Indigenous, integrative, and biomedical perimenopause and postmenopause healthcare for Indigenous midlife peoples residing in the United States and Canada: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the menopause-related healthcare of Indigenous people of the United States and Canada. This scoping review mapped the existing literature on Indigenous, integrative, and biomedical healthcare for U.S.- and Canada-based perimenopausal Indigenous populations.

Methods

We followed the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. The protocol was registered on Open Science Framework. Eligibility criteria included records focused on Indigenous people of the U.S. and Canada perimenopause/postmenopause healthcare. Medline and eight other data bases were searched on June 1, 2023, and updated November 21, 2024. Covidence was used for selecting and extracting data.

Findings

After screening 6,684 records, 45 met inclusion criteria. These focused on Indigeno

SUBMITTER: Kent-Marvick J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12265748 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature