Healthcare Cultural Competency: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

This report explores the concept of cultural competency within the context of healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. It defines cultural competency and highlights its advantages, such as improving patient satisfaction, supporting indigenous leadership in healthcare, and fostering better understanding between healthcare providers and patients. The report also acknowledges limitations, including the challenges of translating training into practice and providing tailored services to diverse indigenous groups. It then outlines methods for delivering appropriate care, such as conducting surveys and implementing training programs. The report concludes by emphasizing the critical role of cultural competency in providing effective healthcare services, referencing key aspects of patient beliefs and behaviors related to hospitalisation and care. The report uses sources such as journal articles and online resources to support its arguments.

CULTURALLY COMPETENT
HEALTH CARE AMONG
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES
STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CULTURAL COMPETENCY........................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCE...................................................................................................................................4

ILLUSTRATION INDEX
Illustration 1: Cultural Competences...............................................................................................2

CULTURAL COMPETENCY
According to Drummond and et.al., (2015) cultural competency is considered as
competence towards patients' values, beliefs and behaviours for providing effective treatment
services and hospitalisation to them. However, it is useful to improve health promotion and
providing satisfied care among aboriginal and Torres Islander people in Australia. Moreover,
different ideas for organisational and professional cultural competency in the hospital entity to
enhance knowledge and behaviour of an individual for treatments and proper hospitalisation
through this assignment.
MAIN BODY
Advantages
Cultural competency in health and social care for aboriginal and Torres Islander people in
Australia has several advantages. For example: it is helpful to support aboriginal and Torres
Islander people in health profession and leadership positions. Similarly, for increasing service
takers' satisfaction level at maximum level with health and social care services of the hospital
entity, cultural competency plays essential role (Castka and Prajogo, 2013). It is able to create
good understanding with them affect treatments of patients and hospitalisation. Along with this,
cultural competencies is useful term in improving knowledge, skills among clinical and
administrative staff of the hospital staff. Therefore, it is recognised that cultural competence is
effective in health and social care sector affect patients' satisfaction level with treatments and
hospitalisation among aboriginal and Torres Islander people in Australia.
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Limitations
On the contrary to cultural competence among aboriginal and Torres Islander people in
Australia, some limitations are also determined. For instance; it is difficult to identify extent
knowledge which learnt from training program and converting into practice. However, aboriginal
and Torres Islander people are belonged to different islands as African, American, Asian etc
therefore providing services according each of them remain difficult for proper hospitalisation
(Huang and et.al., 2014). Thus, it is required to reduce these drawbacks for effective treatment
services and hospitalisation for sustainability for longer time period
Methods to deliver appropriate care for indigenous people
Through implementing methods for treatment and hospitalisation for aboriginal and
Torres Islander people in Australia remain able to provide appropriate care. It is possible through
conducting survey and analysing aboriginal and Torres Islander people's population in the
country for providing its services according to their cultures (Core Competences, 2016). Besides
this, by organising training and development program to improve professionalism and enhancing
knowledge as well skills towards hospitalisation effectively. Hence, appropriate and satisfied
care be provided to indigenous people affect treatments and hospitalisation of the hospital entity.
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Illustration 1: Cultural Competences
(Source: Cultural Competences in health and social care, 2016).

CONCLUSION
It is concluded that cultural competency is essential for providing health care services
among aboriginal and Torres Islander people in Australia . However, critical evaluation on
cultural competence in the country and hospitalisation is described. Thus, all aspects including
belief, behaviour in respect of hospitalisation and care services introduced through this report.
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REFERENCE
Books and Journal
Castka, P. and Prajogo, D., 2013. The effect of pressure from secondary stakeholders on the
internalization of ISO 14001. Journal of Cleaner Production. 47(4). pp.245-252.
Drummond, M.F. and et.al., 2015. Methods for the economic evaluation of health care
programmes. Oxford university press.
Huang, C.C. And et.al., 2014. The relationship among corporate social responsibility, service
quality, corporate image and purchase intention. International Journal of Organizational
Innovation. 6(3). p.68.
Online
Core Competences. 2016. [Online]. Available through:
<http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/B92E980680486C3BCA
257BF0001BAF01/$File/health-plan.pdf>. [Accessed on 16th September 2017].
Cultural competence in health and social care. 2016. [Online]. Available through:
http://www.kirwinmaclean.com/cultural-competence-in-social-care-and-health/>.
[Accessed on 18th September 2017].
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