Week 5

Question 1

How do ethical values and principles support professionals to provide equitable healthcare?

Answer 1

People who have ethical values know the difference between right and wrong healthcare and how to treat people correctly

Question 2

What prompts can we ask patients to make them feel more comfortable?

Answer 2

• What is important to you, so you can feel safe while we talk today?
  * How will you let me know if you feel like I am ‘using power’ over you?
  * It is important to me while we talk that I don’t offend you or say things that are culturally inappropriate. If this happens, how can you let me know?
  * Who can come and support you while we are here?
  * Who can we bring together to talk about where your child can stay while we work together?
  I know this is not okay with you. How can we make it any less painful? Is there someone in your community, (an independent person or an Elder) you would like to bring here to talk with us about what is happening and what needs to happen?

Question 3

How can we create culturally safe spaces?

Answer 3

• An environment that is spiritually, socially and emotionally safe as well a physically safe for people
  
  • Welcomes AOTSI families and partners
  • Acknowledges richness of culture and differences between cultures
  • Encourages ally behaviour
  • Does not stay silent in the face of inappropriate behaviour
  • Recruits AOTSI staff
  • Models expectation
  • Considers storytelling questions in interviews
    Understands the concept of family

Question 5

What is the importance of family to Indigenous communities?

Answer 5

Child rearing is beyond immediate family, thrive off knowledge, family, kin and connection to country

Question 6

What is Kinship?

Answer 6

A web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies.
Structures people relationships and behaviors toward one another and influence who will look after a child if the parent dies. It goes back go belonging to land and identity

Question 7

What is having a yarn?

Answer 7

Used to share information and tell stories. When having a yarn with a clinician SP need to be aware of;
Body language
Direct questions
Being honest
Be accountable
Don’t assume
Be flexible

Question 8

How does language and communication relate to SP?

Answer 8

Traditional language is important to cultural connection, we can not assume all people speak English. Don’t assume literacy, access a cultural interpreter, respect silence, do not mimic indigenous speech patterns, do not assume people nodding means they agree or even understand

Question 9

How can hearing loss in indigenous children impact other aspects of their health?

Answer 9

Otitis media is an ear infection (caused by unhygienic environments which can cause vision hearing and cognitive problems in school if untreated. Due to this it can cause learning difficulties, social isolation, poor attendance.