A study has found a higher percentage of First Nations, Métis and Inuit females report being in poor health and have less access to health care than non-Indigenous females
New research confirms what many Indigenous women have known all along: First Nations, Inuit and Métis females face many disparities in accessing health care., led by the Public Health Agency of Canada and published in the CMAJ on Monday, found that First Nations, Inuit and Métis females have less access to a regular health care provider than their non-Indigenous counterparts in Canada, they wait longer for appointments, and have more unmet needs, particularly for mental health.
They found a higher percentage of First Nations, Métis and Inuit females reported being in poor health than non-Indigenous females. A larger proportion of First Nations and Métis participants had diabetes and asthma, and along with Inuit females, they had higher rates of mood or anxiety disorders. These disparities remained, even after adjusting for factors such as education, income and where participants lived.
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