Likewise, the leadership of organisations such as NACCHO, the Lowitja Institute and the Close the Gap Campaign in developing the understanding of
cultural safety more broadly across the health system is making a real difference.
Not exact matches
With the growing overuse of technology, surgery and drugs in childbirth and the underuse of natural comfort measures, water, midwives, rebozo techniques and doulas, Orgasmic Birth brings a challenge to our
cultural myths that
safety resides in
more technology, while science tells us for most MotherBaby's less is
more in childbirth.
We at Monsanto have pledged to listen better to and engage in dialogue with concerned groups, to be
more transparent in the methods we use and the data we have about
safety, to respect the
cultural and ethical concerns of others, to share our technology with developing countries, and to make sure we deliver real benefits to our customers and to the environment.
With the growing overuse of technology, surgery and drugs in childbirth and the underuse of natural comfort measures, water, midwives, rebozo techniques and doulas, Orgasmic Birth brings a challenge to our
cultural myths that
safety resides in
more technology, while science tells us for most MotherBaby's less is
more in childbirth.
It could be a number of things: it could be better recording processes by the jurisdictions, could be them being able to finally ask the question and encourage people to identify, and probably I think the most positive aspect is it could be because of heightened awareness around the issue by MATSITI of
cultural safety — it could be that some of those teachers felt
more comfortable in identifying by 2015 than they did in 2012.
In some works we observe the kind of redevelopment that often creates booms in commercial value,
safety and convenience while in others we witness the heavy loss of
cultural integrity and the sacrifice of traditional creative output in favor of
more subversive and territorial markings.
(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's
cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated
more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for
safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary.
It also recommends additional student space and clear procedures about using the space, amendments to the Student Code of Conduct that provide for student rights, better communication with students, including about their achievements,
more effective enforcement of policies related to personal and community
safety, the creation of an office to increase
cultural awareness and provide anti-racism training, exclusion of external groups who are disruptive and anti-oppression training for everyone (an unfortunate term that one hopes really means developing greater awareness of differences).
If you would like to find out
more about the codes and
cultural safety, some excellent evidence - based articles and opinion pieces are available to counter the rhetoric being spread.
Countries like New Zealand, Canada and the USA are far
more advanced in integrating culture through
cultural safety and
cultural competency into their health care systems (see references from NZ and the UK, for example).
As a scholar of
cultural safety, I set up a Google alert service in 2015 to help keep me in touch with related discussions, in the media and
more widely.
They want to see
more clinical placements in Aboriginal community controlled health organisations,
more funding for
cultural safety training, and importantly, each Aboriginal community adequately resourced with its own community based, locally owned and culturally appropriate primary healthcare facility.
As highlighted in the AIDA
cultural safety fact sheet, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are
more likely to experience and therefore continue to access health services and professionals who are respectful and safe.
Qualitative evidence indicated an increase in access related to ICDP activities such as the removal of cost barriers to medicines; removal of transport barriers to attend services; improved
cultural safety in general practices; support and assistance from ICDP workforce for Indigenous people to access healthcare services; and
more community programmes / resources to support healthy lifestyle choices and health - seeking behaviours.
And much
more needs to be done on training our health system staff in
cultural safety.
Cultural safety in our health system is something that we have much
more work to do.
She also shares some recommended reading, and beneath the column are «tweets of note», sharing resources on non communicable disease control, health reform, and
cultural safety (and much
more too...).
Cultural safety promotes an understanding of the culture of health and asks nurses and midwives to be learn to be
more responsive to the needs of the patient generally, and this only benefits patients.
In this Chapter I will be taking our strategies to an even
more practical level, looking at how we can create environments of
cultural safety and security to address lateral violence.
More often though
cultural safety consists of small actions and gestures, usually not standardised as policy and procedure.
Similarly, the fact that
more than half of the referrals are being made by community members tells the story of the community acceptance and
cultural safety created by the project.
At VACCHO we teach
Cultural Safety to help overcome some of this bias, to improve understanding, and to help make interactions
more positive for both Aboriginal people and the non-Aboriginal people providing services to them.
(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's
cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated
more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for
safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary
More broadly, the lack of knowledge about
cultural safety and Indigenous health among academics was a critical barrier, she said.
Learn
more about the
cultural safety and
cultural humility webinar action series and watch recordings of past webinars...
While
cultural competencies and
cultural safety courses are taking hold as «best practices» across many jurisdictions, this seminar lecture presents
more overtly the idea that racism remains a significant barrier to optimal health care relationship, and thus optimal health, still faced by Indigenous peoples.