Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway

Over the past three decades, policy reforms have been geared towards improving quality of care, responsiveness, and equitable access to healthcare services for all social groups in general, and individuals living in marginalizing circumstances in particular. The purpose of this study was to document...

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Published in:International Indigenous Policy Journal
Main Author: Lavoie, Josée G
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: Scholarship@Western 2014
Subjects:
primary healthcare
Indigenous
First Nations
Sámi
policy
international
comparison
Health Services Administration
Health Services Research
Primary Care
Norway
Finnmark
Online Access:https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol5/iss1/6
https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2014.5.1.6
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spelling ftunivwestonta:oai:ir.lib.uwo.ca:iipj-1160 2023-10-01T03:55:56+02:00 Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway Lavoie, Josée G 2014-02-28T16:49:09Z application/pdf https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol5/iss1/6 https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2014.5.1.6 unknown Scholarship@Western https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol5/iss1/6 doi:10.18584/iipj.2014.5.1.6 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The International Indigenous Policy Journal primary healthcare Indigenous First Nations Sámi policy international comparison Health Services Administration Health Services Research Primary Care research 2014 ftunivwestonta https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2014.5.1.6 2023-09-03T06:55:29Z Over the past three decades, policy reforms have been geared towards improving quality of care, responsiveness, and equitable access to healthcare services for all social groups in general, and individuals living in marginalizing circumstances in particular. The purpose of this study was to document how primary healthcare services (PHC) services are provided in Norway and British Columbia to meet the needs of Indigenous peoples and use this knowledge to critically explore policy alternatives that inform the delivery of PHC for vulnerable populations. Findings show that in British Columbia, Indigenous-specific PHC services have been the preferred mechanism to ensure better care. This is not the case in Norway, where Sámi-centric services exist only in mental health and only in Finnmark. Report Finnmark First Nations Finnmark The University of Western Ontario: Scholarship@Western Norway International Indigenous Policy Journal 5 1
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Indigenous
First Nations
Sámi
policy
international
comparison
Health Services Administration
Health Services Research
Primary Care
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Indigenous
First Nations
Sámi
policy
international
comparison
Health Services Administration
Health Services Research
Primary Care
Lavoie, Josée G
Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway
topic_facet primary healthcare
Indigenous
First Nations
Sámi
policy
international
comparison
Health Services Administration
Health Services Research
Primary Care
description Over the past three decades, policy reforms have been geared towards improving quality of care, responsiveness, and equitable access to healthcare services for all social groups in general, and individuals living in marginalizing circumstances in particular. The purpose of this study was to document how primary healthcare services (PHC) services are provided in Norway and British Columbia to meet the needs of Indigenous peoples and use this knowledge to critically explore policy alternatives that inform the delivery of PHC for vulnerable populations. Findings show that in British Columbia, Indigenous-specific PHC services have been the preferred mechanism to ensure better care. This is not the case in Norway, where Sámi-centric services exist only in mental health and only in Finnmark.
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title_short Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway
title_full Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway
title_fullStr Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway
title_full_unstemmed Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway
title_sort policy and practice options for equitable access to primary healthcare for indigenous peoples in british columbia and norway
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