Scoping Exercise and Search Strategy
Creators: name: Maistrellis, Emily
name: Luffy, Samantha
name: Ivory, Alice
name: Bergen Cooper
name: Finkelstein, Mikal
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mexico City Policy
subject: Reproductive Health
subject: Abortion
subject: GGR
subject: Global Gag Rule
subject: Sexual Health

description: Scoping Exercise The scoping review requires identification of all relevant literature and evidence on the GGR, regardless of study design. Therefore the search terms and conditions will remain relatively broad. The review will explore electronic databases and reference lists, as well as evidence from existing networks, relevant organizations and conferences. Scoping Search Strategy A four-step search strategy will be used to extract peer-reviewed articles. Step 1: An initial constrained search will be conducted in two databases - PubMed and EMBASE - that are relevant to the GGR topic. This search will enable the identification of key index terms and words that will guide the search strategy for the rest of the databases Step 2: All the keywords and index terms identified in Step 1 will be applied across the databases to be included in this review: Google Scholar, PLoS, Wiley Online Library, EBSCO (this would include PsychINFO, Sociological Abstracts, and others), SCOPUS (including Elsevier), Gideon, Web of Science (uses keywords), WHO IRIS, ProQuest. The search strategy will include combining the search strategy for GGR AND the search strategy for each topic being explored in this review. Step 3: Reference lists of the identified reports and articles will be searched for additional articles and reports, and, if needed, the authors of relevant articles will be contacted for access. Step 4: External references will be solicited for articles or work on GGR that is not captured or available in steps 1-2. For the non-peer review and grey literature, the term (s) Global Gag Rule, Mexico City Policy and Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance will çbe used to search the following databases for evidence: amfAR Amnesty International Arrow Center for Reproductive Rights CHANGE Frontline AIDS Georgetown Institute for Reproductive Health George Washington University Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University Guttmacher Institute Human Rights Watch Ibis Ibis South Africa Ipas IWHC ICRW IPPF + affiliates Kaiser Family Foundation London School of Economics London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Management Sciences for Health MSI + affiliates O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law School Population Action International (PAI) Population Council Rutgers International UAB School of Public Health UCLA Williams Institute UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health United States Department of State United States Government Accountability Office Yale School of Public Health As familiarity with the literature increases, there is a likelihood that search terms and search strategies will be redefined and more sensitive literature searches may be conducted. The above strategy will remain iterative and reflexive to ensure that all the relevant evidence on the GGR’s impacts will be comprehensively covered.