Promote Aboriginal and Torres Islander Strait Cultural Safety

PROMOTE ABORIGINALPROMOTE ABORIGINAL
AND TORRES ISLANDERAND TORRES ISLANDER
STRAIT CULTURALSTRAIT CULTURAL
SAFETYSAFETY

Aim and ObjectivesAim and Objectives
IDENTITY
UNDERSTANDING AND VIEWS ON ABORGINAL AND TORRES
ISLANDER CULTURAL
REFLECTION ON IDENTITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR
CULTURE
IMPACTS ON ABORIGINAL AND TORRES ISLANDER PEOPLE FROM
HISTORICAL APPROACHES
HOW HEALTH AND SAFETY IS SHARED
CULTURAL SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN HEALTH SERVICES

Reflect understanding of aboriginal and Torres strait
islander people
 In an Australia, the word indigenous, aboriginal and Torres strait islander are
capitalised.
 Aboriginal and Torres strait islander are those people within the Australian who
descended from groups that existed in the Australia and surrounding islands prior
to British colonisation.
 In the Australia, there is a unique place of Aboriginal and Torres Straits islander
people as the original inhabitants of the land.

Cont...
 In the 2001, total 410003 people identified themselves as Indigenous under which
366,429 of these were aboriginal.
 26046 were Torres Strait islander and 17528 identified themselves as v both
Aboriginal and Torres strait islander.
 This diversity can hugely affect the service delivery among these cultural people.
At the time of deliver product and services to these two group of people in the
Australia, company have requirement to understand the culture of these group.
 Community service provider need to be aware of and acknowledge this history of
aboriginal and Torres strait islander so that they can fully understand the actual
requirement and needs of their customers in this culture.