| Autor: |
Ciccia D; NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney 2145, Australia., Doyle AK; School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown 2560, Australia., Ng CHM; School of Clinical Medicine, Health and Medicine, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.; Gynaecological Research and Clinical Evaluation (GRACE) Unit, Royal Hospital for Women and University of New South Wales, Randwick 2031, Australia.; Jean Hailes for Women's Health, Melbourne 3002, Australia.; Global Women's Health, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney 2042, Australia., Armour M; NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney 2145, Australia.; Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (MRINZ), Wellington 6021, New Zealand.; Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University, Sydney 2145, Australia. |
| Abstrakt: |
There are a variety of cultural and religious beliefs and customs worldwide related to menstruation, and these often frame discussing periods and any gynecological issues as taboo. While there has been previous research on the impact of these beliefs on menstrual health literacy, this has almost entirely been confined to low- and middle-income countries, with very little information on high-income countries. This project used the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) scoping review methodology to systematically map the extent and range of evidence of health literacy of menstruation and gynecological disorders in Indigenous people in the colonized, higher-income countries of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. PubMed, CINHAL, PsycInfo databases, and the grey literature were searched in March 2022. Five studies from Australia and New Zealand met the inclusion criteria. Only one of the five included studies focused exclusively on menstrual health literacy among the Indigenous population. Despite considerable research on menstrual health globally, studies focusing on understanding the menstrual health practices of the Indigenous populations of Australia, New Zealand, and Canada are severely lacking, and there is little to no information on how Indigenous beliefs of colonized people may differ from the broader society in which they live. |
