbirth* OR birth* OR deliver* OR labour OR labor OR “maternity care” OR “intrapartum care” OR “obstetric care” |
Interpersonal care | 5. | “quality of care” OR respectful matern* OR support* OR respect* OR disrespect* OR abus* OR caring OR violen* OR digni* OR neglect* OR psychosocial OR relationship* OR mistreatment OR interpersonal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6. | “Africa South of the Sahara”[Mesh] OR Burundi OR Djibouti OR Eritrea OR Ethiopia OR Kenya OR Rwanda OR Somalia OR Sudan OR Uganda OR Tanzania OR Benin OR “Burkina Faso” OR “Cote d’Ivoire” OR Gambia OR Ghana OR Guinea OR Guinea-Bissau OR Liberia OR Mali OR Mauritania OR Niger OR Nigeria OR Senegal OR “Sierra Leone” OR Togo OR Cameroon OR “Central African Republic” OR Chad OR Congo OR “Democratic Republic of the Congo” OR “Equatorial Guinea” OR Gabon OR Angola OR Botswana OR Lesotho OR Malawi OR Mozambique OR Namibia OR “South Africa” OR Swaziland OR Zambia OR Zimbabwe OR “Cape Verde” OR Comoros OR Madagascar OR Mauritius OR Mayotte OR Reunion OR “Sao Tome and Principe” OR Seychelles |
Full search | 7. | 3 AND 4 AND 5 AND 6 |