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Reflection on the Concept of Cultural Safety

   

Added on  2021-04-21

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Running head: REFLECTION REFLECTION Name of the StudentName of the universityAuthor’s note

1REFLECTION IntroductionReflecting on the term cultural safety I have learnt from my course of study that culturalsafety is all about accepting another culture. The choice of population for my reflective writing isthe Torres Trait Islander and the aboriginal people. Cultural safety is not just about treating thepeople well and in a culturally respectful manner but is also about empowerment for interactingactively by believing in them (Gair et al., 2015). It is the cultural safety that helps to broaden andtransform the discourse and health inequalities experienced by the diverse population. I haveunderstood that there are several key principles to understand the cultural safety. One of theprinciple factors is that influence the cultural safety is the economical, historical and the socialcontexts on the health status of the aboriginals. Power inequalities for the aboriginal people havelong been established by power, paternalism, authority, biased health care policies. DiscussionIn this course I have understood about the essence of cultural beliefs and values. It is tobe identified that strong sense of cultural history and the traditions, helps a person to build astrong sense of cultural identity. In this course I have learnt that cultural identity gives a sense ofself esteem and provides support to the overall well being of the person. I belong from MiddleEast and stay in Australia as an international student. It should be mentioned that religion is verytightly integrated in the cultures of the Middle East, yet in Australia I was never deterred frompracticing my religion and my culture (Hole et al., 2013). No kind of restrictions was imposed onme regarding the cuisines and the traditional beliefs. Yet, I have tried to imbibe myself in the

2REFLECTION Australian Culture. But I have not seen this acceptance of culture among the Torres TraitIslander people.FeelingsAs much I have devoted myself in the learning of the aboriginals, I have understood thatthe discrimination that had occurred with the aboriginal population. The government has alwaystried to assimilate the aboriginals in the westernized model by devaluing their culture. Theaboriginal children were forced to send in schools run by churches, where they were punished forusing aboriginal languages or for observing aboriginal culture. I believe that there has been abreaching of the human rights, where every human being is allowed free to enjoy their rights selfrespect and dignity. While reflecting my feelings on the cultural safety my first question to myself was howclear is the concept of cultural safety? I have understood that cultural safety is a significantvariability and changes how each receivers of the care perceive them, or how the health careprofessionals understand that they are delivering a culturally safe care. Cultural safety has longbeen criticized as it lacked a strong framework. The first question that came to my mind is why a cultural safety is so important for theaboriginals and the Torrait Strait Islander people? The fact sheets show that aboriginals havelong been experiencing a disproportionate burden of social disadvantage and illness as comparedto the non aboriginals. It has also been found that this group of people suffers from high levels ofdiscrimination and racism. I have recognized the cultures of aboriginals as a source of strength,happiness, resilience, identity and confidence always have good impact on the health of theaboriginals.

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