Perceptions of provider awareness of traditional and cultural treatments among Indigenous people who use unregulated drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the University of British Columbia/Providence Health Care Research Ethics Board (ACCESS: H05-50233, VIDUS: H05-50234 / H14-01396). Further, it was carried out in accordance with Canada’s TCPS 2 (2022) which governs ethical conduct for research involving humans. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR; PJT-152924). Alexa Norton is supported by a CIHR Doctoral Research Award (CGS-D) and receives trainee support from the University of British Columbia (Four-Year Doctoral Fellowship). Dr. Kanna Hayashi holds the St. Paul’s Hospital Chair in Substance Use Research and is supported in part by the NIH (U01DA038886), a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Scholar Award, and the St. Paul’s Foundation. Dr. Bohdan Nosyk holds a St. Paul's Hospital CANFAR Chair in HIV/AIDS Research. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection or analysis, writing of the report, or decision to submit the article for publication."