HTHSCI 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Everyday Health, Indian Register, Family Medicine
24 May 2016
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Making healthcare delivery culturally safe for aboriginal people in urban. Reaches out to these people and gives them access to healthcare. Improves quality of healthcare received, and health in general. Social determinants of health: first nations of canada: terminology. Aboriginal people: descendants of the original inhabitants of na: canadian constitution recognizes three groups of aboriginal people indians, metis and inuit. Status indians those that are recognized under indian health act and are registered: non-status indians have not. Inuit generally in northern parts of canada: environment. Exists little/no monitoring for the protection of aboriginal land, water and air quality in their communities. Access is by water, ice roads: issue for social determinants of health, very far and remote, access to care is impeded, economics. 78. 2% of aboriginal persons living in hamilton earb less than. ,000 per year compared to 25% of the general hamilton population.
