Module 9 - Cultural Safety, Equity, and Diversity Flashcards
Explain the coin model by Nixon
Give an example of the coin model by Nixon
Inattentional Blindness
When an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, purely as a result of a lack of attention rather than any vision defects or deficits
Intersectionality
Understanding how individuals various social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege
allyship
diversity
Health inequities
Root causes of health inequities
Describe the analytic approach for the HIR Initiative
Ways to address diversity and health inequities (6)
- Adopt a human rights approach to address social
determinants of health and health equity - Intervene across life course, and ensure
“culturally safe health and social services” - Balance addressing proximal and distal
determinants of health - Address material conditions and sociocultural
processes of power, privilege and exclusion - need to adopt broad understanding of diversity
- essential to be critically reflexive regarding personal and profession
positionality
Examples of questions to guide critical reflexivity
3 critical points about diversity, power, and health inequity
Cultural Humility
An ongoing process of self-exploration and self-critique combined with a willingness to learn from others (honoring others beliefs, values and customs of another person and starting a relationship)
The Ontario human rights code protects
What are the 6 grounds related to the human rights code of Ontario
Can discrimination be affected by code grounds that intersect with race
Yes
Racialization
Stereotyping
What are the 3 levels of racism
Racial Discrimination
Difference between racism and racial discrimination
Racism is a social context built upon an entire race (more general) vs racial discrimination is based on the individual person (more specific)
Adverse Impact
Decision, policy or practice negatively affects a protected group even if unintentional
Poisoned Work Environment
Workplace harassment/discrimination creates a hostile, negative, intolerable workplace
Racial Harassment
Being bothered or treated unfairly due to race
Systemic Discrimination
When systems or institutions discriminate (eg. a company)
Racial Harrassment
Verbally or physically abusing individuals of different races
Stereotyping
Belief that all people with similar characteristics are the same (eg. indigenous people are all alcoholics)
Policy Primer
Develops human rights policy and procedures
What are 3 way organizations can combat racism
Anti-Racism Strategies and some examples (4)
