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).
Not exact matches
Through the activities of The Foundation, roadway
safety has become a
cultural priority.
Assertively pushing against the
safety of
cultural conventions, Rhoades broke accepted rules of public nicety and expanded the frontiers of artistic opportunity
through unbridled, brazenly «Maximalist» works.
This establishes equality; addressing
cultural and gender identity issues, while also enhancing the openness,
safety, and visibility
through the entire complex.
Recognized as a motivated achiever with expertise including cost - effective
safety programs that align with business goals and implementing sustainable
cultural / organizational change
through creating partnerships an...
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.
«We are excited by the potential for the new standards to dovetail with our efforts in other areas to embed
cultural safety, for example in healthcare practitioner and accreditation legislation, and
through enactment of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan.»
There was even an opportunity to explore the issues of
cultural safety through literature at the first LIME Connection book club.
The concept of
Cultural Safety, originating
through the work of Maori midwives in 2000, is slowly gaining traction in health education in universities, and in professional development in health services in Australia.
VACCA conceives of
cultural safety as re-claiming
cultural norms and creating environments where Aboriginal people transition; first from victimhood to survivors of oppression,
through to seeing themselves and their communities as achievers and contributors.
The VACCA undertook research
through surveys and interviews with Victorians (predominately Indigenous) to unpack the concept of
cultural safety.
Cultural safety is diminished
through a lack of respect and recognition of the positive aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and its centrality in creating a sense of meaning and purpose for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.