Table 3 Summary of key Themes (Iwi, in Italics) and the inter-related codes (Hapū, in dot points)
From: Indigenous health equity in health register ascertainment and data quality: a narrative review
Barriers to ascertainment of Indigenous peoples | Strategies to support ascertainment of Indigenous peoples | Strategies to support data quality for Indigenous peoples |
|---|---|---|
Ethnicity data collection and quality • Incomplete • Inconsistent • Inaccurate | Collaboration • Engaging with Indigenous peoples • Engaging with existing health systems | Collaboration • Engaging and involving Indigenous peoples and organisations • Engaging with other organisations • Data linkage |
Systems and structures • Ethnicity data collection and data information systems • Legislation • Lack of standard protocols | Finding people • Raise community awareness • Recruit from Indigenous health providers • Legislation | Ethnicity data collection and quality • Standard ethnicity protocols • Self-reported ethnicity • Validation |
Health services / health professionals • Staff capability and capacity • Availability of services • Adequate funding • Collecting Indigenous status not prioritised | Recruitment processes • Staff training • Indigenous language speaking staff • Available enrolment resources | Systems-level strategies • Information systems • Standard protocols and processes • Reporting and publications • Registry standards • Quality assurance plan |
Perceptions of individual and community-level barriers • Discrimination • Accessibility of services | Health service / health professional-level strategies • Adequate resource • Responsive protocols • Staff capability • Staff feedback |