To provide health workers and public health professionals going to Indigenous lands to do TB work and/or working with Canadian Indigenous Peoples affected by TB, with an introductory platform to learn about the specific epidemiology, historical and cultural context for each of the three Indigenous groups in Canada in an effort to improve cultural competence with respect to providing TB care for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Note that, in this chapter, First Nations, Inuit, Métis are listed and covered alphabetically.
Disclaimer: this document does not intend to provide a comprehensive cultural safety course to readers but hopes that health workers can connect with specific cultural safety and awareness courses and information to pursue further study in this important area of healthcare as it pertains to the Indigenous group(s) that they are serving.
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