Milroy Talila, Frayne Jacqueline, Smith Kate, Bessarab Dawn
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Health Promot J Austr. 2025 Apr;36(2):e70036. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70036.
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.
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.
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.
月经健康素养是改善与月经健康和福祉相关的参与度、管理及社会参与的一个重要方面。有确凿证据表明澳大利亚原住民女性需要符合文化背景的月经健康素养。
本范围综述旨在探索澳大利亚当前的月经健康素养项目及资源，并进一步审视这些项目和资源与原住民女性的具体关联。本项目采用乔安娜·布里格斯研究所（JBI）范围综述方法，系统梳理并探索澳大利亚及针对原住民女性的月经健康素养项目和资源。
来自澳大利亚的7篇研究文章和9份灰色文献报告符合纳入标准。灰色文献对于基于社区且符合文化背景的改善月经健康素养方法具有深刻见解。那又如何？：需要进一步开展研究，以证明如何与原住民女性合作并为她们量身定制，共同设计、评估并调整符合文化安全的月经健康项目及健康素养资源，以满足原住民女性的心理社会和文化需求，并适应不同的地理环境。
