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Burns N, Linton J, Pollock NJ, Brubacher LJ, Green N, Keeling A, Latta A, Martin J, Rand J, Morton Ninomiya ME. Impact on mental health and wellbeing in Indigenous communities due to land loss resulting from industrial resource development: protocol for a systematic review. Syst Rev 2022; 11:146. [PMID: 35858926 PMCID: PMC9297628 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-022-02014-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Indigenous Peoples are impacted by industrial resource development that takes place on, or near, their communities. Existing literature on impacts of industrial resource development on Indigenous Peoples primarily focus on physical health outcomes and rarely focus on the mental health impacts. To understand the full range of long-term and anticipated health impacts of industrial resource development on Indigenous communities, mental health impacts must be examined. It is well-established that there is a connection between the environment and Indigenous wellbeing, across interrelated dimensions of mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. METHODS This paper identifies how the Community Advisory Team and a team of Indigenous and settler scholars will conduct the review. The literature search will use the OVID interface to search Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and Global Health databases. Non-indexed peer-reviewed journals related to Indigenous health or research will be scanned. Books and book chapters will be identified in the Scopus and PsycINFO databases. The grey literature search will also include Google and be limited to reports published by government, academic, and non-profit organizations. Reference lists of key publications will be checked for additional relevant publications, including theses, dissertations, reports, and other articles not retrieved in the online searches. Additional sources may be recommended by team members. Included documents will focus on Indigenous Peoples in North America, South America, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Circumpolar regions, research that reports on mental health, and research that is based on land loss connected to dams, mines, agriculture, or petroleum development. Literature that meets the inclusion criteria will be screened at the title/abstract and full-text stages by two team members in Covidence. The included literature will be rated with a quality appraisal tool and information will be extracted by two team members; a consensus of information will be reached and be submitted for analysis. DISCUSSION The synthesized evidence from this review is relevant for land use policy, health impact assessments, economic development, mental health service planning, and communities engaging in development projects. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION Registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO; Registration number CRD42021253720 ).
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicole Burns
- Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave W., Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada
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- Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba, 66 Chancellors Cir, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
| | - Nathaniel J Pollock
- School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies, Labrador Campus, Memorial University, P.O. Box 490, Station B, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, A0P 1E0, Canada
| | - Laura Jane Brubacher
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, 116 ST & 85 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Department of Geography, Memorial University, 230 Elizabeth Ave, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1C 5S7, Canada
| | - Alex Latta
- Global Studies, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada
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- Indigenous Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, 6299 South St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
| | - Melody E Morton Ninomiya
- Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave W, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada.
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