Propelled by the Pandemic: Responses and Shifts in Primary Healthcare Models for Indigenous Peoples

By FYH News Team

Published on June 10, 2022

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doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2022.26826.

Affiliations

¹ Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
² Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
³ Public Health and Preventive Medicine Specialist, Deputy Medical Officer of Health, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Indigenous Services Canada, Calgary, AB.
⁴ Siksika Health Services, Siksika First, Nation, Siksika First Nation, AB.
⁵ Director of Health, Métis Nation of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
⁶ Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
⁷ Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.
⁸ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of, Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
⁹ Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

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Cheryl Barnabe et al.

Healthc Policy.

2022 May.

doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2022.26826.

Affiliations

¹ Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
² Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
³ Public Health and Preventive Medicine Specialist, Deputy Medical Officer of Health, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Indigenous Services Canada, Calgary, AB.
⁴ Siksika Health Services, Siksika First, Nation, Siksika First Nation, AB.
⁵ Director of Health, Métis Nation of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
⁶ Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
⁷ Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.
⁸ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of, Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
⁹ Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant risk to the health and well-being of First Nations and Métis communities in Alberta. Communities’ self-determined and integrated responses with embedded cultural supports – in collaboration with governments, organizations and providers – were key to minimizing morbidity and mortality. Maintaining and building these relationships in the continued pandemic response, broadening approaches to healthcare delivery and continuing to include culture will support attainment of the Indigenous primary healthcare model while addressing logistical challenges in transforming and sustaining healthcare systems in the background of ongoing inequities in the social determinants of health.

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