Preparing the Maternity Workforce to Care for Women Affected by Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Search Strategy
Patel, Mahi Moghaddam, Sarah Haveric, Arman Edin
Patel, Mahi
Moghaddam, Sarah
Haveric, Arman Edin
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2026-04-01
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To identify studies to include or consider for this scoping review, the review team worked with a librarian (KK) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-ScR extension was followed for search reporting. The librarian (KK) developed the search for PubMed and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (RF) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist). The search was limited by date from 2010 to 2026 and to publications in English. Because the date filter was set to 12/31/2026, results include articles with publication dates after the date of the search which had already been indexed in the databases. The databases included in this search are: PubMed (NLM), CINAHL (EBSCO), Embase (Elsevier), and Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics), using a combination of keywords and subject headings. All final searches were performed on March 25, 2026 by the librarian and were fully reported on March 25, 2026.
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To identify studies to include or consider for this scoping review, the review team worked with a librarian (KK) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-ScR extension was followed for search reporting. The librarian (KK) developed the search for PubMed and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (RF) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist). The search was limited by date from 2010 to 2026 and to publications in English. Because the date filter was set to 12/31/2026, results include articles with publication dates after the date of the search which had already been indexed in the databases. The pregnancy search hedge used in this search was adapted from the search available at https://extranet.santecom.qc.ca/wiki/!biblio3s/concepts/grossesse?s[]=pregnancy.
The databases included in this search are: PubMed (NLM), CINAHL (EBSCO), Embase (Elsevier), and Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics), using a combination of keywords and subject headings. A grey literature search included: World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. All final searches were performed on March 25, 2026 by the librarian and were fully reported on March 25, 2026. The full search strategies as reported by the librarian are provided in an Appendix.
A summary of the search results:
PubMed (NLM) from 1/1/2010 to 12/31/2026 (293 Results)
Embase (Elsevier) from 1/1/2010 to 12/31/2026 (478 Results)
Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics) from 1/1/2010 to12/31/2026 (256 Results)
CINAHL (EbscoHost) from 1/1/2010 to 12/31/2026 (171 Results)
The search resulted in 1198 studies. 537 duplicate studies were found and omitted by the librarian (KK) using EndNote 2025.3.1 and following the Bramer duplicate identification strategy (Bramer et al, 2016). This resulted in 661 records to screen from databases. Studies were screened by title and abstract by two blinded and independent reviewers. If a tiebreaker was needed, a third reviewer was called in. This process was repeated for full text article screening and article selection.
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Kohn, K., Tuohy, B., Patel, M., Moghaddam, S., Haveric, A.E. Preparing the Maternity Workforce to Care for Women Affected by Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Search Strategy. March 25, 2026. Temple University Libraries, Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Review Service. TUScholarShare. https://doi.org/10.34944/h2b1-nc96
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