"Because of COVID…": The impacts of COVID-19 on First Nation people accessing the HIV cascade of care in Manitoba, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020-May 2023) had a profound effect around the world with vulnerable people being particularly affected, including worsening existing health inequalities. This article explores the impact of the pandemic on health services for First Nations people living with HIV (FN-PWLE) in Manitoba, Canada. This study investigated perceptions of both health care providers and FN-PWLE through qualitative interviews occurring between July 2020 and February 2022 to understand their experience and identify lessons learned that could be translated into health system changes.

Methods

Using a qualitative, participatory-action, intentional decolonizing approach for this study we included an Indigenous knowledge keeper and Indigenous research associates wit

SUBMITTER: Larcombe L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395983 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature