Culturally Safe Diabetic Care in Aboriginal Australian Community

Running head: CULTURALLY SAFE DIABETIC CARE 1
Culturally Safe Diabetic Care in Aboriginal Australian Community
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CULTURALLY SAFE DIABETIC CARE 2
Culturally Safe Diabetic Care Aboriginal Australian Community
It is important to note that Indigenous Australians have the greatest incidences and
prevalence of diabetes in the country and suffer from high rate of preventable complications.
Diabetes can be prevented through access to culturally appropriate and high-quality diabetes
care. A culturally safe, society levels health worker led approach of diabetes care for highly risk
patients is the most effective model in enhancing diabetes prevention and control among the
Indigenous Australians groups where there exists poor access to primary services (Reeve et al.,
2015). The government should use the community members to aid in controlling the prevalence
of diabetes because the community health workers understand their culture and members better
compared to foreigners.
The approach aids the community health workers to contribute towards an improved and
enhanced diabetes outcomes and care in under-served and high risk patients. The community
health workers should employ a culturally appropriate or relevant self-management support and
more effective communication (Nguyen et al., 2016). In the same token, the health workers
should educate the community members on the causes of diabetes and the importance of having
positive lifestyle changes (Webster et al., 2017). The delivery of safe care would encompass
involvement in physical activities, maintaining a healthy body weight, avoiding smoking and
alcohol, eating dietary meal, managing blood pressure, and managing the levels of cholesterol.
Moreover, the community health care workers should employ point-of-care examination
and testing which involves pathology test carried out in the presence of the patient (Shephard et
al., 2016). Point-of-care would involve patient consultation which can potentially result in the
delivery of many benefits for both the professional team and the indigenous customer. The
program or strategy is culturally safe and fill a positive and permanent niche in the population. It