Scoping Review of Community-Embedded Interventions for Rural Medical Harm Prevention

86 studies from a systematic review map community-embedded strategies to prevent medical harm in rural and remote healthcare settings. The review, conducted by researchers and reported per PRISMA-ScR, synthesized evidence from seven databases and gray sources up to September 2025. It identifies eight thematic domains, including community health worker programs and Indigenous-led safety initiatives, that improved outcomes like escalation timeliness and perinatal safety.

Use Cases

• Systematic mapping of intervention types based on the eight thematic domains identified in the review
• Analysis of implementation features for rural safety programs based on described components like co-design and workforce upskilling
• Literature review support for studies on telehealth-enabled monitoring or harm reduction in rural contexts

Strengths

• Systematic methodology following Arksey and O’Malley's framework and PRISMA-ScR reporting guidelines
• Synthesis of 86 studies from 3,012 initially screened records
• Clear identification of eight thematic intervention domains from the results

Limitations

• The dataset is a 42.2 KB DOCX file, indicating a limited scope document rather than a primary data repository
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis

Provenance

Source

figshare admin karger

Collection Method

Scoping review following Arksey and O’Malley's framework, searching seven databases and gray sources

Time Range

Literature search conducted through September 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-02 05:55:13

Geography

Focus on rural and remote healthcare settings globally