Translation to practice of cultural safety education in nursing and midwifery: A realist review

2022 ◽  
pp. 105265
Author(s):  
Cath Wilson ◽  
Kimberley Crawford ◽  
Karen Adams
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Gertie Mai Muise

The Aboriginal Health Access Centre (AHAC) and Aboriginal Community Health Centre Model of Wholistic Health and Wellbeing is critical to addressing inequities and barriers that limit access to comprehensive primary healthcare for Indigenous people. Even with this model in place, there are multiple points of intersection with mainstream healthcare service providers across health sectors. Further, there is considerable cultural diversity among Indigenous healthcare staff and professional groups. These factors place Indigenous people at risk of culturally unsafe experiences causing harm. Given this, it is essential that leaders focus on cultural safety education to address both intercultural frictions within the Indigenous centres and systemic and structural racism widespread within the broader healthcare system. This article explores how one AHAC has undertaken to examine these complex challenges, while offering some direction on leadership within the sector.


Author(s):  
Marion Gray ◽  
Yvonne Thomas ◽  
Marianne Bonassi ◽  
Jacinta Elston ◽  
Geraldine Tapia

Abstract Culturally safe health practitioners are essential for effective service provision to culturally diverse populations, including Indigenous Australians. Therefore, cultural safety education during training as a health care professional is an essential component in helping improve the health of Indigenous Australians. This study examined whether the implementation of an Indigenous cultural safety education workshop increased self-rated cultural safety knowledge and attitudes of allied health students. The study employed a quantitative before-and-after design using pre- and post-surveys to determine the level of attitudinal change in students who attended a day long workshop. The study sample consisted of 1st year (n = 347) and 4th year (n = 149) allied health students at a regional Australian university over the years 2007–2011. Whilst the results of this current study are varied in terms of achieving positive change across all of the taught items of knowledge and attitude, they provide some evidence around the value of this type of curriculum intervention in helping develop culturally safe practitioners. An important finding was around the student's becoming self-aware about their own values and cultural identity, combined with acknowledging the importance of this cultural identity to interactions with clients. This form of ‘cultural humility’ appears to be an important step to becoming a culturally safe practitioner. These types of interventions would be enhanced through embedding and scaffolding throughout the curricula.


2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ylona Chun Tie ◽  
Melanie Birks ◽  
Jane Mills

Introduction: International nurses account for 20% of the Australian nurse workforce. This review aims to identify and appraise research findings on the experiences of internationally qualified registered nurses working in the Australian healthcare system. Methodology: The review was structured using Whittemore and Knafl modified framework for integrated reviews. A systematic database search was undertaken. Articles ( n = 48) were identified for appraisal based on set inclusion and exclusion criteria. Evaluation using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program tool resulted in ( n = 16) articles in the final data set. Results: Three broad themes were identified: (a) Transitioning—Need for appropriate, timely, and adequate supports to assist transition to practice; (b) Practicing within local contexts—How expectations were different to the reality of clinical practice; and (c) Experiencing prejudice—when racial prejudice occurred. Discussion: Appropriate programs including cultural-safety education can mitigate adverse workforce dynamics within culturally diverse health care teams to enable provision of culturally congruent health care.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 271-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Lee Marie Kurtz ◽  
Robert Janke ◽  
Jeanette Vinek ◽  
Taylor Wells ◽  
Pete Hutchinson ◽  
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2022 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Roianne West ◽  
Jessica E Armao ◽  
Debra K Creedy ◽  
Vicki Saunders ◽  
Fiona Rowe Minnis

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna L. M. Kurtz ◽  
Star Mahara ◽  
Penny Cash ◽  
Jessie Nyberg ◽  
Estella Patrick Moller

Increasing Indigenous health care professional presence in health care aims to reduce health inequities of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Nurses are the largest health professional group and nurse graduates the main source of recruitment. The quality of graduate transition to practice is evident in the literature; however, little is reported about Indigenous new graduates. We describe using Indigenous methodology and two-eyed seeing (Indigenous and Western perspectives) in exploring Indigenous transition experiences. Talking circles provided a safe environment for nurses, nurse educators and students, health managers, and policy makers to discuss Indigenous new graduate case scenarios. The methodology was critical in identifying challenges faced, recommendations for change, and a new collective commitment for cultural safety education, and ethical and respectful relationships within education, practice, and policy.


Author(s):  
Tamara Power ◽  
Lynore Geia ◽  
Karen Adams ◽  
Ali Drummond ◽  
Vicki Saunders ◽  
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