Beyond 2020: Addressing racism through transformative Indigenous health and cultural safety education

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 mi...

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Main Authors: Tamara Power, Lynore Geia, Karen Adams, Ali Drummond, Vicki-Lea Saunders, Lynne Stuart, Linda Deravin, Marni Tuala, Yvette Roe, Juanita Sherwood, Fiona Rowe Minniss, Roianne West
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10779/cqu.16879903.v1
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Summary: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.