Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia

Towards Culturally Safe Health Care
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-76052-738-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 593 g

Australia is increasingly recognised as a multicultural and diverse society. Nationally, all accrediting bodies for allied health, nursing, midwifery and medical professions require tertiary educated students to be culturally safe with regards to cultural and social diversity. This text, drawing on experts from a range of disciplines, including public health, nursing and sociology, shows how the theory and practice of cultural safety can inform effective health care practices with all kinds of diverse populations.

Part 1 explores key themes and concepts, including social determinants of health and cultural models of health and health care. There is a particular focus on how different models of health, including the biomedical and Indigenous perspectives, intersect in Australia today. Part 2 looks at culturally safe health care practice focusing on principles and practice as well as policy and advocacy. The authors consider the practices that can be most effective, including meaningful communication skills and cultural responsiveness. Part 3 examines the practice issues in working with diverse populations, including Indigenous Australians, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians, Australians with disabilities, Australians of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity, and ageing Australians. Part 4 combines all learnings from Parts 1–3 into practical learning activities, assessments and feedback for learners engaging with this textbook.

Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia is a sensitive, richly nuanced and comprehensive guide to effective health practice in Australia today and is a key reference text for either undergraduate or postgraduate students studying health care. It will also be of interest to professional health care practitioners and policy administrators.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dune, Tinashe

Mcleod, Kim

Williams, Robyn

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Understanding Culture, Diversity and Health 1.An Introduction to Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia 2.The Social and Cultural Determinants of Health 3.Cultural Models of Health and Health Care Part II: Culturally Safe Health Care Practice 4.Principles of Cultural Safety 5.Policy and Advocacy in Culturally Diverse Health Care 6.Culturally Safe Health Care Practice Part II: Working with Diverse Populations 7.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 8.Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians 9.Religious Diversity in Australia 10.Australians with Disabilities 11.Gender and Health 12.Australians of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities 13.Ageing Australians Part IV: Culturally Safe Teaching and Learning 14.The Future of Culture, Diversity and Health in Australia: Culturally Safe Teaching and Learning

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Tinashe Dune 0000-0001-5758-7525 Dr Tinashe Dune is a multi-award winning Senior Lecturer in the areas of health sociology and public health and is also a clinical psychology registrar. At Western Sydney University Dr Dune teaches in the Interprofessional Health Science program. Her research and teaching focuses on marginalised populations. This includes the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse people, those living with disability, ageing populations, LGBTIQ-identifying people and Indigenous populations. Dr Dune utilises mixed-methods approaches and interdisciplinary perspectives which support multidimensional understandings of the lived experience, health outcomes and empowered ways to improve wellbeing.
Dr Kim McLeod 0000-0001-6922-7615 is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania. Kimcombines social theory with creative qualitative research methods to explore contemporary health issues in novel ways. She contributes this approach to transdisciplinary projects with researchers from the Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences. Kim's teaching expertise is introducing health profession students to cultural safety and the social context of health. She leads collaborative research projects to explore best teaching practice in this area.

Dr Robyn Williams 0000-0002-6107-1887 has nursing and education qualifications and has over thirty-seven years of experience of working with Indigenous peoples, primarily in the Northern Territory but also all over Australia. Her fields of expertise include cultural safety, effective communication; curriculum development and program implementation; evaluation of community based programs; and qualitative research in Indigenous and rural and remote health issues and culturally safe practitioners.