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Measuring health and well-being from preconception to early life in Indigenous populations: a scoping review protocol.
| Τίτλος: | Measuring health and well-being from preconception to early life in Indigenous populations: a scoping review protocol. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Sjoblom E; Collaborative Applied Research for Equity in Health Policy and Systems (CARE) Research Lab, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-081 Dianne and Irving Kipnes Health Research Academy, 11405 - 87 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada. jesjoblo@ualberta.ca., Montesanti S; Collaborative Applied Research for Equity in Health Policy and Systems (CARE) Research Lab, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-081 Dianne and Irving Kipnes Health Research Academy, 11405 - 87 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada., Verstraeten BSE; Collaborative Applied Research for Equity in Health Policy and Systems (CARE) Research Lab, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-081 Dianne and Irving Kipnes Health Research Academy, 11405 - 87 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada. |
| Πηγή: | Systematic reviews [Syst Rev] 2025 Dec 09; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Dec 09. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101580575 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2046-4053 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20464053 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Syst Rev Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Health Status* , Population Groups* , Indigenous Peoples*, Humans ; Scoping Reviews as Topic ; Pregnancy ; New Zealand ; Canada ; Female ; Australia ; Research Design ; Health Services, Indigenous |
| Περίληψη: | Background: Indigenous Peoples face a notable absence of standardized equity indicators for non-communicable diseases. Existing measurement models are rooted in Euro-Western biomedical frameworks that overlook Indigenous worldviews, definitions of health, and relational approaches to wellness. These models remain narrow in scope-focused on disease-specific indicators and treatment pathways-and reinforce deficit-oriented perspectives rather than advancing holistic, strengths-based understandings of well-being. This scoping review aims to identify and synthesize research that utilizes, assesses, or validates measures of wellness, health, and supportive early environments in Indigenous populations. Methods: This review will use an Indigenous-informed scoping review study methodology, which grounds each stage of the review process in Indigenous values and community guidance. A systematic search of global academic and grey literature databases will be conducted to identify relevant literature. Selected studies will include those that assess or validate the measurement of health and wellness spanning from preconception through pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood within Indigenous populations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Articles will be screened and assessed for eligibility by two reviewers. From eligible articles, data including author and year of publication; source country; target population; objectives; name(s) of instrument(s); type(s) of measure(s); development/adaptation/validation process; main outcomes; community engagement; quality assessment; and other descriptive variables will be extracted. A thematic analysis approach guided by an Indigenous Community Advisory Committee will be applied to synthesize the findings. Discussion: This scoping review aims to identify and synthesize the global literature on tools and instruments to measure health, well-being, and supportive early environments in Indigenous populations. This work aims to inform the development of Indigenous wellness indicators for the Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (I-HeLTI) Cohort Research Study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Traditional population health monitoring methods, rooted in Western paradigms, have often perpetuated colonial biases and overlook unique contexts of Indigenous communities. This review seeks to bridge knowledge gaps in developing and validating Indigenous wellness indicators that align with Indigenous values and aspirations. The findings are expected to advance ethical approaches to health measurement in Indigenous populations, supporting data sovereignty and culturally inclusive wellness indicators. Systematic Review Registration: Open Science Framework https://osf.io/yfv8m . (© 2025. The Author(s).) |
| Competing Interests: | Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Early child development; Health measurement; Healthy life trajectories; Indigenous populations; Scoping review |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20251209 Date Completed: 20260114 Latest Revision: 20260621 |
| Update Code: | 20260622 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12801813 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13643-025-03014-8 |
| PMID: | 41366485 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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