Aboriginal children with cancer: The patient and healthcare worker perspective

Sophie Jessop; Shandelle Hill; Kon Bicanin; Tanya Day; Jess Turner; Megan O'Connell; Rose Highfold; Tom Revesz

doi:10.1002/pbc.30747

Aboriginal children with cancer: The patient and healthcare worker perspective

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Jan;71(1):e30747. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30747. Epub 2023 Oct 25.

Authors

Sophie Jessop^{1

2}, Shandelle Hill¹, Kon Bicanin¹, Tanya Day³, Jess Turner⁴, Megan O'Connell⁴, Rose Highfold⁴, Tom Revesz^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology and Oncology, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Aboriginal Health Division, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Taikurrinthi Aboriginal Liaison Office, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

PMID: 37880841
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30747

Abstract

There are inequitable health outcomes for Aboriginal children with cancer. A quality improvement audit performed at our institution through interviews with families and healthcare workers has highlighted individual, systematic and cultural barriers to equitable and culturally safe healthcare for Aboriginal patients, in addition to facilitators and recommendations for improvements.

Keywords: Aboriginal; First Nations; cancer; culture; service provision.

MeSH terms

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Child
Clinical Audit
Delivery of Health Care
Health Personnel
Humans
Neoplasms* / therapy
Quality Improvement

Grants and funding

Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation