'American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Patients’ Perceptions of a Culturally Specific Patient Navigator Program'

' abridgment\nLack of nark to care, funding limitations, cultural, and mixer barriers are challenges specialized to tribal communities that puzzle led to ominous malignant neoplastic disease outcomes among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). While the cancer navigator imitate has been shown to be utile in some other underserved communities, it has not been astray implemented in Indian Country. We conducted in-depth interviews with 40 AI/AN long-sufferings at tribal clinics in Idaho and Oregon. We transgressed the evaluate instrument in partnership with participation members to ensure a culturally enamor semi-structured questionnaire. Questions explored barriers to accessing care, perceptions of the navigator schedule, satisfaction, and recommendations. AI/AN cancer uncomplainings report physical, emotional, financial, and transportation barriers to care, exclusively most did not feel on that point were any cultural barriers to receiving care. Navigator work m ost normally usaged include decision making, referrals, transportation, political platforming appointments, and communication. Satisfaction with the program was high. Our study tins a template to develop a culturally appropriate look into instrument for commit with an AI/AN population, which could be adapted for use with other indigenous patient populations. Although our warning was small, our qualitative synopsis facilitated a deeper arrest of the barriers faced by this population and how a navigator program may top hat address them. The results see the strengths and weakness of this program, and provide baseline patient satisfaction song which will set aside future patient navigator programs to make better create rating benchmarks.\n\nKeywords\n\nQualitativeSurveySatisfactionIndigenousTribal'