1. Masculinities and Marginalized Young Men's Patterns of Accessing Health Care Services

Acute health care among Indigenous patients in Canada: a scoping review

“…Throughout these studies, Indigenous patients often mentioned not being satisfied with their access to health care and encountering multiple barriers in the health care system. These barriers include long wait times [15,16],, difficulty communicating [15] as well as prejudices and discrimination [17,[19][20][21]. Indigenous patients mentioned simply wanting to be treated like any other patient by practitioners who respect their Indigenous identity [15,18].…”

“…An Indigenous patient also stated not always inquiring about illness or treatment options due to communication barriers and subsequent difficulties understanding the information provided [15]. It has also been mentioned that some Indigenous patients are afraid of visiting hospitals and will avoid them by all means [17,19]. Many Indigenous patients felt they were treated differently and appreciated when health care professionals treated them as they would any other patient while also recognising and respecting their Indigenous identity [15,18].…”

“…Firestone reported that 60% of questioned Indigenous patients consider their access to care to be excellent or good whereas 11% of them consider it to be poor [31]. A study reported that Indigenous patients mainly use the emergency department to access health care [19]. Another study reported that, for psychiatric patients, hospitalisation rates are higher if the primary source of health care is an hospital rather than a nursing centre [32].…”