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Exploring women's health care experiences through an equity lens: Findings from a community clinic serving marginalised women

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  • Natasha Prodan‐Bhalla
  • Annette J. Browne

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Aims and objectives To explore how marginalised women perceive and rate equity‐oriented health care at a primary care clinic using items that evaluate patients' experiences of care. Background Despite an increased recognition of the importance of health care that is equity‐oriented, and that understands the patient within the context of the broader social determinants of health, inequities in health remain prevalent around the world. Design Items from the “EQUIP Primary Health Care" research programme were used to explore patients' experiences of equity‐oriented health care. Women were invited to complete the questionnaire with the explicit aim of gaining their input to improve quality of care at the clinic. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement was followed for the study. Methods Sixty‐seven women who experienced significant health and social inequities, and were seeking care at a women's only nurse practitioner primary health care clinic in Canada, were invited to complete the questionnaire. For quality improvement purposes, correlational analyses were used to explore women's experiences of care. Results Women's responses showed that Promote Emotional Safety and Trust and Overall Quality of Care were the most highly correlated domains, indicating the importance of the health care team in establishing trusting relationships, particularly for women who experience stigma and negative judgement when seeking care. Conclusion Seeking feedback from patients on their experiences of care using items developed to explicitly tap into equity issues is useful in understanding how patients experience equity‐oriented health care. Responses from the women highlight the importance of understanding not only the what of equity‐oriented care but also the how. Relevance to clinical practice The results of this study illustrate the importance of establishing trusting relationships, tailoring care, and using a nondiscriminatory approach when working with women who experience negative judgements when seeking care.

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  • Natasha Prodan‐Bhalla & Annette J. Browne, 2019. "Exploring women's health care experiences through an equity lens: Findings from a community clinic serving marginalised women," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(19-20), pages 3459-3469, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:28:y:2019:i:19-20:p:3459-3469
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14937
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