introduction: the success of a health system depends on the accessibility and the quality of health services it provides. one major indicator of service quality is peoples satisfaction from the service. in this article, healthcare availability and satisfaction of people in 17th zone of tehran is investigated. methods: population research center has performed a survey in 17th zone of tehran to i...

Accumulating research suggests that racism may be a major determinant of health. Here we report associations between self-reported experience of racial discrimination and health in New Zealand. Data from the 2002/2003 New Zealand Health Survey, a cross-sectional survey involving face-to-face interviews with 12,500 people, were analysed. Five items were included to capture racial discrimination ...

Indigenous people have long maintained that strong cultural identities are critical to health and wellbeing. The purpose of this systematic review is to examine whether interventions that entail strategies to enable expression of cultural identities for Australian Indigenous peoples are associated with measurable improvements in health and wellbeing. Peer-reviewed articles that reported quantit...

Purpose. Indigenous Peoples are underrepresented in the health professions. This paper examines indigenous identity and the quality and nature of nursing work-life. The knowledge generated should enhance strategies to increase representation of indigenous peoples in nursing to reduce health inequities. Design. Community-based participatory research employing Grounded Theory as the method was th...

1444 www.thelancet.com/oncology Vol 16 November 2015 7 Blakely T, Shaw C, Atkinson J, Cunningham R, Sarfati D. Social inequalities or inequities in cancer incidence? Repeated census-cancer cohort studies, New Zealand 1981–1986 to 2001–2004. Cancer Causes Control 2011; 22: 1307–18. 8 Paltoo DN, Chu KC. Patterns in cancer incidence among American Indians/ Alaska Natives, United States, 1992–1999....

The bodies of indigenous peoples are continually compared to the slim ideal and the “norm” of white people (Moreton-Robinson, 2000). Furthermore, the bodies of indigenous peoples are often of interest to government organizations, and Nelson (2012) argued that “Aboriginal” or “Torres Strait Islander” have become common, unproblematized markers of health risk. In light of the manner in which indi...

BACKGROUND Older Indigenous adults encounter multiple challenges as their age intersects with health inequities. Research suggests that a majority of older Indigenous adults prefer to age in place, and they will need culturally safe assistive technologies to do so. OBJECTIVE The aim of this critical review was to examine literature concerning use, adaptation, and development of assistive tech...