Aboriginal people and Health Care in Canada
Bimala Bhandari
Student Number: 214612402
The Canadian Health Care System
Course: NURS 4710
York University
Course Director, Andria Phillips
November 30, 2016
Aboriginal people and Health Care in Canada
Various studies have outlined Aboriginal people as the vulnerable population in Canada. Aboriginal people are disadvantaged in many ways, including the access of health care services. In this paper, I will summarize the article about the inequalities of the health care services and Aboriginal people by Cameron, Plazas, Salas, Bearskin, & Hungler, 2014, and will relate it to the course material of Canadian health care system.
What were the key points from reading the material?
The article discusses the inequalities of health care access to Aboriginal people, and how nurses can be involved to reduce such disparities. The article informs that the Aboriginal people experience challenges in …show more content…
The federal government is funding for the health care, and they are eligible of certain numbers of health services, which are not offered to non-aboriginals. However, now, I have realized the need of awareness to reduce the structural differences and improve the social determinant of health, rather than only focusing on funding for services. Aboriginal people are facing the challenges regarding access to health care services. Many factors of the social determinant of health come into play to be discriminated and stigmatized. Aboriginal people are facing more health problems than non-aboriginal due to poverty. So, upstream approaches should be implemented to reduce the gap and inequities between Aboriginals and non-aboriginals. Not only the health care providers but also all public should be aware of this issues to eliminate the difference in structural and individual
Bimala Bhandari
Student Number: 214612402
The Canadian Health Care System
Course: NURS 4710
York University
Course Director, Andria Phillips
November 30, 2016
Aboriginal people and Health Care in Canada
Various studies have outlined Aboriginal people as the vulnerable population in Canada. Aboriginal people are disadvantaged in many ways, including the access of health care services. In this paper, I will summarize the article about the inequalities of the health care services and Aboriginal people by Cameron, Plazas, Salas, Bearskin, & Hungler, 2014, and will relate it to the course material of Canadian health care system.
What were the key points from reading the material?
The article discusses the inequalities of health care access to Aboriginal people, and how nurses can be involved to reduce such disparities. The article informs that the Aboriginal people experience challenges in …show more content…
The federal government is funding for the health care, and they are eligible of certain numbers of health services, which are not offered to non-aboriginals. However, now, I have realized the need of awareness to reduce the structural differences and improve the social determinant of health, rather than only focusing on funding for services. Aboriginal people are facing the challenges regarding access to health care services. Many factors of the social determinant of health come into play to be discriminated and stigmatized. Aboriginal people are facing more health problems than non-aboriginal due to poverty. So, upstream approaches should be implemented to reduce the gap and inequities between Aboriginals and non-aboriginals. Not only the health care providers but also all public should be aware of this issues to eliminate the difference in structural and individual