Indigenous health equity as a priority in British Columbia's public health system: a pilot case study

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dc.contributor.authorKent, Alexandra
dc.contributor.supervisorReading, Charlotte Loppie
dc.contributor.supervisorPauly, Bernadette M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T14:42:40Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T14:42:40Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-08-30
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health and Social Policyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Public Health M.P.H.en_US
dc.description.abstractFor her MPH thesis research, Alex Kent conducted secondary analysis of data from the Equity Lens in Public Health (ELPH) research program to explore whether and how Indigenous health equity is prioritized within one regional health authority [HA100] in British Columbia’s public health system. Her thesis addresses the question: How has Indigenous health equity been identified and prioritized within HA100 as reflected in core documents and plans as well as interviews with key decision makers in the health authority? Using the Xpey’ Relational Environments Framework, a theoretical framework designed by Drs. Charlotte Loppie and Jeannine Carriere, Alex identifies and discusses the physical and theoretical settings where Indigenous health equity is and is not manifested in the public health system. Her findings highlight a number of examples of how HA100 has implemented successful strategies aimed at enhancing Indigenous health equity as well as several areas for improvement across the relational environments. Alex concludes that improving Indigenous health equity through human, non-human and symbolic interactions in institution, system and community settings appears to be a current priority for HA100; whereas reconciling historical relationships and creating equitable social, cultural and political conditions that promote optimal health and wellbeing for Indigenous peoples is positioned as a long-term and indirect goal.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationKent, A., Loppie, C., Carriere, J., MacDonald, M., & Pauly, B. (2017). Xpey’ relational environments: An analytic framework for conceptualizing Indigenous health equity. Manuscript submitted to Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Canada for publication.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8502
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectHealth Equityen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectPublic Healthen_US
dc.subjectHealth Systemsen_US
dc.subjectPriority Settingen_US
dc.subjectHealth Services Accessibilityen_US
dc.titleIndigenous health equity as a priority in British Columbia's public health system: a pilot case studyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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