Health Care Access
“Our health deserves appropriate and dedicated care”
There is an urgent need for improved health care access
40% of FN people rated access to health care as fair to poor
Barriers to care that people report:
- 48% report long waiting lists
- 35% report difficulty accessing transportation
- 32% can’t afford direct costs associated with health care
- Doctors are not available
- 24% lack trust in health care providers
Stigma & discrimination play a contributing role
“We need more Aboriginal people in health care, education, places where people are looking up to other people. More native role models.”
