Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Teenage Pregnancies in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Effectiveness of Interventions aimed at preventing or reducing Teenage Pregnancies in Low and Middle Income Countries: A
Systematic Review.

A Dissertation submitted to The University of Manchester for the
Degree of Master of Public Health in the Faculty of Medical and
Human Sciences and the School of Medicine.

2012

Josephat Kakoma

School of Medicine

Table of Contents
List of Tables .................................................................................. 4
List of Figures ................................................................................. 4
List of Appendices ............................................................................ 4
Abbreviations .................................................................................. 5
Abstract ........................................................................................ 7
Declaration..................................................................................... 8
Intellectual Property Statement ............................................................... 8
Acknowledgements ........................................................................... 9
Dedication ..................................................................................... 9
1

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .......................................... 10
1.1
1.2

Previous Reviews ................................................................. 11

1.3

Rationale for conducting a Systematic Review .................................. 13

1.4

Definition of interventions ........................................................ 14

1.5

Aim of the Review ................................................................ 14

1.6
2

Public health rationale for the study .............................................. 10

Review question ................................................................... 15

References: bias in randomized trials (Higgins et al. 2011). See appendix IV for template that was used.