Primary health care accessibility challenges in remote Indigenous communities in Canada’s North
"Background: Despite many improvements, health disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Canada's North persist. While a strong primary health care (PHC) system improves the health of a population, the majority of indigenous communities are very remote, and their acc...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/ec4da7bc-bc0a-4a3f-97e9-5630e208efcb https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-wbet-p805 |
| Summary: | "Background: Despite many improvements, health disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Canada's North persist. While a strong primary health care (PHC) system improves the health of a population, the majority of indigenous communities are very remote, and their access to PHC services is likely reduced. Understanding the challenges in accessing PHC services in these communities is necessary to improve the health of the population. Objective: The objective of the study was to document and analyze the challenges in accessing PHC services by indigenous people in remote communities in Canada's Northwest Territories (NWT) from the perspectives of users and providers of PHC services." (as cited in abstract) |
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