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Victoria Smye
Researcher at University of Western Ontario
Publications - 41
Citations - 1869
Victoria Smye is an academic researcher from University of Western Ontario. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Indigenous. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 36 publications receiving 1499 citations. Previous affiliations of Victoria Smye include University of Ontario Institute of Technology & University of British Columbia.
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The Relevance of Postcolonial Theoretical Perspectives to Research in Aboriginal Health
TL;DR: Although postcolonial theories are relatively new in nursing discourses, they provide a powerful analytical framework for considering the legacy of the colonial past and the neocolonial present as the context in which health care is delivered.
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Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations
Annette J. Browne,Colleen Varcoe,Sabrina T. Wong,Victoria Smye,Josée G. Lavoie,Doreen Littlejohn,David Tu,Olive Godwin,Murry Krause,Koushambhi Basu Khan,Alycia Fridkin,Patricia Rodney,John O’Neil,Scott Lennox +13 more
TL;DR: Four key dimensions of equity-orientedPHC services are identified as 10 strategies that intersect to optimize the effectiveness of PHC services, particularly through improvements in the quality of care, an improved 'fit' between people's needs and services, enhanced trust and engagement by patients, and a shift from crisis-oriented care to continuity of care.
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Cultural safety and the challenges of translating critically oriented knowledge in practice
Annette J. Browne,Colleen Varcoe,Victoria Smye,Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham,M. Judith Lynam,Sabrina T. Wong +5 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that what may be required to effectively use cultural safety in the knowledge-translation process is a 'social justice curriculum for practice' that would foster a philosophical stance of critical inquiry at both the individual and institutional levels.
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Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: evidence-based strategies from an ethnographic study
Annette J. Browne,Colleen Varcoe,Josée G. Lavoie,Victoria Smye,Sabrina T. Wong,Murry Krause,David Tu,Olive Godwin,Koushambhi Basu Khan,Alycia Fridkin +9 more
TL;DR: An evidence-based framework and specific strategies for promoting health care equity for Indigenous populations are discussed and 10 strategies that intersect to optimize effectiveness of health care services for Indigenous peoples are discussed.
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Access to Primary Care From the Perspective of Aboriginal Patients at an Urban Emergency Department
TL;DR: Findings from an ethnographic study in which experiences of access to primary care services from the perspective of Aboriginal people seeking care at an emergency department located in a large Canadian city are discussed.