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Aislinn C Rookwood1, Mariah Abney2, Hannah S Butler-Robbins3
1Program manager for the National Cancer Institute-funded Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Background:
Indigenous peoples experience an inequitable burden of cancer compared with other populations. The arts can serve as a culturally relevant cancer intervention and research method.
Methods:
A scoping review was conducted to determine how arts-based research methods have been used to address cancer in Indigenous peoples. Literature searches identified 129 publications; 32 were selected for review. The following data were extracted: communities employing arts-based cancer research, cancer control continuum stages, cancer types, art forms, and methodologies.
Results:
Most studies were conducted in the United States. Art as research and sound art forms were the most utilized arts-based methods. Cancer types and control continuum stages were not often specified.
Conclusions:
Culturally responsive, arts-based methods can enhance research and education across the cancer-control continuum with Indigenous populations.
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