2023
DOI: 10.1177/00222429231209925
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On the Path to Decolonizing Health Care Services: The Role of Marketing

Reece George,
Steven D’Alessandro,
Mehmet Ibrahim Mehmet
et al.

Abstract: Despite considerable investment, health outcomes for First Nations people are well below those of the rest of the population in several countries, including Canada, the USA, and Australia. In this paper, we draw on actor-network theory and the case of “Birthing on Country,” a successful policy initiative led by First Nations Australians, to explore the decolonization of health services. Using publicly available archival data and the theoretical guidance of actor-network theory, our analysis offers insight into… Show more

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“…Offline communities can offer similar benefits to their members and have a long history in marketing scholarship (Muniz and O’Guinn 2001). In this special issue, George et al (2024) study First Nations people living in the Northern Territory in Australia. A pressing issue for this population was its reliance on a health care system developed by Western colonizers that did not fit First Nation customs and preferences.…”
Section: How New Health Care Consumers Disrupt Exchangesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Offline communities can offer similar benefits to their members and have a long history in marketing scholarship (Muniz and O’Guinn 2001). In this special issue, George et al (2024) study First Nations people living in the Northern Territory in Australia. A pressing issue for this population was its reliance on a health care system developed by Western colonizers that did not fit First Nation customs and preferences.…”
Section: How New Health Care Consumers Disrupt Exchangesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To leverage the sociologist David Caplovitz's classic question, “Do the poor pay more?,” we could ask, “Do the poor lose more” in these new digital health markets? The Australian Birthing on Country initiative among First Nations people in George et al (2024) suggests that support is needed, but that it must be accompanied by deep engagement and involvement with the affected consumers.…”
Section: Disrupted Exchanges In Changing Health Care Ecosystems: What...mentioning
confidence: 99%