{
  "abstract": "Introduction Racialised immigrant communities in Western nations face disproportionate risks for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) due to systemic barriers, including racism, stigma and limited access to culturally appropriate care. While the need is well-established, a comprehensive synthesis of effective, culturally responsive sexual health interventions is lacking. This scoping review aims to map the available evidence on sexual health intervention needs and protective factors of racialised immigrants, and to identify and describe existing culturally appropriate programmes in Western nations.Methods and analysis The review will follow the JBI methodology for scoping reviews and be reported as per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. A systematic search strategy, developed and peer-reviewed by a health sciences librarian, will be executed in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus, alongside grey literature sources, with no date limit. Two independent reviewers will screen titles/abstracts and full texts against the inclusion criteria. Data will be extracted using a standardised tool, analysed via narrative synthesis and framed by a socio-ecological model to categorise interventions across individual, interpersonal, community and structural levels.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this review. Findings will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed publication, academic presentations and tailored summaries for community organisations and policy-makers to ensure practical application.Review registration Open Science Framework ( https://osf.io/9qah6).",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Abukari Kwame"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Geoffrey Maina"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University Library, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Erin Langman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Nnamdi Ndubuka"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Vera Caine"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Cara Spence"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Sithokozile Maposa"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Rejina Kamrul"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Natalya Mason"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Josephine Etowa"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Andrew D Eaton"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Stephanie Caron-Roy"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Abdulmalik Abdulrasheed"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Dasha Guliak"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Isfar Chowdhury"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Saskatoon Open Door Society, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Ashfaque Ahmed"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Nuru Nyoni"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Saskatoon Community Clinic, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Jacelyn Hanson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "OUTSaskatoon, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Analu Alvarez"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Culturally appropriate sexual health interventions for STBBI and HIV among racialised immigrant communities in Western nations: a scoping review protocol",
  "uid": "8e87afc8-4935-5e55-b793-a08afcf8e906"
}