Towards healthier Indigenous health policies? Navigating the labyrinth for answers

• Main Authors: Gabel, Chelsea A., DeMaio, Peter, Powell, Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Te Rau Ora 2017
• Subjects: Indigenous people; North America; health and wellbeing; health care administration; health policy/policy analysis; social equality/inequality; self-determination; qualitative research; Canada; Labyrinth; First Nations
• Online Access: http://manage.journalindigenouswellbeing.com/index.php/joiw/article/view/66

This research is based on two years of community-based participatory research that draws on Indigenous understandings of health policy in five First Nations in Ontario, Canada. While a number of policies have been put in place to increase Indigenous control over community health services, we argue t...