Scoping Review of Health Communication Material Use in LMICs

Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw's scoping review dataset, last updated in April 2026, maps literature on healthcare provider use of health communication materials in low- and middle-income countries. The dataset includes 18 studies from a screening process of 728 initial records and is stored in an XLS file of 29.5 KB. It covers facilitators and barriers to material use, including NGO support, accessibility, and training limitations.

Use Cases

• Analyzing facilitators of health communication material use based on reported factors like NGO support and perceived utility.
• Identifying systemic barriers to material implementation based on described obstacles like organizational limitations and patient disengagement.
• Mapping the scope of research on printed, audiovisual, and electronic health tools in LMICs based on the review's included studies.
• Synthesizing evidence on the influence of contextual, institutional, and individual factors on material use as described in the conclusion.

Strengths

• Includes data from 18 studies identified through a systematic scoping review methodology.
• Covers multiple types of health communication materials: printed, audiovisual, and electronic tools.
• Explicitly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.
• Dataset is small (29.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's small size (29.5 KB) suggests it contains summary or metadata, not primary research data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw

Collection Method

Data extracted from a scoping review following PRISMA-ScR and JBI frameworks, with searches in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane, and Hinari.

Time Range

Literature searched from database inception to September 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 17:25:51; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).