A Systematic Scoping Review of Indigenous People’s Experience of Healing and Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse

Jordan Gibbs (), Helen Milroy, Stella Mulder, Carlina Black, Catherine Lloyd-Johnsen, Stephanie Brown and Graham Gee
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Jordan Gibbs: Intergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia
Helen Milroy: Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Australia
Stella Mulder: Intergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia
Carlina Black: Intergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia
Catherine Lloyd-Johnsen: Intergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia
Stephanie Brown: Intergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia
Graham Gee: Intergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia

IJERPH, 2024, vol. 21, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: Child sexual abuse is a form of violence that occurs across nations and cultures. Collective efforts are being made to address this issue within many Indigenous communities. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have expressed the need for cultural models of healing child sexual abuse. A preliminary exploration of the relevant literature shows a lack of synthesis with regard to the current evidence base. This protocol outlines the methods and background for a scoping review that aims to explore and collate the broad scope of literature related to healing from child sexual abuse within an Indigenous context. The proposed review utilises a ‘population, concept, and context structure’ from the Joanna Briggs Institute to explore the broad scope of the literature within a scoping review framework. The target population is Indigenous survivors of child sexual abuse, including Indigenous populations from six distinct regions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from Australia; Māori peoples from Aotearoa (New Zealand); First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples from Canada; Native American peoples from North America; Native peoples from Alaska; and the Sámi peoples of the Sápmi region in Northern Europe. The concept within the review is healing from an Indigenous perspective, which includes a broad range of processes related to both recovery and personal growth. The contexts explored within this review are any context in which healing from child sexual abuse can occur. This may include processes related to disclosure and accessing services, specific interventions or programs for survivors of child sexual abuse, as well as broader non-specific healing programs and personal experiences of healing without intervention. The scoping review will use search strings with broad inclusion and exclusion criteria to capture the potential breadth of perspectives. The search will be conducted across several academic databases and will also include an extensive search for grey literature. This protocol establishes the proposed benefits of this scoping review.

Keywords: protocol; scoping review; Indigenous; healing; child sexual abuse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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