Stakeholder perspectives on the implementation and impact of Indigenous health interventions: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Evaluations of health interventions for Indigenous peoples rarely report outcomes that reflect participant and community perspectives of their experiences. Inclusion of such data may provide a fuller picture of the impact of health programmes and improve the usefulness of evaluation assessments. AIM: To describe stakeholder perspectives and experiences of the implementation and impact of Indigenous health programmes. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies evaluating complex health interventions designed for Indigenous communities in high-income countries. We searched 6 electronic databases (through to January 2020): MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO,..