How The Culture Gap Aboriginals Face Within A Particular Health Care Facility Within The Identified Region

I learned that Aboriginal seniors in Canada have more health care concerns than non-Aboriginal seniors and their needs are not well understood and were taken for granted by health care providers. I can apply in my nursing practice what I have learned from this topic that I will respect and acknowledge their culture and way of life. In addition to that, I will keep in mind that Aboriginal seniors needs more intensive support than non-aboriginal because of what they experienced at the reserved and residential schools. I want to learn more about their traditional practices

Aboriginal people within the previously mentioned study called for nonracist healthcare, and policy cognisant of social and historical factors that influence the need for healthcare and the cultural desires of Indigenous patients (1671). Moreover, policies in healthcare have to contend

Some of the disparities that currently exist is that the level of care is not equal between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. This is due to a lack of health services in rural areas, there are many social and socio-economic issues that are unaddressed but what this strategy aims to address is the issue that there is currently a distinct lack of cultural sensitivity and a significant amount of discrimination even in mainstream health services (Bandias, Fuller, & Holmes, 2012). I believe that if cultural competency training is implemented, it would greatly assist in removing the large barrier that currently exists between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. One important aspect that needs to be considered while attempting to ‘close the gap’ is the key concept of collaboration. Collaboration is when two or more people or groups assist one another while working towards the same objective.

This is a submission research template conducted for a proposed new agency in the South Burnett Region. The template outlines a rationale for the services aims of being holistic and addressing social-emotional well-being and stakeholders that should be consulted in the design of the service delivery. The practice approach, model and theory that will inform the service delivery. Outlining the strategy culturally safety, to ensure cultural safe service delivery and personal and professional qualities to look for in staff. The responses have been informed by a review of the literature relating to social-emotional well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and an internet search for possible

Since the 1970’s, many Indigenous communities have established their own independent, community-controlled health services (ACCHs) and an over-arching representatives advocacy body, the National Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Organisation (NACCHO previously NAIHO) was formed in 1975.

These services focus on a culturally safe and inclusive environment, utilising First People as front line health care workers such as nurses, doctors and receptionist’s, providing a collective understanding of First Peoples unique health challenges due to the impacts of invasion and colonisation.

Local Aboriginal community control in health is important as this classifies the Aboriginal entire health. Thus, it allows Aboriginal communities to find out their own relationships, protocols and procedures. NACCHO represents local Aboriginal community control at a national level. By making sure that Aboriginal people have a greater right of entry to valuable health care within Australia. A coordinated holistic response is provided by NACCHO from the community sector. Therefore, it is promoting for culturally respectful and approaches to needs requirement. This shows the improvement in health and wellbeing through ACCHSs with better outcome.

The outcome of cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity is cultural safety (Berg, 2010). In practicing cultural safety, it is not really expected that health care workers will know all cultures; it is acknowledging and respecting people regardless of their differences and beliefs (Hughes & Farrow, 2006). Moreover, nurses and other health professionals create cultural safe practice when the patients feel safe, respected and understood (Skellet, 2012), as well as if there is a shared understanding and acknowledgement of the unique identity and diversity. Health workers should always consider the cultural and historical background of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, because practicing cultural safety is significant to

The inequalities in today’s indigenous communities are still strongly evident. Heard, Khoo & Birrell (2009), argued that while there has been an attempt in narrowing the gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians, a barrier still exists in appropriate health care reaching indigenous people. The Indigenous people believe, health is more than the individual, it is

Access to the communities is provided year round by Wasaya Airline and airstrips that are maintained by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Of course, each Aboriginal community is unique with its own set of traditions and ways of healing but my observation after working within the communities for over ten years is that they all suffer from improperished conditions and substandard housing. The local economies are primarily based upon government services (Indian and Northern Affairs) (INAC) and small business. Most of the reserves have six hundred people or less, and each community has a nursing station. The nursing stations are well-maintained functional buildings built in or about the early 1960’s and are maintained by Health Canada. First Nations and Inuit Health (FNIH) maintains responsibility for primary care services in the majority of the northwest Ontario reserve communities. In the north, nurses are the primary care givers working in an extended scope of practice, and client care is centrally coordinated by nurses working within interdisciplinary teams. The majority of the nursing and medical staff working for FNIH in the Sioux Lookout zone are Caucasian and do not come from local communities. This could outwardly appear as a reinforcement of power relations in the racial identities. There is only very limited cultural training given to employees when they are employed by FNIH. Medical advice and

They would invent, new structures to deal with each communities’ individual needs. The goal is to empower the community. The Indigenous community from what I understand views their bodies as their land so it should under their control. They want more than just accessibility, they are working toward creating a system free from stigma and violence, that as culturally safe practices that are private within the community. Which might have inspired their philosophy is their bodies their choice no matter their gender identities, they speak for our indigenous community member, representing their different sexualities and different gender expressions. The authors address the impact of colonialism on has had on the culture, on impact is still being felt. The authors wish to reinstate the elders as educators in a culturally safe health care practices. They speak about have ng more options and resources. The strategies are to re-educate the community and allies, create more grass root organization within the community for the people by the people. to kill the notion that they need outside

To improve health services in the Indigenous communities, strong links needs to be built between the staff and the Indigenous Elders as this could help with the Indigenous community accessing the health services (Hayman et al. 2009). Having mutual respect, building trust and understanding is the key factor for making services accessible to the Indigenous people (ctgc-rs27 pdf document), and the community Elders are a vital conduit for respect, building trust, and acceptance (Scrimgeour & Scrimgeour 2008). When health services build solid relationship with the local Elders and regularly consulting with them and being genuine, this will then help with developing culturally secure services (ctgc-rs27 pdf document). It would be different though

Furthermore, measures need to be taken to increase both the quality and delivery of health care to the indigenous population, including culturally appropriate health services. Each Aboriginal sub-group has their own unique needs that must be taken in account for. Thus, health care

3). Numerous minority groups exist present-day in many countries throughout the world. The Aboriginals, a minority group, in Canada reluctantly experience societal racism and judgemental views since the past and currently in the present 20th century. The ramifications are loss of culture and history through the abolishment of First Nations’ culture, and numerous social injustice and inequality regarding healthcare experiences. For the purpose of this paper, the patient must remain unidentified for confidentiality purposes. The stereotyping and discrimination towards First Nations people and the relationship between marginalization, intersectionality, and oppression needs to be addressed to promote cultural sensitivity to ensure healthcare equality in this vulnerable population.

Even before an Aboriginal person is tested for HIV, they have had negative experiences with the health care system (Reading (Loppie), Brennan, & Masching, 2013). Aboriginal health organizations such as BC Aboriginal AIDS Task Force and Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) have long advocated for the inclusion of the cultural context in health services and programming (Reading (Loppie), Brennan, & Masching, 2013). Reading (Loppie), Brennan, and Masching (2013) argue that it is becoming increasingly imperative for health professionals to provide care in a culturally appropriate way. The authors further highlight that culturally appropriate care has adapted in a variety of health care settings and countries to meet the needs of various multicultural societies (Reading (Loppie), Brennan, & Masching, 2013).