Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, correlates and interventions among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a scoping review protocol

Jodie C Avery; Jacqueline A Bowden; Joanne Dono; Odette R Gibson; Aimee Brownbill; Wendy Keech; David Roder; Caroline L Miller

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016431

Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, correlates and interventions among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open. 2017 Jul 31;7(7):e016431. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016431.

Authors

Jodie C Avery^{1

2}, Jacqueline A Bowden^{1

3}, Joanne Dono¹, Odette R Gibson⁴, Aimee Brownbill¹, Wendy Keech⁴, David Roder⁵, Caroline L Miller^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Population Health Research Group, South Australian Health and Medical ResearchInstitute, Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit, South Australian Health and MedicalResearch Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁵ Centre for Population Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁶ School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Abstract

Introduction: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of Australia experience poorer health outcomes in the areas of overweight and obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Contributing to this burden of disease in the Australian community generally and in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, is the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). We have described a protocol for a review to systematically scope articles that document use of SSBs and interventions to reduce their consumption with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. These results will inform future work that investigates interventions aimed at reducing harm associated with SSB consumption.

Methods and analysis: This scoping review draws on a methodology that uses a six-step approach to search databases including PubMed, SCOPUS, CINAHL, Informit (including Informit: Indigenous Peoples), Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database and Mura, between January 1980 and February 2017. Two reviewers will be engaged to search for and screen studies independently, using formulated selection criteria, for inclusion in our review. We will include primary research studies, systematic reviews including meta-analysis or meta-synthesis, reports and unpublished grey literature. Results will be entered into a table identifying study details and characteristics, summarised using a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis chart and then critically analysed.

Ethics and dissemination: This review will not require ethics committee review. Results will be disseminated at appropriate scientific meetings, as well as through the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

Keywords: Australia; aboriginal; cola; cordial; energy drink; flavoured water; indigenous; interventions; sodas; soft drinks; sports drinks; strategies; sugar-sweetened beverages.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Advertising / legislation & jurisprudence
Australia
Beverages*
Dietary Sugars*
Health Promotion / methods*
Humans
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Preventive Health Services / methods*

Substances

Dietary Sugars