Cultural Security Sample Clauses

Cultural Security. In undertaking this role, the incumbent is required to have a sound understanding about Ways of Working with Aboriginal people.

Cultural Security. Improved cultural security in health service delivery in all organisations providing care to Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Strait Islander people.

Cultural Security. ‌ Culture as a social function creates obligations and responsibilities and establishes an order that binds individuals, families and communities together. Culture and identity is central to health and ill health. How Aboriginal people view wellness and illness is in part based on cultural beliefs and values. At the service interface these perceptions and the social interaction surrounding them influence when and why Aboriginal communities access services, their acceptance or rejection of treatment, the likelihood of compliance and follow up, the likely success of prevention and health promotion strategies, the client’s assessment of the quality of care and views of health care providers and personnel. Cultural security is a commitment that the construct of effective clinical care, public health, health systems administration and the provision of services offered by the health and wellbeing system will not compromise the legitimate cultural rights, views and values of Aboriginal people. The crux of the move to Cultural security is a shift in emphasis from attitude to behaviour, ensuring that the delivery of health services is of such a quality that no one person is afforded a less favourable outcome simply because they hold a different cultural outlook. Cultural security recognises that a more respectful and responsive health system will contribute to improved outcomes and greater efficiency. Increasingly the medical profession has recognised that ‘health care belief systems are critical to the patient’s healing processes and overseas studies have shown that the practice and advice of traditional healers is often valued more highly than the advice from western medical practitioners. Cultural security in health service provision is also emerging as a risk minimisation and cost containment issue with some overseas providers adopting this approach in an effort to improve market share, contain costs, improve outcomes and improve quality. Some overseas malpractice insurers offer premium discounts to doctors who take cultural security or competence into their practice. Cultural security enriches the competence of practitioners and administrators in the design, delivery and evaluation of health services. Key target areas are: • Implementation of the Cultural Security policy • Cultural Security Guidelines for Managers • Aboriginal positions employed in the health and wellbeing system including promotion of Aboriginal staff into senior positions • Cultural leave • ...

Cultural Security. The Department’s Cultural Security Policy requires that the health services offered to Aboriginal Territorians by TEHS will respectfully recognise and respond to their cultural rights and values in service planning, delivery and evaluation. ▇▇▇▇ commits to working collaboratively with the System Manager to ensure that systems and processes are in place to facilitate culturally secure health services by providing evidence that:

Cultural Security. 5 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 6 RISK MANAGEMENT 28 REVIEW AND EVALUATION 28 APPENDIX A: NATIONAL INDIGENOUS REFORM AGREEMENT’S SERVICE DELIVERY PRINCIPLES FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS 30 1.1 Priority 30 1.2 Indigenous engagement 30 1.3 Sustainability 30 1.4 Access 31

Cultural Security. Improved cultural security in health service delivery in all organisations providing care to Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander people. To ensure health services are respectful of, and responsive to, the needs of Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander people, targeted investment is required to improve the quality and cultural security of health service delivery. ▪ A number of QH initiatives under this NPA will work to improve the quality and cultural security of health service delivery by ensuring the importance of cultural security is embedded in policy, in training and at the service front, these initiatives include: − Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander Cultural Capability Framework (see initiative 6.4) − Queensland Framework Indigenous Primary Health Care (see initiative QG2) − Southern Queensland Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Primary Health Care Centre (see initiative QG3) − Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander Hospital Liaison Service (see initiative QG 6.3) 3 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Implementation will be undertaken consistent with the following principles: 1. National Service Delivery Principles for Indigenous Australians (Appendix A); 2. National Principles for Investment in Remote Locations (Appendix B); and 3. Queensland’s Guiding Principles for Implementation (Appendix C). To have an impact on the Performance Indicators in this NPA will require the collective effort of initiatives to be rolled out by both the Queensland Government and Commonwealth Government: Priority Area Objective Performance Indicators