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A Scoping Review of Theoretical Lenses and Methodological Approaches in Indigenous Women’s Health and Well-Being Research in North America over the Past Two Decades

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  • Tricia McGuire-Adams

    (Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada)

  • Janice Cindy Gaudet

    (Campus Saint-Jean, University of Albert, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada)

  • Keira A. Loukes

    (School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada)

  • Celeste Ferreira

    (School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada)

Abstract

Theoretical approaches influence research design, engagement, and outcomes. The relevance of critical theoretical and methodological approaches to Indigenous women’s health and well-being research has increased in the last decade. It is difficult to assess the ways in which theoretical lenses can effectively interrupt and challenge systemic erasure, ongoing harms, and deficit-based (ill-health-centered) approaches to Indigenous women’s health and well-being, a fact that is not broadly acknowledged. We conducted a scoping review to (a) map the type and frequency of critical theoretical lenses used by researchers focused on Indigenous women’s health and well-being in North America over the past two decades and (b) identify which topics tend to use which theoretical lens. We have conducted a scoping review to examine peer-reviewed articles from eight electronic databases. In the articles selected over 2000–2021, we found an increase in the use of community-based participatory research, decolonial lenses, and feminist lenses. Over the last decade, there has been a decrease in quantitative social science approaches. While a range of critical theoretical and methodological approaches are increasingly being applied, the use of cultural resurgence and Indigenous feminism in health research is not widespread.

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  • Tricia McGuire-Adams & Janice Cindy Gaudet & Keira A. Loukes & Celeste Ferreira, 2023. "A Scoping Review of Theoretical Lenses and Methodological Approaches in Indigenous Women’s Health and Well-Being Research in North America over the Past Two Decades," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(8), pages 1-15, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:8:p:5479-:d:1121342
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