Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta
Objectives This study aims to identify and critically examine the components of health complexity, and explore the factors that allow it to exist, among urban Indigenous peoples in Canada.Design Qualitative exploration with relational conversations.Setting Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Participants A tot...
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| author | Cheryl Barnabe Rita Henderson Sara Scott Adam Murry Anika Sehgal Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe |
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| description | Objectives This study aims to identify and critically examine the components of health complexity, and explore the factors that allow it to exist, among urban Indigenous peoples in Canada.Design Qualitative exploration with relational conversations.Setting Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Participants A total of nine urban Indigenous patients were recruited from a multidisciplinary primary healthcare clinic that serves First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. Recruitment and data collection took place between September and November 2021.Results Thematic analysis revealed three main themes, namely: sources of health complexity, psychological responses to adversity, and resilience, strengths, and protective factors. Key sources of health complexity arose from material resource disparities and adverse interpersonal interactions within the healthcare environment, which manifest into psychological distress while strengths and resilience emerged as protective factors.Conclusion The healthcare system remains inapt to address complexity among urban Indigenous peoples in Canada. Healthcare violence experienced by Indigenous peoples only further perpetuates health complexity. Future clinical tools to collect information about health complexity among urban Indigenous patients should include questions about the factors defined in this study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cfddf42388fe4a54aab0e274c511b3442023-11-02T16:45:07ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-10-01131010.1136/bmjopen-2023-073184Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, AlbertaCheryl Barnabe0Rita Henderson1Sara Scott2Adam Murry3Anika Sehgal4Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe5Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaFamily Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCommunity Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaPsychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaFamily Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaFamily Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaObjectives This study aims to identify and critically examine the components of health complexity, and explore the factors that allow it to exist, among urban Indigenous peoples in Canada.Design Qualitative exploration with relational conversations.Setting Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Participants A total of nine urban Indigenous patients were recruited from a multidisciplinary primary healthcare clinic that serves First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. Recruitment and data collection took place between September and November 2021.Results Thematic analysis revealed three main themes, namely: sources of health complexity, psychological responses to adversity, and resilience, strengths, and protective factors. Key sources of health complexity arose from material resource disparities and adverse interpersonal interactions within the healthcare environment, which manifest into psychological distress while strengths and resilience emerged as protective factors.Conclusion The healthcare system remains inapt to address complexity among urban Indigenous peoples in Canada. Healthcare violence experienced by Indigenous peoples only further perpetuates health complexity. Future clinical tools to collect information about health complexity among urban Indigenous patients should include questions about the factors defined in this study.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/10/e073184.full |
| spellingShingle | Cheryl Barnabe Rita Henderson Sara Scott Adam Murry Anika Sehgal Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta BMJ Open |
| title | Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta |
| title_full | Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta |
| title_fullStr | Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta |
| title_short | Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta |
| title_sort | critically examining health complexity experienced by urban indigenous peoples in canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist a qualitative study of indigenous patients in calgary alberta |
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