Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to identify and critically examine the components of health complexity, and explore the factors that allow it to exist, among urban Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Design

Qualitative exploration with relational conversations.

Setting

Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Participants

A total of nine urban Indigenous patients were recruited from a multidisciplinary primary healthcare clinic that serves First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. Recruitment and data collection took place between September and November 2021.

Results

Thematic analysis revealed three main themes, namely: sources of health complexity, psychological responses to adversity, and resilience, strengths, and protective factors. Key sources of health complexity arose from m

SUBMITTER: Sehgal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10619072 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature