The Indigenous primary health care and policy research network: Guiding innovation within primary health care with Indigenous peoples in Alberta. Issue 6 (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Crowshoe, Lynden (Lindsay); Sehgal, Anika; Montesanti, Stephanie; Barnabe, Cheryl; Kennedy, Andrea; Murry, Adam; Roach, Pamela; Green, Michael; Bablitz, Cara; Tailfeathers, Esther; Henderson, Rita
• Is Part Of: Health policy. Volume 125:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 725
• Page End: 731
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: Primary health care -- Indigenous -- Health equity -- Stakeholder engagement -- Health policy; Medical education -- Periodicals; Medical policy -- Periodicals; Delivery of Health Care -- Periodicals; Education, Medical -- Periodicals; Health Education -- Periodicals; Health Planning -- Periodicals; Public Policy -- Periodicals; Enseignement médical -- Périodiques; Politique sanitaire -- Périodiques; Medical education; Medical policy; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; 362.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.02.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0168-8510

Abstract

Highlights: Persistent colonial assimilation policies have manifested themselves in ongoing Indigenous health inequities. Systems transformations in primary health care can promote Indigenous health equity. Strategic collaborations can achieve primary health care change for Indigenous peoples. A research-to-practice and policy platform can mobilize strategies to achieve change. Abstract: In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its Final Report with 94 Calls to Action, several of which called upon the health care sector to reform based on the principles of reconciliation. In the province of Alberta, Canada, numerous initiatives have arisen to address the health legacy Calls to Action, yet there is no formal mechanism to connect them all. As such, these initiatives have resulted in limited improvements overall. Recognizing the need for clear leadership, responsibility, and dedicated funding, stakeholders from across Alberta were convened in the Spring of 2019 for two full-day roundtable meetings to provide direction for a proposed Canadian Institutes of Health Research Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research that focused on primary health care and policy research. The findings from these roundtable meetings were synthesized and integrated into the foundational principles of the Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network. The IPHCPR Network has envisioned a renewed and transformed primary health care system to achieve Indigenous health equity, aligned with principles and health legacy Calls to Action advocated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.