Barriers to Health and Social Delivery for Urban Aboriginal People in the Okanagan Valley
Given the way that Urban Aboriginal people are often excluded from large‐scale quantitative studies of health and social services, project researchers have undertaken a qualitative study that provides for extensive discussions with Urban Aboriginal people about their experiences in the health and social service system. There are three components to the research: interviews with Aboriginal service users (between Summer 2006 and Fall 2007); interviews with Aboriginal service providers (between Fall 2007 and Spring 2008); and a focus group using techniques developed from traditional Okanagan Nation research methods (called Enowkinwixw) in Spring of 2007.
