Document search strategy
| Concepts | Keywords (and French equivalences) | Databases and search engines |
| Concept A1 Indigenous | Native* OR Indigenous OR ‘First Nation*’ OR Metis OR Inuk OR Inuit OR Eskimo* OR ‘American Indian*’ OR Aboriginal* OR Amerindian* | Autochtonia, First Nations Periodical Index, Bibliography of Native North Americans, Canadian Research Index, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Medline, CINAHL, Ageline, Sociology database, PsycINFO, Scopus, Academic Search Complete, Repère§, Santecom§, Proquest Research Library, Google/Google Scholar |
| Concept A2 Elders | Elder* OR Aged [MeSH] OR Senior* OR ‘Old*Adult*’ OR ‘Old age’ OR ‘Old* person*’ OR ‘Old* people’ OR ‘Wise one*’ OR Grandmother* OR Grandfather* OR Grandparent* OR ‘Traditional healer*’ OR Leader* | |
| Concept B Wellness | Resilient OR Resilienc* OR ‘Capacity building’ OR Strength* OR Wellbeing OR ‘Well-being’ OR Wellness OR ‘Self efficacy’ OR ‘Self esteem’ OR ‘Living conditions’ OR Health OR Hardiness [MeSH] OR ‘Indigenous health’ [MeSH] OR ‘Psychological wellbeing’ [MeSH] OR Happiness OR ‘Self concept’ [MeSH] OR ‘Sense of coherence’ OR ‘Socio economic factors’ [MeSH] OR ‘Social condition*’ OR ‘World health’ [MeSH] OR ‘Global health’ OR ‘Health education’ OR ‘Health promotion’ | |
| Concept C Social participation | Intergeneration* OR Generation* OR ‘Social participation’ OR ‘Community participation’ OR ‘Social involvement’ OR ‘Social engagement’ OR ‘Community involvement’ OR ‘Community engagement’ OR ‘Civic participation’ OR ‘Consumer participation’ [MeSH] OR ‘Community-based participatory research’ |
MeSH, Medical Subject Headings.