Ahmed Mardinli, Rona Weerasuriya, Alanna Gillespie, Libby Smith, Valerie Sung
Accessing hearing-health services for deaf and hard-of-hearing children during the COVID-19 pandemic: Parent and child perspectives
The Australian journal of social issues
indigenous patients often present complex health needs clinical settings due factors rooted legacy colonization healthcare systems providers equipped identify underlying causes enact solutions complexity study aimed develop indigenouscentered patient complexity assessment framework urban indigenous patients canada multiphased approach used initiated review literature surrounding complexity followed interviews indigenous patients embed lived experiences complexity concluded modified edelphi consensus building process panel 14 healthcare experts within field indigenous health identify domains concepts contributing health complexity inclusion indigenouscentered patient complexity assessment framework study details final phase research total 27 concepts spanning 9 domains including biological social health literacy psychological functioning healthcare access adverse life experiences resilience culture healthcare violence domains included final version indigenouscentered patient complexity assessment framework proposed framework outlines critical components indicate presence health complexity among indigenous patients framework serves source reference healthcare providers inform delivery care indigenous patients framework advance scholarship patient complexity assessment tools addition domains commonly seen well extending application tools potentially mitigate racism experienced underserved populations indigenous peoples