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TASK 11 Torres Strait Community

   

Added on  2020-06-03

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Diploma of Mental Health

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Project TASK 1................................................................................................................................1Torres Strait Community............................................................................................................1Cultural Practices of Group.........................................................................................................1Importance of law.......................................................................................................................1Importance of Kinship................................................................................................................2Impacts of European settlement..................................................................................................2Impacts of Political factors.........................................................................................................2Impacts of historical factors........................................................................................................3Social issues to the community...................................................................................................3Economical issues faced by the people.......................................................................................3Impacts of discrimination and other wrongful............................................................................4Factors that contribute in their ill-health.....................................................................................4Common diseases experienced by the community.....................................................................4Project TASK 2................................................................................................................................4Biases when working with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.............................4Interaction with community........................................................................................................5Critical issues impacting the relationship and communication with the community..................5Ability to work inclusively and with appropriate understanding of the community..................5Ways to ensure cultural awareness of various concepts of Aboriginal and Tortes StraitIslander people............................................................................................................................6Ways to demonstrate cultural competency.................................................................................6Project TASK 3................................................................................................................................6Methods of addressing the various impacts on the selected community....................................6Western systems and structures prevalent in the area of practices.............................................7Impact of the western systems and structures of community people..........................................7Key objectives of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people recognition act, 2013........8Legislation suggested for cultural safety of Indigenous people. ................................................8Example of past and present power relations..............................................................................8

Impact of trauma on a person's ability........................................................................................8Project TASK 4................................................................................................................................9Service or program selected for the community people..............................................................9Identification of an organisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people....................9Ways of effective partnership with the organisation for implementing the service.................10Resources used for promotion of partnership between staff and community...........................10Examples of resources..............................................................................................................10Planing and documentation of three ways to support implementation of cultural safety service....................................................................................................................................................10Planning and documentation of three ways to encourage the participation of communitypeople in the cultural safety program........................................................................................11Project TASK 5..............................................................................................................................11Three outcomes that will be measured......................................................................................11Time of review and measuring outcomes.................................................................................11Methods used for measuring the outcomes...............................................................................11Two strategies of involving indigenous people in evaluation...................................................12Members in evaluation..............................................................................................................12Project TASK 6..............................................................................................................................12Liaised people for evaluation of the plan and proposed outcomes...........................................12Report on the feedback received from the review process.......................................................12Modifications in the plan based on the evaluation....................................................................12Evidence of interaction with the approved relevant local community elders...........................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION"To be healthy as a whole, mental wellness plays a major role". It is fundamental right ofeach and every person to receive equal health opportunities but the scenario is somethingdifferent. It is required for all the countries to ensure respect for cultural and social differences inthe stipulation of health and education services (Blake & et. al.,2016). There are various issuesthat are faced by some indigenous group. In the present report, the impacts of various challengeson Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be studied. The aim after this study is toprovide cultural safety to the community by appropriate nursing practices. In order to achieve theabove mentioned goal, it is segmented into various activities. These tasks involves understandingthe issues faced by the people of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people, planning effectiveservices to help the community and measuring the effectiveness of the service using differentparameters. Project TASK 1Torres Strait Community.The area of practice selected for the project on cultural safety of the Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander people is Queensland. The group for which this work is undertaken is theMurri community. This indigenous assemblage is living in the country from past 40,000 years. Cultural Practices of Group.According to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, there are three worldsnamely, sacred, humans and physical. The sacred world is the place from where the law ofexistence came and for survival it is necessary to observe these regulations. The physical worldthat is the land is the life and it owns all the people (Gould, Bittoun & Clarke, 2017). Accordingto their beliefs on the human world, 'they are the indigenous people of Australia and the lands lieon the mainlands. mainly islands. The cultural practices involves the laws, ceremonies anddances. Also, country is their identity and their language includes pride, self-esteem and respect. Importance of law.There are various laws that are imposed by the government of the Australia for theupliftment of the community. These regulations allowed them to ensure equal opportunities ofthe education in the country. The group has received numerous benefits with the implication ofthese laws such as cultural safety, equal employment, growth opportunities, etc. Further, it1

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