Research on vaginal dabbing: A systematic scoping review

Abstract

Introduction: Vabbing, also known as vaginal dabbing, is a known behaviour gaining ground in modern society. Vabbing is the act of dabbing vaginal secretions as body perfume droplets to sexually attract others. This study aims to conduct a scoping review (ScR) of empirical studies on vaginal dabbing. Methodology: This review, informed by the Joanna Brigg's Institute's guidelines for ScRs, was reported based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Metanalysis for ScRs. Eight databases-PubMed, SCOPUS, AMED-Allied and Complementary Medicine, CINAHL Complete, CINAHL Ultimate, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection-were searched for relevant literature on vaginal dabbing. The retrieved literature were extracted, deduplicated and screened with the aid of Endnote and Rayyan software, respectively, to identify eligible studies for data collation, charting, and summarisation. Results: This is an empty review with no included eligible article; thus, indicating a limited research and knowledge gap concerning the practice of vabbing. While the issue of odour in sexual communication has been significantly researched, the specific use of vaginal fluids as perfume or bodywear has not attracted scientific investigations. Therefore, a limited research base cannot provide evidence-based support for the practice, and related sexual attraction choices. Conclusion: Due to social media, vabbing is gaining more popularity. Since there is no definite evidence to support the efficacy of the practice, there is a need for scientific investigation on whether humans are sexually sensitive to vaginal fluids worn as perfume.

Preventative interventions by dental care professionals in Africa on oral human papillomavirus, gonorrheal, chlamydial, syphilitic and trichomonas infections: A scoping review

“…Like other scoping reviews, 23 , 24 this current review seeks to answer this research question: what is the available evidence in Africa preventative interventions, by DCPs, on oral HPV, gonorrheal, chlamydial, syphilitic and trichomonas infections?…”

“…In scoping reviews, data is extracted, collated, and summarized from the included literatures, provided they available. 23 , 24 However, this was not accomplished in this scoping review because no literature was found eligible for inclusion into the review. Hence, this is an empty scoping review.…”

“…Like other scoping reviews, 23,24 25 Based on this framework, 25 the population of interest was dental patients; the concept was health interventions, by DCPs (dentists, dental specialists, dental hygienists, dental therapists, etc), on oral HPV, gonorrheal, chlamydial, syphilitic and trichomonas infections; and the context was Africa which comprised of 54 countries, 2 dependencies and 2 territories. 23 Appendix: Tables A1-A3 show the search strings obtained from the scoping search of these 10 databases.…”