Health System Enablers and Barriers to Continuity of Care for First Nations Peoples Living with Chronic Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Failings in providing continuity of care following an acute event for a chronic disease contribute to care inequities for First Nations Peoples in Australia, Canada, and Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Methods

A rapid narrative review, including primary studies published in English from Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Central, concerning chronic diseases (cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and related complications), was conducted. Barriers and enablers to continuity of care for First Nations Peoples were explored considering an empirical lens from the World Health Organization framework on integrated person-centred health services.

Results

Barriers included a need for more community initiatives, health and social care netwo

SUBMITTER: Pinero de Plaza MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10723014 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature