SynthesisHealth promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2024
Indigenous people's experiences of primary health care in Canada: a qualitative systematic review.
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- Racial and Social Disparities in Primary Healthcare Access and Wait Times in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Cultural Safety as a Catalyst for Change: Advancing Health Equity for Indigenous Peoples in Canada.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2026Article
- Inuit Women's Voices from Nunavut, Canada: Informing Perinatal Support Needs and Priorities.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A profile of heart failure in the James and Hudson's Bay region of Ontario: A retrospective cohort study.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Indigenous sovereignty and the limits of the Canadian Precision Health Initiative.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- "We really need to surround people with care:" a qualitative examination of service providers' perspectives on barriers to HIV care in Manitoba, Canada.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Re: Indigenous people's experiences of primary health care in Canada: a qualitative systematic review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2024Article
- Two-Eyed Seeing in action: Project extension for community health outcomes - Indigenous chronic pain & substance use.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionIndigenous people in Canada encounter negative treatment when accessing primary health care (PHC). Despite several qualitative accounts of these experiences, there still has not been a qualitative review conducted on this topic. In this qualitative systematic review, we aimed to explore Indigenous people's experiences in Canada with PHC services, determine urban versus rural or remote differences and identify recommendations for quality improvement.
methodsThis review was guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute's methodology for systematic reviews of qualitative evidence. MEDLINE, CINAHL, PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase and Web of Science as well as grey literature and ancestry sources were used to identify relevant articles. Ancestry sources were obtained through reviewing the reference lists of all included articles and determining the ones that potentially met the eligibility criteria. Two independent reviewers conducted the initial and full text screening, data extraction and quality assessment. Once all data were gathered, they were synthesized following the meta-aggregation approach (PROSPERO CRD42020192353).
resultsThe search yielded a total of 2503 articles from the academic databases and 12 articles from the grey literature and ancestry sources. Overall, 22 articles were included in this review. Three major synthesized findings were revealed-satisfactory experiences, discriminatory attitudes and systemic challenges faced by Indigenous patients-along with one synthesized finding on their specific recommendations.
conclusionIndigenous people value safe, accessible and respectful care. The discrimination and racism they face negatively affect their overall health and well-being. Hence, it is crucial that changes in health care practice, structures and policy development as well as systemic transformation be implemented immediately.
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