Access and utilization of health services by British Columbia's rural Aboriginal population
Purpose - To provide a picture of the access and use of health services by Aboriginal British Columbians living in both reserve and off-reserve communities.Design methodology approach - This project represents a collaborative effort between the University of British Columbia and multiple Aboriginal...
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Published in | International journal of health care quality assurance incorporating Leadership in health services Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 26 - 31 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2005
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Summary: | Purpose - To provide a picture of the access and use of health services by Aboriginal British Columbians living in both reserve and off-reserve communities.Design methodology approach - This project represents a collaborative effort between the University of British Columbia and multiple Aboriginal community partners. Between June and November 2003, 267 face-to-face interviews were conducted with Aboriginal persons in seven rural community organizations across the province.Findings - This paper reports on the results of a survey of 267 Aboriginal clients. It was found that a substantial number of survey respondents accessed health services provided by an Aboriginal person. Although most respondents felt that services were available, they also identified a number of concerns. These revolved around the need to travel for services, as well as a lack of access to more specialized services. A number of self-reported barriers to service were also identified. These findings have several policy implications and will be useful to service planners.Research limitations implications - Several questions for additional research were identified including the need to establish an inventory of service problem areas and investigating service and benefit policy and community awareness issues.Originality value - This paper provides policy makers with knowledge on the rural Aboriginal population, a population that has faced long standing problems in accessing appropriate health services. |
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ISSN: | 1366-0756 1751-1879 2051-3135 1751-1887 |
DOI: | 10.1108/13660750510594864 |