OMNI Research Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Health Sciences Library, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
BMJ Open. 2021 Feb 5;11(2):e045006. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045006.
Cannabis use in Canada is becoming more prevalent across all demographic groups due to increases in accessibility and lowered perceptions of harm. These patterns are mirrored among women of reproductive age, including women who are pregnant. Given increasing evidence for detrimental short- and long-term impacts of cannabis exposure on fetal, newborn and child outcomes, there is a need for high-quality, accessible resources providing reliable guidance and recommendations on this topic for both the public and healthcare providers. We will conduct a scoping review to identify and characterise all publicly available online educational resources discussing cannabis use related to fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding developed by Canadian organisations.
Using Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review methodology as a guide, we will search Medline (Ovid), Medline in Process (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), ERIC (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOhost) and Education Source (EBSCOhost). We will also conduct a grey literature search targeting the websites of national and independent Canadian obstetrical societies and networks, and government and public health offices that provide recommendations or guidance to individuals and their healthcare providers seeking information on cannabis use related to fertility, pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Research ethics approval is not required for scoping review studies. We anticipate that this review's findings will be disseminated through traditional channels, including preprint and peer-reviewed publications and presentations at academic conferences. In addition, the resources and guidelines identified in the study will be gathered and made available online on a single comprehensive public repository. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION NUMBER: osf.io/p24y5.
由于获取途径的增加和对危害的认知降低，加拿大的大麻使用在所有人群中都变得越来越普遍，包括育龄妇女，包括孕妇。鉴于越来越多的证据表明，大麻暴露对胎儿、新生儿和儿童的短期和长期影响都有损害，因此需要高质量、易于获取的资源，为公众和医疗保健提供者提供有关这一主题的可靠指导和建议。我们将进行范围综述，以确定和描述所有由加拿大组织开发的、讨论与生育、怀孕和母乳喂养相关的大麻使用的在线公开教育资源，并对其进行分类。
本研究将使用 Arksey 和 O'Malley 的范围综述方法作为指南，检索 Medline（Ovid）、Medline in Process（Ovid）、Embase（Ovid）、ERIC（Ovid）、CINAHL（EBSCOhost）和 Education Source（EBSCOhost）。我们还将对加拿大国家和独立妇产科协会和网络以及为寻求有关生育、怀孕或母乳喂养相关的大麻使用信息的个人及其医疗保健提供者提供建议或指导的政府和公共卫生办公室的网站进行灰色文献搜索。
该综述研究不需要研究伦理批准。我们预计，这项研究的结果将通过传统渠道传播，包括预印本和同行评议出版物以及学术会议上的演讲。此外，研究中确定的资源和指南将被收集并在一个单一的综合公共知识库中在线提供。 注册编号：osf.io/p24y5。
