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Improving the Service to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through Innovative Practices Between Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers and Social Workers in Hospitals in Victoria, Australia†.
- Source :
- British Journal of Social Work; Jan2021, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p77-95, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have suffered violence and extreme prejudice in every walk of life as a result of the European colonisation of Australia. We acknowledge the ongoing colonial legacy to this suffering and discuss how cultural safety is a solution to overcoming some elements of the disadvantages that still beset Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in terms of accessing health care. Accessible and culturally safe health services are critical in reducing health inequalities for First Nations' people because of the burden of ill-health they experience. 'Cultural safety' in this context refers to approaches that strengthen and respectfully engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in mainstream services. Alongside holistic Indigenous health and primary prevention approaches, a broad range of medical, socio-cultural and allied health support is needed to alleviate these inequalities. In this article, we describe how the working relationship between Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers and Social Workers in public hospitals in Victoria, Australia, contributes to cultural safety, and thereby improves the quality of care and a reduction in discharges against medical advice by Aboriginal patients. We conclude that elements of this model may be applicable to improving care for First Nation peoples in other countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ABORIGINAL Australians
DIFFUSION of innovations
HEALTH services accessibility
HEALTH status indicators
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
INTERVIEWING
MINORITIES in medicine
PREJUDICES
PREVENTIVE health services
PUBLIC hospitals
QUALITY assurance
SOCIAL workers
TORRES Strait Islanders
TRANSCULTURAL medical care
VIOLENCE
QUALITATIVE research
MEDICAL care of indigenous peoples
HEALTH of indigenous peoples
CULTURAL identity
SOCIAL support
THEMATIC analysis
INDIGENOUS Australians
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00453102
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148852507
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa032