Health and well-being needs of Indigenous adolescents: a protocol for a scoping review of qualitative studies
Alex Brown,
Sue Crengle,
Matire Harwood,
Jeff Reading,
Siv Kvernmo,
Peter Azzopardi,
Brittany Bingham,
Elizabeth Saewyc,
Jaameeta Kurji,
Rachel Reilly,
Seth Westhead,
Ngiare Brown,
Odette Pearson,
Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith,
Andrew Sise,
Daniel McDonough,
Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews,
Terryann C Clark,
Salenna Elliott,
Summer May Finlay,
Ketil Lenert Hansen,
Jonill Margrethe Fjellheim Knapp,
Crystal Lee,
Ricky-Lee Watts,
Melanie Nadeau,
Amalie Seljenes,
Jon Petter A Stoor,
Paula Aubrey
Affiliations
Alex Brown
Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
Sue Crengle
Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
Matire Harwood
School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Jeff Reading
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Siv Kvernmo
Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Peter Azzopardi
Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Brittany Bingham
Faculty of Medicine, Division of Social Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Elizabeth Saewyc
1 The University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jaameeta Kurji
Adolescent Health & Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Rachel Reilly
School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Seth Westhead
Adolescent Health & Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Ngiare Brown
Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Odette Pearson
Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith
Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
Andrew Sise
Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
Daniel McDonough
Adolescent Health & Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews
School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Terryann C Clark
School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
Salenna Elliott
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland, Toowong, Queensland, Australia
Summer May Finlay
School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Ketil Lenert Hansen
Regional Centre for Child, Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare North (RKBU North), Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Jonill Margrethe Fjellheim Knapp
Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Crystal Lee
College of Population Health, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Ricky-Lee Watts
None, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Melanie Nadeau
Department of Indigenous Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Amalie Seljenes
Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Jon Petter A Stoor
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Lávvuo-Research and Education for Sámi Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Paula Aubrey
Indigenous Health Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Introduction Improving the health of Indigenous adolescents is central to addressing the health inequities faced by Indigenous peoples. To achieve this, it is critical to understand what is needed from the perspectives of Indigenous adolescents themselves. There have been many qualitative studies that capture the perspectives of Indigenous young people, but synthesis of these has been limited to date.Methods and analysis This scoping review seeks to understand the specific health needs and priorities of Indigenous adolescents aged 10–24 years captured via qualitative studies conducted across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, the USA, Greenland and Sami populations (Norway and Sweden). A team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers from these nations will systematically search PubMed (including the MEDLINE, PubMed Central and Bookshelf databases), CINAHL, Embase, Scopus, the Informit Indigenous and Health Collections, Google Scholar, Arctic Health, the Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database, Native Health Database, iPortal and NZresearch.org, as well as specific websites and clearinghouses within each nation for qualitative studies. We will limit our search to articles published in any language during the preceding 5 years given that needs may have changed significantly over time. Two independent reviewers will identify relevant articles using a two-step process, with disagreements resolved by a third reviewer and the wider research group. Data will then be extracted from included articles using a standardised form, with descriptive synthesis focussing on key needs and priorities. This scoping review will be conducted and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was not required for this review. Findings will be disseminated via a peer-reviewed journal article and will inform a broader international collaboration for Indigenous adolescent health to develop evidence-based actions and solutions.
