Describing the characteristics and symptom profile of a group of urban patients experiencing socioeconomic inequity and receiving palliative care: a descriptive exploratory analysis.

Background: Individuals experiencing socioeconomic inequity have worse health outcomes and face barriers to palliative and end-of-life care. There is a need to develop palliative care programs tailored to this underserved population.

Objectives: To understand the characteristics and symptom profiles of a group of urban patients experiencing socioeconomic inequity and receiving palliative care.

Improving access to palliative care for people experiencing socioeconomic inequities: findings from a community-based pilot research study.

Introduction: In Canada, people experiencing socioeconomic inequities have higher rates of late diagnosis and lower survival rates than the general population. Palliative care services focussed on this population are scarce. We developed a community-based nursing intervention to improve access to palliative care for people experiencing socioeconomic inequities and living with life-limiting illnesses in an urban Canadian setting.

Access, relationships, quality and safety (ARQS): a qualitative study to develop an Indigenous-centred understanding of virtual care quality.

Background: Among Indigenous peoples in Canada, access to high-quality healthcare remains an important determinant of health. The shift to virtual and remote-based approaches, expedited during the COVID-19 pandemic, influenced the ways in which individuals accessed care and the quality of care received. This study sought to determine which elements are required for effective and sustainable virtual care approaches for delivery of primary care to Indigenous patients and develop quality indicators grounded in Indigenous community and experience.

The Indigenous primary health care and policy research network: Guiding innovation within primary health care with Indigenous peoples in Alberta.

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.