Table 4 Barriers to Indigenous patients seeking chiropractic care
Themes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Personal Financial | Accessibility Process Issues | Educational Lack of knowledge about chiropractic in Indigenous community | Community Issues Lived experience of institutionalised racism |
Examples of Comments | ||||
1 | Cost of treatment | Location of Indigenous people/clinicians | Poor understanding in all communities re chiropractic | Reluctance of Indigenous patient/s to approach unknown clinician/clinic |
2 | Funding arrangements | Distance | Lack of awareness | Cultural rules of potential patients |
3 | Poor referring system | Reliable service in rural locations | No history of treatment in community/family | Fear of being treated in a manner that goes against cultural rules |
4 | Lack of proper equipment | Limited public transport | Â | Fear of being treated badly |
5 | Time poor | Â | Â | Â |