Beyond 2020: addressing racism through transformative indigenous health and cultural safety education (Editorial)

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Author(s)
Power, Tamara
Geia, Lynore
Adams, Karen
Drummond, Ali
Saunders, Vicki
Stuart, Lynne
Deravin, Linda
Tuala, Marni
Roe, Yvette
Sherwood, Juanita
Rowe, Fiona
West, Roianne
Year published
2020
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The 2020 International Year of the Nurse and Midwife has harshly revealed the need to increase the nursing and midwifery workforce and for the disciplines to invest in anti-racism initiatives. The World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) has called for a marked increase in the numbers of nurses and midwives, academics and students. However, to ensure the cultural safety of patients and staff, WHO (2020) stated this increase in workforce must include clinicians and educators from underrepresented populations, in particular Indigenous populations. Stemming from our experiences as First Nations nurses, midwives, practitioners, ...
View more >The 2020 International Year of the Nurse and Midwife has harshly revealed the need to increase the nursing and midwifery workforce and for the disciplines to invest in anti-racism initiatives. The World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) has called for a marked increase in the numbers of nurses and midwives, academics and students. However, to ensure the cultural safety of patients and staff, WHO (2020) stated this increase in workforce must include clinicians and educators from underrepresented populations, in particular Indigenous populations. Stemming from our experiences as First Nations nurses, midwives, practitioners, researchers, educators, and allies, this editorial outlines our agenda to reform Indigenous health and cultural safety curricula in Australian higher education institutions.
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View more >The 2020 International Year of the Nurse and Midwife has harshly revealed the need to increase the nursing and midwifery workforce and for the disciplines to invest in anti-racism initiatives. The World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) has called for a marked increase in the numbers of nurses and midwives, academics and students. However, to ensure the cultural safety of patients and staff, WHO (2020) stated this increase in workforce must include clinicians and educators from underrepresented populations, in particular Indigenous populations. Stemming from our experiences as First Nations nurses, midwives, practitioners, researchers, educators, and allies, this editorial outlines our agenda to reform Indigenous health and cultural safety curricula in Australian higher education institutions.
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Journal Title
Journal of Clinical Nursing
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© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Beyond 2020: addressing racism through transformative indigenous health and cultural safety education, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2020, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15623. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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This publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
Subject
Nursing
Public Health and Health Services
Psychology