ArticleThe Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2022
The Role of the Indigenous Patient Navigator: A Scoping Review.
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- Working between systems: an umbrella review of care navigator roles and responsibilities.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- Community perspectives on access to healthcare for the Rama indigenous people, Nicaragua: the utility of Cultural Safety outside high-income countries.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and First Nations Population: A Role for Nurses?International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Rural Indigenous Experiences of Healthcare Services: A Scoping Review.The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
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- Scope and impact of a First Nations cancer coordinator role: perspectives of multidisciplinary cancer staff.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Pathways to inclusion: A scoping review exploring equity, diversity, and inclusion in mental health and addictions patient navigation programs.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Community health worker denominations: a global review through the case of French Guiana.Frontiers in health services · 2026Review
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- Surgical Experiences of Patients From the Circumpolar North: A Scoping Review.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Exploring Patient Understandings of Navigation Services Within Alberta's Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Core components of a best practice First Nations cancer coordinator role.The Medical journal of Australia · 2025Article
- Research with Black Communities to Inform Co-Development of a Framework for Anti-Racist Health and Community Programming.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2025Article
- Diabetes Management Using a Patient Navigator in a Native Hawaiian Population: Experiences and Perceptions of the Kilolani Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Assessing the Impact of an Indigenous Palliative Care Nurse Navigator: A Program Evaluation.Palliative medicine reports · 2025Article
- Indigenous access to clinical services along the lung cancer treatment pathway: a review of current evidence.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Review
- Navigation Support during Transitions in Care for Persons with Complex Care Needs: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- "Somebody That can Meet you on Your Level:" Cancer Survivors' Perspectives on the Role of Indigenous Patient Navigators in Cancer Care.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2024Article
- Birang Daruganora: what do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities need in a new hospital? A qualitative study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Engaging with peers to integrate community care: Knowledge synthesis and conceptual map.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundHealthcare systems are complex and as a result patients may experience fragmentation of services. Indigenous populations experience increasingly disproportionate health disparities compared to non-Indigenous populations. Patient navigation is known as a patient-centered approach to empower individuals to connect with appropriate services. Literature surrounding the Indigenous Patient Navigator (IPN) remains sparse necessitating this scoping review. Purpose: To map the current state of the role of the IPN internationally within Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand.
methodsEstalished methodological framework by Arksey and O'Malley and the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews was used.
resultsA total of 820 articles were reviewed from four databases, yielding sixteen articles.
conclusionsThe absence of published literature surrounding the IPN role in Australia and New Zealand was surprising considering similar histories of colonization. The term navigator was used most often and was typically used when describing lay/peer roles. Professional roles were described using specific role descriptions. Six IPN roles were identified including: (1) social service navigation, (2) wholistic support of Indigenous people, (3) advocacy/building capacity, (4) health assessment, (5) administrative navigation, and (6) outreach. Additionally, barriers and enablers IPNs address are identified. This scoping review will assist to promote and reinforce the IPN role.
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