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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends preventive oral iron supplements to reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency and anaemia in high-prevalence settings.\n\nAim: To conduct a qualitative evidence synthesis exploring the factors influencing the acceptability, feasibility and equity of preventive oral iron supplementation in young children for the Global Evidence, Local Adaptation (GELA) project, which supports the development of evidence-informed, locally relevant guideline recommendations in three sub-Saharan countries.\n\nMethod: We searched MEDLINE, Epistemonikos, CINAHL and PsycInfo from inception to 07 July 2023 for eligible studies. We synthesised the data using thematic analysis and assessed the methodological quality of the studies (using an adaptation of the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool) and confidence in the review findings (using GRADE-CERQual).\n\nResults: We included six studies, five from LMICs. Findings indicated knowledge and perceptions about iron supplementation, as well as relationships with intervention providers, can have a beneficial or detrimental influence on caregiver acceptance (moderate to high confidence); caregiver acceptance may be negatively affected by a lack of reliable information but can potentially be enhanced through community-based education (moderate confidence); healthcare workers\u2019 knowledge, resources and support may improve the feasibility of intervention provision (moderate confidence) and socio-economic challenges around access to the intervention may adversely affect equity (low confidence).\n\nConclusion: A complex interplay of contextual factors may impact the provision and uptake of preventive oral iron supplementation in young children.\n\nContribution: This work provides insights into how preventative oral iron supplementation might be contextually tailored.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/phcfm.v17i1.4825","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,12]],"date-time":"2025-05-12T10:03:03Z","timestamp":1747044183000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Iron supplementation in children to prevent deficiency and anaemia: A qualitative synthesis"],"prefix":"10.4102","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8062-4750","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Denny","family":"Mabetha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03rp50x72","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of the Witwatersrand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8903-4001","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Idriss I.","family":"Kallon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05bk57929","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Stellenbosch University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9552-5245","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marianne","family":"Visser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05bk57929","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Stellenbosch University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9114-1452","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Celeste","family":"Naude","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05bk57929","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Stellenbosch University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3295-7283","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Willem","family":"Odendaal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05bk57929","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Stellenbosch University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2421-1414","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amanda S.","family":"Brand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05bk57929","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Stellenbosch University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9894-236X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sara","family":"Cooper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03p74gp79","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of Cape Town"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gedfie S, Getawa S, Melku M. 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