A Scoping Review and Environmental Scan of Health Literacy and Resources Related to Menstrual Health for Aboriginal Women in Australia

Issues Addressed: Menstrual health literacy is an important aspect of improved engagement, management and social participation linked to menstrual health and wellbeing. There is stark evidence surrounding culturally appropriate menstrual health literacy for Aboriginal women in Australia. Methods: This scoping review sought to explore current menstrual health literacy programmes and resources in Australia with further interrogation of how these relate to Aboriginal women specifically. This project used the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) scoping review methodology to systematically map and explore menstrual health literacy programmes and resources in Australia and for Aboriginal women. Conclusions: Seven research articles and nine grey literature reports from Australia met the inclusion criteria. The grey literature was insightful in relation to community based and culturally appropriate approaches to improving menstrual health literacy. So What? Further research is required to demonstrate how culturally safe menstrual health programmes and health literacy resources that address the psychosocial and cultural needs of Aboriginal women, can be appropriately co-designed, evaluated and adapted to the diverse geographical contexts, in partnership with and for Aboriginal women.