Aust Fam Physician
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Multicenter Study
Improving cultural respect to improve Aboriginal health in general practice: a multi-methods and multi-perspective pragmatic study.
To address the gap in access to healthcare between Aboriginal people and other Australians, we developed Ways of Thinking, Ways of Doing (WoTWoD) to embed cultural respect into routine clinical practice. WoTWoD includes a workshop, toolkit and cultural mentors in a partnership of general practice and Aboriginal organisations. The aim of this study was to examine the im-pact of WoTWoD on cultural respect, health checks and risk factor management for Aboriginal patients in general practice. ⋯ The WoTWoD may improve culturally appropriate care in general practice. Further research requires adequately powered randomised controlled trials.