Gabrielle Gippert
Research Mentor(s): Jessica Dozier
Mentor Department: Systems, Populations and Leadership
Authors: Gabrielle Gippert, Jess Dozier
Session: Session 3 (11:00am – 11:50am)
Presentation Type: Poster 75
Abstract
Scoping reviews are a valuable tool for mapping existing literature, identifying research gaps and limitations, and guiding future studies. This project details the process of conducting scoping reviews, using our ongoing review on abortion coercion—the manipulation or control of abortion decisions by an intimate partner—as a case study. Our ongoing scoping review aims to map the available evidence on abortion coercion by intimate partners in the U.S. and relationships between abortion policy and experiences of abortion coercion, and identify gaps to inform future research. This project aims to build a solid foundation for developing future research questions and identifying critical areas for further investigation. Adhering to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology, our review follows nine key steps: (1) Defining the research question, (2) Developing inclusion criteria, (3) Creating a protocol for the evidence searching, selection, extraction, analysis, and presentation, (4) Searching for the evidence, (5) Selecting the evidence, (6) Extracting the evidence, (7) Analyzing the results, (8) Presenting the results, and (9) Summarizing findings with conclusions and implications. We will discuss challenges encountered, including the effective selection of search terms. We are currently in the evidence search phase, with upcoming steps including selecting, extracting, analyzing, presenting, and summarizing the evidence that we find. This presentation will provide undergraduate researchers with a foundational understanding of conducting and utilizing scoping reviews to deepen their knowledge of health topics.
