Table 2 Characteristics of the studies included

1

Panqueba (2005) [30]

Muisca

Urban and rural areas in Bogotá

women and men, young, adults and elderly

Everyday memory and historical identification with alcohol consumption findings.

Descriptive ethnographic

Social Sciences

2

Yepes et al. (2010) [31]

Embera

Indigenous reservation in Antioquia (rural community)

women and men, young, adults and elderly 

Gender and intergenerational violence with findings on alcohol consumption.

Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Epidemiology, Education, Psychology, Dentistry, Public health

3

Oca et al. (2014) [32]

Nasa

Indigenous reservation in Cauca (rural community)

women and men, children, young, adults, and elderly

Social impacts of excessive drinking of chicha de caña (sugar cane beverage)

Unspecified (follows PAR principles)

Education

4

Ruiz (2015)

[33]

Embera Chamí y Katío

Urban area in Bogotá

* Chamí: (4 women), (2 women and 2 young adult men). 28 were surveyed (11 women and 17 young and adult men). * Katío: (2 women and 2 young adult men). 37 were surveyed (20 men and 17 women, young, children). Also 4 Indigenous and 4 non-Indigenous experts (1 national and 1 international).

Relationship between armed conflict and mental health in situations of forced displacement with findings on alcohol consumption

Mixed qualitative techniques

Public health

5

González (2016)

[34]

Wayuu

Rural and urban areas in the Guajira

4 women and 4 men; aged ≥ 18 years

Central Human Capabilities with findings on alcohol consumption

Exploratory and interpretive qualitative

Education

6

Campo (2017)

[35]

Nasa

Indigenous reservation in Cauca (rural community)

young women and men (around 9)

Cultural practices that influence alcohol consumption

Biographical

Education

7

Lozano (2017)

[36]

Embera Chamí

Indigenous reservations in Caldas (rural community)

481 among young, adult, and older women and men. Between 24 to 26 women per Indigenous reservation.

Social determination of health in childhood with findings on alcohol consumption.

Mixed approach with qualitative orientation

Human and social sciences

8

Bohórquez et al. (2017)

[37]

Ticuna

Indigenous reservation in Amazonas (rural community)

1 woman and 2 men, about 50 children, and adolescents

Psychosocial risk and protective factors for suicidal behavior with findings on alcohol consumption

Discourse analysis

Psychology

9

Leal et al. (2017)

[38]

Pijao

Indigenous reservations in Tolima (rural community)

5 men

Managing Psychotic symptoms by ancestral doctors with findings on alcohol consumption

Qualitative interpretative

Psychiatry

10

Posada et al. (2017)

[39]

Zenú and others

Urban area in Antioquia

16 young men and women participants, only 4 of them Zenú

Psychoactive substances and university prevention programs with findings on alcohol consumption

Grounded theory

Public health

11

Camacho et al. (2017)

[40]

Kamëntšá

Indigenous reservation in Putumayo (rural community)

8 boys and girls, 12 women and men, and elderly

Community representations of childhood with findings on alcohol consumption

Phenomenological

based Ethnographic

Education, social sciences

12

Cipamocha et al. (2018)

[41]

Ticuna

Indigenous reservation in Amazonas (rural community)

about 40 women and men, including children, young and adults

Social support networks to decrease suicidal behavior in children and youth with findings on alcohol consumption

Content analysis

Psychology

13

Zacipa et al. (2019)

[42]

Misak

Indigenous reservation in Cauca (rural community)

13 women, 10 men, and other women (girls, adolescents, adults, elderly)

Pentecostal women with findings on alcohol consumption

Ethnography

Human and social sciences