Experiences of Inuit in Canada who travel from remote settings for cancer care and impacts on decision making.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inuit experience the highest cancer mortality rates from lung cancer in the world with increasing rates of other cancers in addition to other significant health burdens. Inuit who live in remote areas must often travel thousands of kilometers to large urban centres in southern Canada and negotiate complex and sometimes unwelcoming health care systems. There is an urgent need to improve Inuit access to and use of health care. Our study objective was to understand the experiences of Inuit in Canada who travel from a remote to an urban setting for cancer care, and the impacts on their opportunities to participate in decisions during their journey to receive cancer care.

Methods

We are an interdisciplinary team of Steering Committee and researcher partners ("the team"

SUBMITTER: Jull J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8042963 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature