NCCIH & NCCID

Lessons from COVID-19 - Recommendations to improve Indigenous Peoples' access to STBBI health services

March 2024

This infographic summarizes recommendations to improve Indigenous Peoples’ access to health services for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs), based on the experiences of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis STBBI service users, STBBI service providers, and policy- and decision-makers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is based on interviews and focus groups completed by the National Collaborating Centres for Indigenous Health and Infectious Diseases in 2021-2022, and is a companion to the report “COVID-19 and Indigenous peoples’ access to STBBI and related health services: A qualitative study” and report summaries “COVID -19 and Indigenous Peoples’ access to STBBI services: Summarizing a qualitative study” and “COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples’ access to STBBI services: Summarizing survey, interview, and focus group findings.”

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