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Essay on Cultural Awareness and Cultural Safety

   

Added on  2020-06-05

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PROMOTE ABORIGINAL AND/OR TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERCULTURAL SAFETY

Table of ContentsQuestion 1: Explanation about the concepts of cultural awareness and cultural safety.............3Question 3 Explanation about the impact of Aboriginal and Torres strait islander cultures onthe service delivery.....................................................................................................................3Question 6 How community services can be encouraged and improved...................................3

Question 1: Explanation about the concepts of cultural awareness and cultural safetyCultural awareness is that knowledge among the individuals through which they candistinguish one culture from another culture. In a simple word it can be said that culturalawareness is the sensitivity to the similarity's and differences that exist between two differentculture (Harvey and Allard, 2015). Cultural awareness is the knowledge and understanding ofcultural differences and history through which anyone can differentiate one culture from anotherone. On the other hand cultural safety is that aspect which involves actions that recognises,respect and nurture the unique cultural identity of a person and safety meet their needs,expectation and rights. It is an environment which is safe for persons and in this environmentthere is no assault, challenges or denial of their identity of who they are and what they need. Inthis environment, every one is protected as they have no need to prove their identity becausetheir culture reflects their social value, norms, region, background etc.Question 3 Explanation about the impact of Aboriginal and Torres strait islander cultures on theservice deliveryAboriginal and Torres strait islander are those people within the Australian whodescended from groups that existed in the Australia and surrounding islands prior to Britishcolonisation. Australia's indigenous people are two distinct cultural groups made up of aboriginaland Torres strait islander peoples (Barak, 2013). This diversity can hugely affect the servicedelivery among these cultural people. At the time of deliver product and services to these twogroup of people in the Australia, company have requirement to understand the culture of thesegroup. Community service provider need to be aware of and acknowledge this history ofaboriginal and Torres strait islander so that they can fully understand the actual requirement andneeds of their customers in this culture. Organisation should give training to community serviceworkers to raise the awareness of the history and current circumstances of aboriginal and Torresstrait islander people.Question 6 How community services can be encouraged and improvedIn order to encourage and improve the community services within the aboriginal andTorres strait islanders culture, following methods can be used-

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