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. 2020 Jul 28;17(15):5421.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155421.

Interactions between the Physical and Social Environments with Adverse Pregnancy Events Related to Placental Disorders-A Scoping Review

Yolisa Prudence Dube  1 , Newton Nyapwere  1 , Laura A Magee  2 , Marianne Vidler  3 , Sophie E Moore  2   4 , Benjamin Barratt  5   6 , Rachel Craik  2 , Peter von Dadelszen  2 , Prestige Tatenda Makanga  1 , The Precise Network
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Interactions between the Physical and Social Environments with Adverse Pregnancy Events Related to Placental Disorders-A Scoping Review

Yolisa Prudence Dube et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Due to different social and physical environments across Africa, understanding how these environments differ in interacting with placental disorders will play an important role in developing effective interventions.

Methods: A scoping review was conducted, to identify current knowledge on interactions between the physical and social environment and the incidence of placental disease in Africa.

Results: Heavy metals were said to be harmful when environmental concentrations are beyond critical limits. Education level, maternal age, attendance of antenatal care and parity were the most investigated social determinants.

Conclusions: More evidence is needed to determine the relationships between the environment and placental function in Africa. The results show that understanding the nature of the relationship between social determinants of health (SDH) and placental health outcomes plays a pivotal role in understanding the risk in the heterogenous communities in Africa.

Keywords: Africa; environment; placental function; social determinants.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Diagrammatic illustration of the methodology adopted in selecting relevant articles for this scoping review write-up.
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Distribution and number of research articles per country.
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Key messages form the scoping review. GIS: Geographical Information Systems.
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