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Indigenous peoples and the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic scoping review

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dc.contributor.author Pickering, Kerrie
dc.contributor.author Galappaththi, Eranga K.
dc.contributor.author Ford, James D.
dc.contributor.author Singh, Chandni
dc.contributor.author Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol
dc.contributor.author Hyams, Keith
dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author Arotoma-Rojas, Ingrid
dc.contributor.author Togarepi, Cecil
dc.contributor.author Kaur, Harpreet
dc.contributor.author Arvind, Jasmitha
dc.contributor.author Scanlon, Halena
dc.contributor.author Namanya, Didacus B.
dc.contributor.author Anza Ramírez, Cecilia Isabel
dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-16T04:38:14Z
dc.date.available 2023-04-16T04:38:14Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/13387
dc.description.abstract Past influenza pandemics including the Spanish flu and H1N1 have disproportionately affected Indigenous Peoples. We conducted a systematic scoping review to provide an overview of the state of understanding of the experience of Indigenous peoples during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, in doing so we capture the state of knowledge available to governments and decision makers for addressing the needs of Indigenous peoples in these early months of the pandemic. We addressed three questions: (a) How is COVID-19 impacting the health and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples, (b) What system level challenges are Indigenous peoples experiencing, (c) How are Indigenous peoples responding? We searched Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed databases and UN organization websites for publications about Indigenous peoples and COVID-19. Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. A total of 153 publications were included: 140 peer-reviewed articles and 13 from UN organizations. Editorial/commentaries were the most (43%) frequent type of publication. Analysis identified Indigenous peoples from 19 different countries, although 56% of publications were centered upon those in Brazil, United States, and Canada. The majority (90%) of articles focused upon the general adult population, few (<2%) used a gender lens. A small number of articles documented COVID-19 testing (0.04%), incidence (18%), or mortality (16%). Five themes of system level challenges affecting exposure and livelihoods evolved: ecological, poverty, communication, education and health care services. Responses were formal and informal strategies from governments, Indigenous organizations and communities. A lack of ethnically disaggregated health data and a gender lens are constraining our knowledge, which is clustered around a limited number of Indigenous peoples in mostly high-income countries. Many Indigenous peoples have autonomously implemented their own coping strategies while government responses have been largely reactive and inadequate. To ‘build back better’ we must address these knowledge gaps. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher IOP Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofseries Environmental Research Letters
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject COVID-19 en_US
dc.subject SARS-CoV-2 en_US
dc.subject aboriginal peoples en_US
dc.subject American Indians en_US
dc.subject ethnic minorities en_US
dc.subject first nations en_US
dc.subject Indigenous peoples en_US
dc.title Indigenous peoples and the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic scoping review en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb804
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.08
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.05
dc.relation.issn 1748-9326


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