Aboriginal Health partnered with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health on a webinar
on cultural safety as a social determinant of Indigenous peoples» health with Dr. Sarah de Leeuw.
A panel discussion
on cultural safety will feature on Friday at the conference, which marks the twentieth anniversary of the Association, and is being held in NSW's Hunter Valley with the theme: Family, Unity, Success, 20 years strong.
Many health and welfare organisations already provide training for all their staff
on cultural 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».
Keynote speakers include Karen Cook, director of the innovation and reform section of the Federal Health Department, Dr Chris Sarra, Director of Strong Smart Solutions, and Dr Ruth De Souza, speaking
on cultural safety in a digital world.
Karen Wyld — @ 1KarenWyld — tweeted
on cultural safety, food security and shared some of the news from #InvasionDay marches and rallies.
Conference workshops yesterday focused
on cultural safety and the new Leadership in Nursing and Midwifery Education Network (LINMEN), excellence in mentoring, and claiming a stronger, smarter future.
Recent media attacks
on cultural safety in health care are a nonsense, and will not be repeated here.
This statement focuses
on cultural safety training for staff and eliminating racism in medicine.
Watch the pictorial overview featuring Yugambeh dancers and Welcome to Country, and presentations by: Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt (via video); Karen Cook, director of the innovation and reform section of the Federal Health Department; Dr Chris Sarra, Director of Strong Smart Solutions; and Dr Ruth De Souza, speaking
on cultural safety in a digital world.
Dr Leonie Cox, a senior lecturer at QUT in Brisbane who presented
on cultural safety at the CATSINaM conference, raised the same concerns as Mohamed, saying: «I'd much rather see the Commission grasp the nettle, and use the term «cultural safety» in the standards».
Not exact matches
Some parents
on both sides of the Israel - Palestine divide still hesitate to let their kids enter PPI's programs — Jews out of
safety concerns and Arabs because of
cultural norms for girls.
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However, there was a strong but divided stance
on discussing topical issues, such as sexuality and cyber
safety; with the level of input depending
on the
cultural background and age of the child.»
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(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.
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They say
cultural safety should be part of course accreditation for each health profession and in the standards governing clinical professionalism and quality, such as the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Standards for general practices and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care National Safety and Quality Health Service Stan
safety should be part of course accreditation for each health profession and in the standards governing clinical professionalism and quality, such as the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Standards for general practices and the Australian Commission
on Safety and Quality in Health Care National Safety and Quality Health Service Stan
Safety and Quality in Health Care National
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Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
Other aims include a focus
on trauma - informed care, increasing the
cultural safety of services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and staff, and increasing Indigenous employment at all levels of health organisations, including through the use of employment strategies and targets.
If we were to reflect
on this mainstream media coverage from a
cultural safety perspective, it could be viewed as a teachable moment and an opportunity to inform the public about the real meaning and significance of
cultural safety in healthcare.
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and its key partners called
on the incoming Government to introduce a comprehensive Aboriginal
Cultural Safety Strategy, Croakey reported.
Given the heightened public focus
on an important concept that does not usually get much airtime, it is timely to take the opportunity to provide further information about
cultural safety.
In order to achieve this, my study will seek to address key gaps in current knowledge about
cultural safety and the scarcity of empirically based research
on reducing Aboriginal health inequality.
Cultural safety training may be a challenging experience as participants embark
on an uncomfortable journey whereby they may feel guilt, shame and anger.
Simple requests, such as embedding
cultural safety — which can also be called education about racism — into health practitioner regulation law, are falling
on deaf ears.
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health,
cultural safety provides a decolonising model of practice based
on dialogue, communication, power sharing and negotiation, and the acknowledgment of white privilege.
And much more needs to be done
on training our health system staff in
cultural safety.
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
Safety and Quality in Health Care, by accreditation bodies, and by hospitals themselves, is making an important contribution to improving
cultural safety in health
safety in health care.
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.
On the second day of the conference, Associate Professor Gregory Phillips, presented the morning keynote, titled Accreditation for Addressing Racism, which outlined a sound model for applied
cultural safety in Australia.
The absence of Indigenous clinical staff impacts negatively
on both the
cultural safety of services available to communities, and the
safety of RANs and other members of the remote health workforce.»
Like other speakers, Phillips pointed to factors that can drive change in health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — embedding
cultural safety standards in health and within national law, decolonising practices
on a personal and systemic basis, and understanding the essential role of Indigenous knowledge in the delivery of services.
Participants in
Cultural Safety training are asked to reflect
on their own values, assumptions and stereotypes, and to explore issues of identity, power, privilege, whiteness, racism and discrimination.
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.
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...).
Activities include workshops
on family violence,
cultural safety, the importance of identity, responsible gambling, and musical and
cultural dance performances.
Activities included workshops
on lateral violence,
cultural safety, importance of identity, responsible gambling and men's behaviour change; sacred fire and food ceremonies; musical and
cultural dance performances; and the development of a possum skin cloak from designs drawn by participants.
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.
Recently I sought Australian academic journal articles
on the topic of
cultural safety and security, and found 26 journal articles: 16 of them cost $ 563 (range from $ 4 to $ 71) and 10 were free open access.
Consistent with its mission, Center initiatives focus
on school - based prevention and intervention programs; childhood mental health and positive youth development; family strengthening; juvenile justice, court interventions and community
safety; community health; system of care and
cultural competency; and workforce development to advance educational success, health and well - being.
Cultural safety is an
on - going and evolving process that will require health care providers to revisit and adjust modes of services in order to meet the needs of Métis.
The focus of our response is
on the physical, psychological, emotional and
cultural safety of victim - survivors.
The
cultural broker accompanies the responding social worker
on the initial response and assists with family engagement, assessment, development of a
safety plan (if appropriate), and identification of absent parent, relatives, and other support systems.
Cultural security is subtly different from cultural safety and imposes a stronger obligation on those that work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to move beyond «cultural awareness» to actively ensuring that cultural needs are met for indi
Cultural security is subtly different from
cultural safety and imposes a stronger obligation on those that work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to move beyond «cultural awareness» to actively ensuring that cultural needs are met for indi
cultural safety and imposes a stronger obligation
on those that work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to move beyond «
cultural awareness» to actively ensuring that cultural needs are met for indi
cultural awareness» to actively ensuring that
cultural needs are met for indi
cultural needs are met for individuals.
However, they also draw strongly
on the implementation of the Declaration and the creation of
cultural safety and security.
That Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their organisations work together to develop engagement and governance frameworks that promote
cultural safety and comply with the United Nations Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
An integral aspect of training for
cultural safety focuses
on exposing the way in which power relations play a part in shaping health care relationships.
That all governments, working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, based
on the audit of
cultural safety and security, develop action plans to increase
cultural competence across their government.