Rheumatic diseases are a group of chronic conditions that are associated with significant
morbidity, impaired physical function, psychosocial stress, and cost to the healthcare system …

Purpose Pain is a multifaceted experience shaped by various factors including context of
pain, previous life events, and ongoing ethnocultural circumstances. Moreover, the definition …

Objectives Health equity is a priority for clinical and public health practice and promoted in
GRADE's Evidence to Decision (EtD) Framework, yet there is still limited integration of …

Advances in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management have significantly improved clinical
outcomes of this disease; however, some Indigenous North Americans (INA) with RA have …

Objective The aim of this study was to understand and describe the lived experience of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with osteoarthritis. Methods Qualitative study …

Objective The Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, introduced the Stollery
Awasisak team to provide targeted support to Indigenous families and their children. Talking …

Introduction Addressing disparities in arthritis care is an important yet unmet health need for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia (respectfully Aboriginal people …

Pain may be a wind, a mist, live burial, a rubbish tip, a concrete suit, shattered glass, a knife.
2 Discussions of pain can readily become a list of the vivid metaphors created as people …

Methods: A patient care facilitator model of care, termed “arthritis liaison,” was developed
with the community to support culturally relevant patient-centred care plans. Following a one …

Race, ethnicity, and Indigenous identity (REI) data collection, a strategy to address health
and healthcare inequities, is emerging in Canada. Traditional teachings remind us to …