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Racism in Inuit experiences in healthcare: findings from an environmental scan.
| Τίτλος: | Racism in Inuit experiences in healthcare: findings from an environmental scan. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Toor JSK; University College London, London, UK., Lavoie JG; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. |
| Πηγή: | International journal of circumpolar health [Int J Circumpolar Health] 2026 Dec 31; Vol. 85 (1), pp. 2726014. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 08. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Review |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9713056 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2242-3982 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 12399736 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Circumpolar Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2016- : Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis Original Publication: Oulu, Finland : International Union for Circumpolar Health and the Nordic Society of Arctic Medicine, [1997- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Healthcare Disparities*/ethnology , Inuit*/psychology , Racism*, Humans ; Arctic Regions ; Canada ; Health Services Accessibility ; Health Services, Indigenous |
| Περίληψη: | While the category of "race" has no scientific foundation, race and subsequent racism continue to be determinants of access to health for Indigenous communities globally, including for Inuit in Canada. This scan raised concerns from community members voicing racial inequities in healthcare. The aim of this review was to scan Canadian Inuit experiences of racism in healthcare. To date, no such work has been done, and contemporary Inuit experiences of racism in the healthcare context have not been systematically documented. We hope that this review will serve as a foundation for scholars, policy makers and/or Inuit-community-based organisations to engage with this issue further. We conducted an environmental scan from 2000 to 2024 of peer-reviewed and grey literature to explore Canadian Inuit experiences of racism in healthcare. Our scan identified 16 sources. We analysed sources using the following: systemic or interpersonal racism, and then distinguishing if racism was explicitly mentioned or inferred by the authors. We found medical evacuation, women's health issues, cancer care and postoperative outcomes to be places where racism in healthcare has been documented. Overall, we hope that this review draws much-needed attention to this issue and contributes to the imagination of a new way of practice. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Canada; Healthcare; Indigenous; Inuit; Racism |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260908 Date Completed: 20260908 Latest Revision: 20260911 |
| Update Code: | 20260911 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13556113 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/22423982.2026.2726014 |
| PMID: | 42710001 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2242-3982 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/22423982.2026.2726014 |