Characteristics of Indigenous primary health care service delivery models: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous populations have poorer health outcomes compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. The evolution of Indigenous primary health care services arose from mainstream health services being unable to adequately meet the needs of Indigenous communities and Indigenous peoples often being excluded and marginalised from mainstream health services. Part of the solution has been to establish Indigenous specific primary health care services, for and managed by Indigenous peoples. There are a number of reasons why Indigenous primary health care services are more likely than mainstream services to improve the health of Indigenous communities. Their success is partly due to the fact that they often provide comprehensive programs that incorporate treatment and management,

SUBMITTER: Harfield SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5784701 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature