The Role of the Indigenous Patient Navigator: A Scoping Review.

Healthcare systems are complex and as a result patients may experience fragmentation of services. Indigenous populations experience increasingly disproportionate health disparities compared to non-Indigenous populations. Patient navigation is known as a patient-centered approach to empower individua...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Nursing Research
Main Authors: Rankin, Aric, Baumann, Andrea, Downey, Bernice, Valaitis, Ruta, Montour, Amy, Mandy, Pat
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Atypon 2022
Subjects:
Aboriginal
American Indian/Alaska Native
First Nations
Inuit
Maori
Metis, Indigenous
navigator
inuit
Metis
Alaska
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/08445621211066765
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35014886
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9109580/
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Summary:Healthcare systems are complex and as a result patients may experience fragmentation of services. Indigenous populations experience increasingly disproportionate health disparities compared to non-Indigenous populations. Patient navigation is known as a patient-centered approach to empower individuals to connect with appropriate services. Literature surrounding the Indigenous Patient Navigator (IPN) remains sparse necessitating this scoping review. Purpose: To map the current state of the role of the IPN internationally within Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand.

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