Article Title
Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway
Abstract
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.
Acknowledgments
This study was funded by the Research Council of Norway. The author would like to thank the University of Tromsø, and colleagues Inger Dagsvold and Mette Bech-Risør for their guidance and support through this project.
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Recommended Citation
Lavoie, J. G.
(2014).
Policy and Practice Options for Equitable Access to Primary Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and Norway. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 5(1)
. Retrieved from: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol5/iss1/6
DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2014.5.1.6
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