Experiences of Alaska Native people living with burn injury and opportunities for health system strengthening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injuries are a leading cause of death and disability for Alaska Native (AN) people. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is supporting the development of a burn care system that includes a partnership between Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) in Anchorage, AK and UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center (HMC) in Seattle, WA. We aimed to better understand the experiences of AN people with burn injuries across the care continuum to aid development of culturally appropriate care regionalization.

Methods

We performed focus groups with twelve AN people with burn injury and their caregivers. A multidisciplinary team of burn care providers, qualitative research experts, AN care coordinator, and AN cultural liaison led focus groups to elic

SUBMITTER: Smith MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10652576 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature