Sentences with phrase «indigenous people in our hospitals»

If we're going to make any progress in closing the gap in Indigenous health outcomes, we're going to have to start addressing the gap that currently exists between the policies and procedures institutions put in place around cultural safety, and their practices and the lived experiences of Indigenous people in our hospitals and health services.

Not exact matches

For instance, Edward Poitras's Vita Brevis (1992), a coyote sculpted from bones, braying beneath hanging circuit boards and radio parts, is flanked by Kader Attia's Colonial Modernity: the first mass in Brazil and Algeria (2014), a diptych of replicated 19th - century colonial paintings, and Paulo Nazareth's Anthropology of black II (2014), a stark black and white video shot at the Hospital Colônia in Brazil where society's «undesirables», largely people of Indigenous and African descent, were tortured through the 20th century until its closure in 1980.

The relatively low number of Indigenous staff in some services, especially in large urban areas, adds to Indigenous insecurities in using mainstream services; (vi) Legacies of history and unpleasant previous experiences with mainstream services can reduce Indigenous use of facilities; (vii) Some mainstream services are delivered in ways that make Indigenous people feel uncomfortable, that is, services are not culturally appropriate or culturally secure; and (viii) There may be poor links between complementary services, for example between training institutions and employment facilities, or between primary health providers and hospitals or ancillary health services.

Meanwhile, writing on Croakey, Colleen Lavelle outlines 10 ways everyone can help to close the gap, including employing more Indigenous hospital liaison officers and employing more Indigenous people across the entire health sector, while the issue of obesity in Australia's remote Indigenous communities and the struggle to eat well against the odds, is explored in this JournalWatch article.

As well as seeking approval from the ethics committee of the academic institution or hospital where the research will take place, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) stipulates that for Aboriginal health research, the ethics approval process must include an assessment by, or advice from, people who have connections with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or knowledge of research in the area, and who are familiar with the culture and practices of Indigenous participants in the study.9 Most states and territories have their own dedicated ethics committee for Aboriginal health research proposals (Box 2).

Hospital admissions Around one in six Indigenous people (16 %) had been admitted to hospital in the 12 months prior to the 2004 - 05 survey (tHospital admissions Around one in six Indigenous people (16 %) had been admitted to hospital in the 12 months prior to the 2004 - 05 survey (thospital in the 12 months prior to the 2004 - 05 survey (table 1).

However, the ABS acknowledges that non-sampling errors due to the large level of undercoverage in the 2008 NATSISS may introduce bias, if, for example, the estimated 31 % of Indigenous people screened in areas other than discrete Indigenous communities who did not identify as Indigenous were different from those who did identify and so could participate.16 Similarly, those excluded from the sample because they were not usual residents of private dwellings (eg, visitors and people in hostels, caravan parks, prisons or hospitals) may have responded differently to those who were included.

First, there is an incomplete identification of Indigenous people in census data (i.e. people not identifying) as well as in administrative data (i.e. hospital records).