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Table 3 Summary of factors that influence nomadic pastoralist access to R/MHCSs

From: Nomadic pastoralists' experience accessing reproductive and maternal healthcare services in low and middle-income countries: A contextual scoping review

S/N

Author

Nomadic pastoralist experiences accessing reproductive health services

Physical

Political factors

Economic

Socio-cultural

Geo. isolation

Quality of RHS

Discrimination/marginalization

Vulnerability to political factors

Poverty/lack of resources

Gender roles

Socio-cultural norms

Perception towards RHS

1

Ag Ahmed et al. 2018

  

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2

Assefa et al. 2018

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3

Byrne et al. 2016

       

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4

Caulfield et al. 2016

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5

Chatty et al. 2013

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6

El-Shiekh and Kwaak 2015

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7

Ernest et al. 2011

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8

Maro et al. 2012

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9

Gitimu et al. 2011

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10

Gyaltsen et al. 2014

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11

Hampshire 2002

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12

Ibrhim et al. 2018

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13

Jackson et al. 2017

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14

Kenny et al. 2021

    

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15

Kermode et al. 2017

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√

 

√

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16

Lechthaler et al. 2018

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√

 

17

Maro and Kwaak, 2012

      

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18

Moucheraud et al. 2018

 

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19

Okeibunor et al. 2013

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20

Pettitt 2011

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21

Reeve et al. 2016

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22

Sachdev 2012

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23

Wako and Kassa 2017

    

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24

Yousuf et al. 2011

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25

Mekonnen et al. 2012

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