Media Watch Report Analysis: NUR3030 Assessment 1 - Cultural Safety

This report analyzes a chosen article from the Koori Mail newspaper, focusing on the cultural unsafety of child detention practices in South Australia. The article highlights instances of inhumane treatment, including the use of spit hoods and physical restraints on children. The report examines the a...Read More

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Section A
The above image is a screen shot of the story, the publication source, date of publication. The
article has been published in the last year in October 9, 2019. The selected article is culturally
unsafe as it reflects on how child detention in South Australia is regarded inhumane. In other
words, young children in South Australia witnesses restraining of their photographs (Essex,
& Govintharajah, 2017). The article shows that how detention centres has been built by
primary school that has been raised by Ombudsman. This detention centres will look after
children, who are witnessing mistreatment, breaches as well as abuse. In the year 2016, SA
witnessed almost 459 such cases in which the children have been detained (Paxton et al.,
2015). The article shows that South Australia is the sole place that continues making use of
spit hoods on children in its care. An incident in which a child has been held as well as
manacled in a horizontal position for almost 26 minutes has also been highlighted in the
article. A distressing photograph has also been captured in which a total of five members
have been pining down a 13 year old child. The article does involve any ethnic inequalities
thus addressing inequities. It has included cultural competency as well as cultural safety in
order to accomplish equitable care (Ziaian, de Anstiss, Antoniou, Baghurst & Sawyer, 2013).
The research data that has been submitted in the journal article has been quite authentic that
reflects on spit-hood has been applied on a child forcibly.

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Section B
The Ramsden cultural model deals the imbalance in power that exists between client as well
as employer. Cultural safety is directly related to social justice as well as ethnicity. The
article that has been discussed above is based on the three step procedure that has been put
forward by Ramsden. The article addresses the ongoing issue that have been witnessed by
children residing in South Australia. The article that has been chosen however does not meet
any vicious media coverage that leads to misinterpretations (Ramsden, 2011). The article has
continued to work towards the development of comprehensive approach related to education.
This in turn makes it easier to develop opportunities to carry out skilled evaluation as well as
an informed debate (Ramsden, 2011). Like Ramsden, the article also recognized the cultural
awareness at the very first step that has been related to cultural safety. The article highlights
how primary schools are building detention centres to help children who are going through
spit-hood. It showed that how a child has been pinned to the floor by multiple other staff
(Zwi, Mares, Nathanson, Tay & Silove, 2018). The article has dealt with cultural awareness
that has been developed through cultural sensitivity. Cultural safety is regarded as major part
in New Zealand that has met with vicious outcomes. As a result, it is imperative to teach
every individual with a comprehensive education that would initiate opportunities to develop
skilled evaluation. This will lead to multiple international states that would stop continues
making use of spit hoods on children in its care.

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References
Essex, R., & Govintharajah, P. (2017). Mental health of children and adolescents in
Australian alternate places of immigration detention. Journal of Paediatrics and Child
Health, 53(6), 525-528.
Paxton, G., Tosif, S., Graham, H., Smith, A., Reveley, C., Standish, J., ... & Marais, B.
(2015). Perspective:‘The forgotten children: national inquiry into children in
immigration detention (2014)’. Journal of paediatrics and child health, 51(4), 365-
368.
Ramsden, E. (2011). Model organisms and model environments: A rodent laboratory in
science, medicine and society. Medical history, 55(3), 365-368.
Ziaian, T., de Anstiss, H., Antoniou, G., Baghurst, P., & Sawyer, M. (2013). Emotional and
behavioural problems among refugee children and adolescents living in South
Australia. Australian Psychologist, 48(2), 139-148.
Zwi, K., Mares, S., Nathanson, D., Tay, A. K., & Silove, D. (2018). The impact of detention
on the social–emotional wellbeing of children seeking asylum: a comparison with
community-based children. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 27(4), 411-422.