Diabetes

The IPHCPR Team has produced a variety of publications relating to the experiences of Indigenous people with diabetes

Health care experiences of Indigenous people living with type 2 diabetes in Canada

Interactions with diabetes care are influenced by personal and collective historical experiences with providers and exposures to culturally unsafe health care. Relationships with healthcare providers are central to addressing ongoing colonial dynamics in Indigenous health care and redressing past harms.

Impacts of Educating for Equity Workshop on Addressing Social Barriers of Type 2 Diabetes With Indigenous Patients

JCEHP 2018

DOI: 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000188

Authors: Lynden Lindsay Crowshoe, Han Han, Betty Calam, Rita Henderson, Kristen Jacklin, Leah Walker, Michael E Green

A workshop in Northern Ontario that aims to enhance family physicians' clinical approach by including social and cultural dimensions within diabetes management, was evaluated to determine whether participation in the workshop improved self-reported knowledge, skills, and confidence in physicians working with Indigenous patients with type 2 diabetes.

Exploring Canadian Physicians' Experiences with Diabetes Care for Indigenous Patients

CJD 2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2017.06.012

Authors: Lynden Lindsay Crowshoe, Rita I Henderson, Michael E Green, Kristen M Jacklin, Leah M Walker, Betty Calam 

The perspectives of physicians caring for Indigenous patients with diabetes provide crucial insights into health-care service delivery. Adaptations made by physicians in diabetes care grounded in Indigenous historical, social and cultural contexts offer opportunities for improving care quality, but changes in policy and added health system supports and structural competency are needed.

Educating for Equity Care Framework: Addressing social barriers of Indigenous patients with type 2 diabetes

Indigenous patients with type 2 diabetes face numerous barriers to improved diabetes outcomes due to the legacy of colonization, and culture is often not recognized as a facilitator in diabetes management. The Educating for Equity (E4E) Care Framework is a resource that can help clinicians improve Indigenous patients’ capacity for change in a way that acknowledges the social factors that affect the increasing diabetes rates, and that uses a cultural lens to promote improved outcomes.