This systematic review evaluates interventions aimed at enhancing perinatal outcomes for ethnic minority women, indicating a crucial need for targeted initiatives.
Key Points
Educational programmes aimed at families improved participation in prenatal care, while those for providers had mixed results.
Clinical management interventions led to a significant 64% reduction in stillbirth rates among South Asian women due to increased foetal surveillance.
This review included 36 studies, covering diverse ethnicities and revealing a broad spectrum of interventions with variable success.
Despite promising outcomes in models of care, further large-scale studies are essential to address disparities in maternal and perinatal outcomes.