Mutual Shaping of Tele-Healthcare Practice: Exploring Community Perspectives on Telehealth Technologies in Northern and Indigenous Contexts

• Main Author: Leader, Joelena S
• Other Authors: Poudrier, Jennifer, Butler, Lorna, Coates, Ken, Mandryk, Regan, Swanson, Lee
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2020
• Subjects: telehealth; community-based research; technology and society; user-centered design; mutual shaping; Indigenous health; rural health; Northern Saskatchewan; Indigenous communities; sociology of technology; Science and Technology Studies; remote health technologies; remote presence; Indigenous Technology Studies; human-computer interaction; Canada; Pinehouse; Pinehouse Lake; Denesuline
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12889

In Canada, northern and Indigenous communities face well documented challenges to accessing healthcare services prompting the urgent need to adopt alternative and innovative solutions to overcome barriers of limited access due to geographic distance, physician shortages, limited resources, and high...