Question

A 24-year-old First Nations woman living in a remote fly-in community in northern Canada has poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (HbA1c 10.2%) and early nephropathy. She describes difficulty attending appointments in the regional diabetes centre due to travel costs and previous experiences of discrimination in urban health-care settings. Which of the following actions best aligns with culturally safe, guideline-concordant diabetes care for Indigenous Peoples?

Accepted Answer

Arrange virtual diabetes specialist and dietitian consultations coordinated through the local nursing station, explicitly acknowledge past negative experiences and explore her priorities

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Emphasise that poor control is due to her personal non-compliance and insist she travel to the city more often

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Discharge her from the practice if she misses further appointments

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Prescribe a complex insulin regimen immediately without further discussion

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Focus only on biomedical targets and avoid discussion of colonisation or social determinants

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