Creation of a Metis-Specific Instrument for Cancer Screening: A Scoping Review of Cancer-Screening Programs and Instruments.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the barriers to and facilitators of cancer screening programs among Indigenous populations remains limited. In the spirit of mutual respect, this co-led, collaborative project was carried out between the Métis Nation of Alberta and Screening Programs from Alberta Health Services (AHS). This scoping review assessed the cancer screening literature for available questionnaires and then identified themes and suitable questions for a Métis-specific cancer screening questionnaire. Literature searches on cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening programs and related concepts were conducted in electronic databases, including the Native Health Database, MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycINFO, PubMed, PubMed Central, CINAHL, MEDLINE (Ebsco), Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection, and W

SUBMITTER: Letendre A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10670396 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature