Research Article: Oral health surveys of Traditional Peoples and Communities in Brazil: a scoping review protocol
Abstract:
Objective The objective of this review protocol is to map the available evidence regarding all the oral health surveys of Traditional Peoples and Communities (TPCs) in Brazil. Methods and analysis The review question of the protocol is: ‘What evidence is available on the oral health surveys of Traditional Peoples and Communities in Brazil?’. Observational studies that report oral health surveys of TPC in Brazil will be included. The protocol considered the Problem, Concept and Context strategy to guide data collection, as established by the Joanna Briggs Institute. The search strategy will consider Medical Subject Headings terms, synonyms and relevant free terms about epidemiological surveys in oral health and TPC in Brazil, with no limits to data, language, subject or search type, in the databases Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE/PubMed), Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Scopus, Web of Science and Embase. Bibliographic searches will be updated until June 2023. The selection will be carried out by two independent, blinded reviewers, following the eligibility criteria, based on the title and abstract identified in the initial search. Potentially eligible studies will be fully read to confirm eligibility and collect relevant information. The categorisation of the studies will consider the author and year of publication, the traditional group studied, the study design, geographic location, age group, sample size, data collection method and the main oral health problem evaluated and its outcome. The data obtained and extracted will be presented in table format and text and presented using the visualisation of similarities method. Ethics and dissemination The present study does not need ethical approval. The protocol title was registered in the Open Science Framework (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/BQ5J3). A final article will be prepared presenting the results of the scoping review, and will be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The findings of this review will be presented at national conferences and scientific meetings.
Introduction:
Traditional Peoples and Communities (TPCs) of Brazil are culturally differentiated groups, with their own form of organisation, and particular use of the territory and natural resources for the reproduction of their culture, religion, ancestry and economy. 1 According to the Unified Registration (Cadastro Único), a database used to identify individuals in situations of social vulnerability in Brazil, in 2023 approximately 750?000 families were identified as belonging to Quilombola, Indigenous, Riverside…
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