How Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing is used in indigenous health research: A scoping review

PLoS One. 2024 Sep 19;19(9):e0310247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310247. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Our scoping review sought to describe how Etuaptmumk or Two-Eyed Seeing is used and reported on in Indigenous health research. Using the JBI scoping review methodology, we extracted uses of Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing from 83 articles and then categorized the reported uses of Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing according to Huria et al.'s eight CONSIDER statement domains (governance, prioritization, relationships, methodologies, participation, capacity, analysis and interpretation, and dissemination). We found that while authors used Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing in varied ways and at different stages of their research projects, characterizations of the guiding principle were often insufficiently described or overly simplified. This scoping review intends to contribute to a greater dialogue about how Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing is conceptualized and used in Indigenous health research with the goal of encouraging more intentional reporting of the guiding principle.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Health Services, Indigenous*
  • Humans

Grants and funding

Author SIGR is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)’s Patient-Oriented Research Fellowship Award (grant # CIHR/170664; https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e…) and was previously supported by a CIHR Doctoral Research Award through the CIHR Institute of Aboriginal People’s Health (grant # CIHR/152258; https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8668.html). DHM is supported by a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Well-Being through the Canada Research Chairs Program (grant # CRC-2021-00436; https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/home -accueil-eng.aspx). ACB was previously supported by an OHTN-CIHR New Investigator Award through CIHR (grant #APP268899; https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/ 44181.html). TP was supported by a SSRHC Doctoral Fellowship and the Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Kausattumi Grants Program Doctoral Award. JRR is supported through DHM’s Canada Research Chair Program (grant # CRC-2021-00436; https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/home -accueil-eng.aspx). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.