Objective This study aims to investigate how athlete ethnicity is discussed in the inclusion and exclusion criteria, methodology, findings, and conclusions of research focused on menstrual health in sports science and medicine. Design A scoping review of sports-based research conducted on athletes related to (1) menstrual health and ethnicity, (2) how researchers include/exclude participants based on ethnicity and (3) how ethnicity is discussed. Data sources Electronic search of PubMed and ProQuest. Eligibility criteria Articles were included if they met the following criteria: (1) published before September 2023, (2) published in peer-reviewed journals, (3) participants were women athletes, (4) published in English and (5) relating to menstrual health. Articles were assessed as good, fair or poor quality using the Inclusion of Participant Ethnicity Quality Assessment Criteria. Results From the 1089 studies available from the initial database search, 55 studies considered ethnicity. Nine studies met the inclusion criteria and were assessed as either good (22%), fair (44%) or poor (33%) in quality in their consideration of athlete ethnicity. 81% of research articles on menstrual health in sports do not consider athlete ethnicity, and when ethnicity is discussed, it rarely meets the criteria for cultural safety in the research process. Most studies did not factor ethnicity into the analysis and lacked cultural considerations in the research design and interventions. Conclusion More careful inclusion of ethnicity in sports menstrual health-related research and recognition of social and cultural influences on health and research outcomes for indigenous and other ethnic minority groups is needed. Such research is required to support coaches, medical personnel and support staff in designing culturally safe environments for sportswomen from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as online supplemental information. Not applicable.

中文翻译：

---

从种族排斥转向文化安全：体育运动中的月经健康研究如何讨论运动员种族？范围审查

目的 本研究旨在调查运动科学和医学中针对月经健康的研究的纳入和排除标准、方法、结果和结论中如何讨论运动员种族。设计 对运动员进行的基于运动的研究进行范围审查，涉及以下方面：(1) 月经健康和种族；(2) 研究人员如何根据种族纳入/排除参与者；(3) 如何讨论种族。数据来源 PubMed 和 ProQuest 的电子检索。资格标准 如果文章符合以下标准，则纳入：(1) 2023 年 9 月之前发表，(2) 在同行评审期刊上发表，(3) 参与者是女运动员，(4) 以英文发表，以及 (5) 与经期健康。使用纳入参与者种族质量评估标准将文章评估为良好、一般或较差质量。结果 在最初数据库检索的 1089 项研究中，有 55 项研究考虑了种族因素。九项研究符合纳入标准，在考虑运动员种族时，其质量被评估为良好（22%）、一般（44%）或较差（33%）。 81%的关于体育运动中月经健康的研究文章没有考虑运动员的种族，而在讨论种族时，很少符合研究过程中的文化安全标准。大多数研究没有将种族纳入分析，并且在研究设计和干预中缺乏文化考虑。结论 需要更仔细地将种族纳入运动经期健康相关研究，并认识到社会和文化对土著和其他少数民族群体健康和研究成果的影响。需要进行此类研究，以支持教练、医务人员和支持人员为来自不同文化和种族背景的女运动员设计文化安全的环境。与研究相关的所有数据都包含在文章中或作为在线补充信息上传。不适用。