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Racism against aboriginal people in health-care system 'pervasive'…
Racism against aboriginal people in health-care system 'pervasive': study
Indigenous Health Solutions
Hiring: More Aboriginal representation and healthcare workers
A shift towards Cultural Safety
Aboriginal Specific Health Treatement Plans
"Sacred Space" in St. Paul's Hospital (McCue, 2015)
"...incorporating traditional healing into what many feel is a daunting hospital setting." (McCue, 2015)
Avoidance Strategies
Mistrust and hesitation to access healthcare resources after witnessing mistreatment in the past.
Dehumanizing experiences
Carol McFadden testimony : "You go to a clinic, and they don’t treat you as a human being. You're somebody that's wasting their valuable time, that they could be spending on somebody more deserving of the health-care system"(McCue, 2015)
Stereotyping in Substance Abuse Assumptions
Carol McFadden testimony: "...kicking her bed when they want her attention, or asking if she drinks or does drugs. She hasn’t had any alcohol for two decades."(McCue, 2015)
Colourism in a healthcare setting
Carol McFadden testimony: "If I'm somebody with white skin — if I'm somebody that looks like their relative, their auntie, their grandmother — I don't believe they would treat me that way." (McCue, 2015)
Unconscious bias
Patient Abandonment: Michelle Labrecque testimony
Study titled First Peoples, Second Class Treatment explains "racism against aboriginal people in the health-care system is "pervasive" and a major factor in substandard health among native people in Canada." (McCue, 2015)
Discrimination and Structural Racism towards Aboriginal Communities in Healthcare Settings
Rooted in Colonization
Segregation
Residential Schools
"Pro-White Bias" (McCue, 2015)
Additional Information/Action Needed
Elder participation in Holistic Practices
Cultural Safety and "Sacred Spaces" in a COVID Setting (McCue, 2015)
Healthcare Professional Accountability and Visibility of Indigenous issues/concerns