Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine use among Indigenous peoples with diabetes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

Alana Gall; Tamara L. Butler; Sheleigh Lawler; Gail Garvey

doi:10.1111/1753-6405.13120

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Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine use among Indigenous peoples with diabetes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

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Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine use among Indigenous peoples with diabetes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

Alana Gall, Tamara L. Butler, Sheleigh Lawler and Gail Garvey

Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, Vol.45(6), pp.664-671

12/2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13120

PMID: 34028943

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Science & Technology

traditional medicine

complementary therapies

diabetes

Indigenous peoples

integrative medicine

Objective: This systematic review aimed to describe traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) use among Indigenous peoples with diabetes from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States (US). Methods: A systematic search following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses) statement guidelines was conducted. Data were analysed using meta-aggregation. Results: Thirteen journal articles from 12 studies across Australia, Canada and the US were included in the review (no articles from New Zealand were identified). Indigenous peoples used various types of TCIM alongside conventional treatment for diabetes, particularly when conventional treatment did not meet Indigenous peoples’ holistic understandings of wellness. TCIM provided opportunities to practice important cultural and spiritual activities. While TCIM was often viewed as an effective treatment through bringing balance to the body, definitions of treatments that comprise safe and effective TCIM use were lacking in the articles. Conclusions: The concurrent use of TCIM and conventional treatments is common among Indigenous peoples with diabetes, but clear definitions of safe and effective TCIM use are lacking. Implications for public health: Healthcare providers should support Indigenous peoples to safely and effectively treat diabetes with TCIM alongside conventional treatment.

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Title: Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine use among Indigenous peoples with diabetes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States
Creators: Alana Gall - Charles Darwin University
Tamara L. Butler - Charles Darwin University
Sheleigh Lawler - University of Queensland
Gail Garvey - Charles Darwin University
Publication Details: Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, Vol.45(6), pp.664-671
Publisher: Wiley
Number of pages: 8
Grant note: NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Targeted Approaches to Improve Cancer Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Grant Number: TACTICS; #1153027 NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence DISCOVER-TT. Grant Number: #1041111 Cancer Council NSW STREP Ca-CIndA. Grant Number: SRP 13-01 Australian Research Council Discovery Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award. Grant Number: #IN190100050 Australian Government NHMRC Investigator Grant. Grant Number: #1176651
Identifiers: 991013072491902368
Copyright: © 2021 The Authors This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Academic Unit: National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine use among Indigenous peoples with diabetes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

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