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What is the Cuban health care system like? 4 |
- based on universal preventative care - recognised world wide for its efficiency and excellence - primary health care model |
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5 essential parts to any strategy developed to improve Indigenous health are: |
1. An integrated approach to community development(infrastructure, employment, education) 2. Indigenous control of decision making 3. Implement effective prevention and treatment health services for the major health problems 4. provide adequate resources 5. improve skill levels of indigenous workforce |
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What should primary health care models address in principle? |
In principle, primary health services should address the main health problems in a community and provide a range of health-promoting, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services |
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What are the main primary health care principles? 7 |
1. Indigenous community involvement 2. collaborative approach with other services 3. delivery of core primary HC such as maternal health 4. evidence-based approaches adapted to local community 5. A multidisciplinary team approach employing local community members 6. Service delivery that works with aboriginal and torres culture 7. adequate and secure reasoning |
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What are community considerations with primary HC? 4 |
1. Physical env - living conditions, distance 2. Socioeconomic issues - poverty, access to HC 3. Sociocultural issues - identity issues, cultural changes 4. Political env - control, self-determination, autonomy |
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What are the Guiding Principles of Social and Emotional Wellbeing in health service provision? 9 |
1. Health as holistic 2. The right to self-determination 3. The need for cultural understanding 4. The impact of history in trauma and loss 5. Recognition of human rights 6. The impact of racism and stigma 7. Recognition of the centrality of kinship 8. Recognition of cultural diversity 9. Recognition of Aboriginal strengths |
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What does cultural respect mean? |
Cultural respect means Aboriginal Peoples receive competent and skilled professional care from health workers who demonstrate consciousness that respect for different cultural values and meanings must be taken into consideration within their practice. |
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What is cultural sensitivity/what does it encourage? |
encourages self reflection from participants, particularly on their personal attitudes and experiences and how this may impact on how they communicate and behave with people outside of the dominant culture. |
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What is cultural safety about? |
Cultural Safety is practice which – Respects – Supports and – Empowers the cultural identity and wellbeing of an individual. AND empowers him/her to EXPRESS that identity AND have her/his CULTURAL NEEDS MET” |
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What is Cultural Competency (Capabilities)? 2 |
(1) the capacity of the professional to work efficiently with individuals /organizations within the cultural beliefs, practices and needs presented. (2) the capacity of the health care system to improve health and wellbeing by integrating culture into the delivery of health services. |
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What are the 3 Elements of Cultural Competence? |
KNOWLEDGE VALUES SKILLS |
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What does "knowledge" mean in cultural competence? 2 |
a broad understanding of – The specific cultural and historical patterns which have structured Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander lives past , as well as give guidance to the future. – The implications of culture for understanding human behaviour |
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What does "values" mean in cultural competence? 2 |
– an awareness by professionals of their personal values and beliefs and being able to move away from them – An awareness of the values, biases and beliefs being part of the practitioners’ profession. |
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What does "skills" mean in cultural competence? |
working effectively as a professional in cross cultural contexts. |
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What are the goals of cultural responsiveness? 3 |
1. Increase the number of Aboriginal people in the mainstream health workforce 2. Increase the cultural responsiveness of mainstream health and mental health providers so that Aboriginal people receive respect and high quality care as a matter of course 3. Increase the capacity of mainstream health providers and their workforce to meet the health needs of Aboriginal people |
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How do you manage aboriginal illness with better services? 6 |
1. Improve aboriginal access to a range of health, mental health + other services 2. Reduce preventable hospitalisation rates for chronic conditions 3. Reduce hospital readmissions 4. Reduce the rates of Aboriginal patients leaving hospital againstmedical advice 5. Improve the coordination and integration of services for Aboriginal people accessing and moving between health care settings 6. Improve the identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders accessing health services |
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Identify 3 ways in which the biological model is different to the social model of health. |
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What are the Marmot social determinants of health? 5 |
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List 5 instances in Aboriginal health that might make it challenging, and offer a strategy for each. |
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What are the 3 types of stigma that Goffman spoke of? |
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What are the 4 phases of culture shock? |
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List 5 differences in public and private healthcare. |
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