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    The document discusses cultural safety in healthcare. It defines cultural safety as providing care that does not diminish, demean, or disempower people of different cultural backgrounds. It outlines principles for achieving cultural safety, including standing back and listening, finding a local mentor, having an open heart, and not participating in racist behavior. The document also discusses understanding a client's cultural views on topics like family, community, religion, and health beliefs in order to improve service delivery and outcomes. It emphasizes the importance of self-reflection, understanding colonization's impacts, and building relationships with local colleagues and elders.

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    Centre for Remote Health

    A joint centre of Flinders University and Charles Darwin University

    Cultural Safety

    Kathleen Martin
    What is Cultural Safety
    • It is a term used to describe a way of working with
    people of different cultural backgrounds that does
    not diminish, demean or disempower someone
    (Nursing Council of New Zealand 2009).

    • A person should feel safe to talk about their own


    unique world views and cultural values without
    feeling less important than others. Cultural safety
    is a way of working rather than specific knowledge
    about cultures.
    Cultural Safety
    What is Cultural Safety?

    “Cultural Safety is defined as our understanding of our


    own personal culture and the way in which these
    personal cultural values can affect the way we interact
    within our new culture. This is not only about
    knowing how to protect the cultural rights of another
    person, but also about ensuring that we feel safe
    when operating outside the comfort zone of our own
    cultural norms”. (Franklin, 2017)
    Process for Achieving Cultural Safety
    • Cultural Awareness

    • Cultural Sensitivity

    • Cultural Safety

    CULTURAL SAFETY

    CULTURAL SENSITIVITY

    CULTURAL AWARENESS
    Cultural Safety Principles
    1. Stand back, be quiet, 7. Communication in
    listen, hear and wait. practice is king.
    2. Get to know the local 8. Don’t participate in
    community. racist behaviour.
    3. Be respectful at all 9. Learn to laugh at
    times. yourself and with others.
    4. Find a local cultural 10. The health status.
    mentor for advice and
    11. Community control.
    guidance.
    12. Be cognisant of the
    5. Have an open heart. cycle of staffing.
    6. Don’t assume you
    know because you are
    (Janie Dade Smith, 2007, pg. 69-71)
    experienced.
    Cultural Safety Principles
    • To reflect on your own practice is a critical
    aspect of cultural safety practice.
    • Need to minimise the power differentials
    between yourself and your clients
    • Engage in a conversation with the client to
    learn a bit about them.
    • Undertake a process of decolonisation.
    • Ensure that you do not diminish, demean or
    disempower others through your actions.
    (Taylor & Geurin, 2010. pg 15)
    To improve service delivery and outcomes,
    providers should know the client’s cultural views
    on:

    • Role of family (roles of members, hierarchy, key decision-


    maker)
    • Role of community
    • Religion (impact on diet, beliefs about illness, treatment)
    • Views on health and wellness
    • Views on death and dying
    • Eastern/western/alternative/traditional medicine.
    • Beliefs about causes and treatments of illness, disease
    (physical and mental)
    • Gender roles and relationships
    • Sexuality, fertility, childbirth
    • Food beliefs and diet

    http://www.callearning.com/blog/2012/07/10-cultural-factors-that-influence-
    health-care/
    What can I do to be culturally safe?
    • Understand that the values and beliefs of the dominant culture
    shape the practice and attitudes of the individual and service
    provider.
    • Critical self-reflection – of the individuals on their practice.
    Thinking about an incident that has happened, did it have a
    good or bad outcome, how I handled it, what I should have
    done, what can I do next time to ensure a good outcome?
    • Understanding the impact of colonisation and dispossession,
    and the historical and ongoing effects in Aboriginal and Torres
    Strait Islander people’s everyday lives.

    (Council of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, 2017)
    What can I do to be culturally safe?
    • Learning that cultural safety is the experience of the recipient
    of care or service, it’s not defined by the service provider.
    • Build relationships with your Aboriginal Colleagues and Elders.
    Watch, Listen and ask for guidance. These people are the real
    experts in their communities, not you.
    • Exploring racism within the organisation and individually. Do
    not participate in racism.

    (Council of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, 2017)
    Centre for Remote Health
    Contact Details
    • Email: [email protected]
    • Web: http://www.crh.org.au
    • Phone: +61 8 8951 4700
    • Post: PO Box 4066
    Alice Springs NT 0871
    Australia
    • Visit: Corner of Simpson St and
    Skinner St, Alice Springs
    A joint centre of
    Flinders University and Charles Darwin University

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