Barriers to Accessing Health Services in First Nations
What are the barriers in providing quality healthcare to first nations? Access to health services is the ability of individuals/groups to obtain the services they seek. As a determinant of health, access should be universal under the Canadian Health Care Act. Unfortunately, many factors, such as soc...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/187269 2023-05-15T16:14:03+02:00 Barriers to Accessing Health Services in First Nations Sample, DHRMC 2015-08-13 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/familypractice/article/view/187269 unknown UBC Journal of Family Practice Research and Scholarship http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/familypractice/article/view/187269 Copyright (c) 2015 DHRMC Sample UBC Journal of Family Practice Research and Scholarship; DHRMC Bank of Clinical Scenarios info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 ftubcjournals 2023-01-04T07:48:55Z What are the barriers in providing quality healthcare to first nations? Access to health services is the ability of individuals/groups to obtain the services they seek. As a determinant of health, access should be universal under the Canadian Health Care Act. Unfortunately, many factors, such as socio-economic status, geographical location, language, and culture differences, may prevent some First Nations to obtain such essential service. How can you explore some of the broad topics in the social determinants of health in First Nations? Can you think of any strategies/solutions for increasing access and removing barriers? Language barriers are common in many cultures, yet the unique histories, social circumstances of each First Nations groups may pose a tougher challenge as those cultural factors cannot be easily translated by an interpretation. What can a healthcare provider do to increase his/her cultural competency? Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) |
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What are the barriers in providing quality healthcare to first nations? Access to health services is the ability of individuals/groups to obtain the services they seek. As a determinant of health, access should be universal under the Canadian Health Care Act. Unfortunately, many factors, such as socio-economic status, geographical location, language, and culture differences, may prevent some First Nations to obtain such essential service. How can you explore some of the broad topics in the social determinants of health in First Nations? Can you think of any strategies/solutions for increasing access and removing barriers? Language barriers are common in many cultures, yet the unique histories, social circumstances of each First Nations groups may pose a tougher challenge as those cultural factors cannot be easily translated by an interpretation. What can a healthcare provider do to increase his/her cultural competency? |
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UBC Journal of Family Practice Research and Scholarship |
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