Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Safety

• Impact of cultural factors on service delivery

• Cultural factors

• Language issues

• Disadvantage and economic inequities

• Anglo-European influences

• Family violence

• Assessing the current and potential impact of cultural issues

• Issues that influence relationships and communication

• Events and issues pertinent to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history

• First contact

• Stolen generations

• Bringing them home

• Maralinga – atomic bomb testing

• Native title decision

• Deaths in custody

• Rights of Indigenous People

• Discrimination, disenfranchisement loss and grief

• Critical issuers with perception and acceptance of service

• Gaps between mainstream and Indigenous people

• Key aspects of cultural safety

• Practicing cultural safety

• Communication and consultation

• Key health/community risk factors

• Petrol sniffing

• Nutrition and hygiene

• Access strategies

• Health and community service providers

• Awareness of one’s own cultural bias

• Diversity

• Land and kinship

• Spiritual beliefs and religion

• Visual and performance art

• Human capability

• Using available resources

• Service for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health

• Active listening

• Effective cross-cultural communication

• Language and literacy

• Communication

• Workplace communication

• Health community services

• Training staff

• Using interpreters

• Respecting privacy and customs

• Informal communication\

• Gender issues

• Information dissemination

• Effective partnerships

• Affordability or services

• Policy frameworks

• Communication barriers

• Misunderstandings

• Cultural ignorance and insensitivity

• Community profiles

• Encouraging self-determination and community control

• COAG Reform agreement

• Closing the gaps

• Connection to land, culture spirituality, ancestry, family and community

• Cultural safety strategy outcomes