Cultural respect strategies in Australian Aboriginal primary health care services: beyond education and training of practitioners.

CONCLUSIONS: Service-level strategies were necessary to achieving cultural respect. These strategies have the potential to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing. IMPLICATIONS: Primary health care's social determinants of health mandate, the community controlled model, and the development of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce need to be supported to ensure a culturally respectful health system. PMID: 25091076 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25091076?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - August 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Freeman T, Edwards T, Baum F, Lawless A, Jolley G, Javanparast S, Francis T Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research