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When compared with the general population, Black women experience larger uterine fibroids with an earlier onset and more frequent and severe symptoms debilitating symptoms. Reported symptoms include pelvic pain, bladder issues, and heavy and\/or abnormal menstrual bleeding. For Black women in perimenopause or menopause, uterine fibroids are more likely to continue growing rather than slow or cease. To design empirical research that addresses the issue of uterine fibroids among Black people of African descent, it is important to understand the current state of literature on this issue. The objectives of this scoping review are to understand and describe the extent and type of literature available regarding Black people of African descent with uterine fibroids globally, to identify the gaps within existing literature, and to provide recommendations for future research.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This scoping review will be conducted in accordance with JBI scoping review methodology and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews Checklist. Eligibility criteria for this review include sources that involve Black people of African descent who have uterine fibroids. This review is global in context and does not include jurisdictional, geographical, regional or study setting restrictions. A comprehensive search strategy developed in collaboration with a health sciences librarian will be used to identify and retrieve relevant peer-reviewed and grey literature. Databases including CINAHL (EBSCO), MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Elsevier), Gender Studies Database (EBSCO), Scopus (Elsevier) and LILACS (VHL) will be searched from inception to January 2024. Unpublished studies and grey literature searches will include The Society for Women\u2019s Health Research, Black Women\u2019s Health Imperative, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global (ProQuest), Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD.org) and Google search. All relevant sources will be uploaded to Covidence and undergo title and abstract screening by two independent team members. Selected sources will then undergo full-text review by two independent team members. Sources meeting the eligibility criteria will undergo extraction by two independent team members. Thematic analysis will be used to classify the extracted data points into categories according to the purpose or objective of the source, the methods used, the geographical region or jurisdiction of the source, key findings and recommendations. The synthesis of results will align with the review objective and question using charts or tables where necessary.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Ethics and dissemination<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This scoping review does not require ethical approval. Dissemination of the review results includes the publication of a full report in a peer-reviewed journal as well as presenting the review results at local, national and international conferences. 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