Effective health and wellness systems for rural and remote Indigenous communities: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT: Background: The Canadian healthcare system bares a long legacy of colonisation and assimilation of Indigenous values and approaches to health and wellness. This system often perpetuates social and health inequities through systemic racism, underfunding, lack of culturally appropriate care and barriers to access care. Current funding legislation policies enacted across federal, provincialand territorial governments do not necessarily uphold Indigenous Peoples' rights to self-determination, health and wellness. We summarise literature on promising Indigenous health systems and practices that prioritise and/or improve rural Indigenous Peoples' health and wellness. Objective: The impetus for this review was to provide information on promising health systems, while Dehcho First Na

SUBMITTER: Stefanon BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10228316 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature