Sentences with phrase «improve cultural safety»

This course is relevant to those who work in children and family services and the goal is to improve the cultural safety and well - being of Indigenous children and famlies.

With the conference theme of «knowledge systems, social justice and racism in health professional education», many sessions heard about efforts to improve cultural safety in teaching, learning and practice environments.

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.

Work being done by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, by accreditation bodies, and by hospitals themselves, is making an important contribution to improving cultural safety in health care.

Nurses and midwives must take responsibility for improving the cultural safety of health services and systems for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and colleagues under new codes of conduct that take effect on 1 March.

Associate Professor Lynette Cusack, Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), has previously written for Croakey that these new codes are «common sense and evidence - based» in requiring nurses and midwives to take responsibility for improving the cultural safety of health services and systems for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and colleagues.

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Enhancing Access / Reducing Barriers - Improving systems and processes to increase the ease, ability and opportunity to utilize those systems and services (e.g. education, safety, special needs, cultural and language sensitivity).

Along with important changes in people's behaviour spurred by cultural and legislative shifts - notably a reduction in alcoholimpaired driving and wider use of seat belts - the improved safety of vehicles has been a key factor in this drop.

Construction of a new barge landing area and elevated bridge and boardwalks will improve visitor and employee safety by reducing the risk of human - bear conflicts; provide safe and dependable access for the phased relocation of facilities and park concession operations; protect and enhance key park resources in the Brooks River area, including brown (grizzly) bears, salmon and trout, and cultural resources; improve visitor experience in the area; and connect infrastructure utilities between the Valley Road Administrative Area and the north side of Brooks River.

Elissa hopes that by producing the first empirically validated Aboriginal Cultural Safety and Security framework, this research will provide the methodological foundation for further research and policy that will contribute to improving both the accessibility and acceptability of hospitals for Aboriginal people in NSW.

At the same time, health leaders — including the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) and other nursing and midwifery groups, the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, and other peak health groups have spoken up for the importance of cultural safety for improving care and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

There are many similarities between cultural safety and cultural responsiveness, such as: providing guidelines to health practitioners to improve their capabilities; putting the onus on change onto non-Indigenous systems and employees; debunking the myth that culture is the «problem», as opposed to racism and systemic inequity; and progressing the conversations beyond cultural awareness or sensitivity, to create real change.

The following piece, from a group of oral health researchers and educators, outlines why cultural safety is so central to Indigenous oral health and discusses some current activities focused on increasing the cultural competence among oral healthcare providers in order to improve the oral health of Indigenous Australians.

Cultural safety was developed and led by Indigenous nurses in New Zealand to mitigate the harms of colonisation and improve health care quality and outcomes for Māori, and this has been extended by nurses in Australia, Canada and the US.

The cultural determinants of health originate from and promote a strength based perspective, acknowledging that stronger connections to culture and country build stronger individual and collective identities, a sense of self - esteem, resilience, and improved outcomes across the other determinants of health including education, economic stability and community safety.

The statement says sections in the new codes on cultural safety provide «vital guidance for improving health outcomes and experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples».

Together, the team creates long - term goals for improving the person's quality of life across life domains including living / home environment, basic needs, safety, and social, emotional, educational, spiritual, and cultural values.

Critiques of cultural training from indigenous and non-indigenous scholars suggest that a «cultural safety» model may offer the most potential to improve the effectiveness of health services for indigenous Australians.

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.