Prevalence of and reasons for women’s, family members’, and health professionals’ preferences for cesarean section in China: A mixed-methods systematic review

• Qian Long ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: qian.long@dukekunshan.edu.cn

  Affiliation Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-6815

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• Carol Kingdon,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5958-9257

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• Fan Yang,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2853-7769

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• Michael Dominic Renecle,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

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• Shayesteh Jahanfar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America

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• Meghan A. Bohren,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4179-4682

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• Ana Pilar Betran

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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