Sentences with phrase «towards cultural safety»
This article discusses how Northern Health is taking steps towards cultural safety and provides concrete examples.
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The statistics also support AIDA's position that cultural safety training for doctors and hospital staff, and respect for patients» cultural needs, will directly contribute towards closing the gap in Indigenous health outcomes.
As part of Croakey's ongoing Acknowledgement series, Janine Mohamed, CEO of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSINaM), advocated for the nursing profession to follow the lead of psychologists in making an apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as part of moves towards wider embedding of cultural safety.
The timing is significant in that Cultural Safety is linked to the principles of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, and in May of this year Indigenous leaders from across the country called for a representative body to be enshrined in the constitution and a process established working towards treaties for Australia.
Cultural safety challenges nurses and midwives to work in partnership with people and communities but acknowledges that the system is weighted towards the interests of those who work in the system.
As part of Croakey's ongoing Acknowledgement series, Janine Mohamed, CEO of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSINaM), suggests the nursing profession should follow the lead of psychologists in making such an apology as part of moves towards wider embedding of cultural safety.