Cultural Safety position statement, Canberra Hospital

Assessment 3: Organizational Cultural Safety position statement

Assessment Three: Organizational Cultural Safety position statement
Purpose: 

Cultural safety position statement
The purpose of this assessment to assist you to develop understanding of the importance of cultural safety in your own healthcare workplace and to allow you to demonstrate your understanding of the role of cultural safety in contributing towards improving health outcomes.
Instructions     

There are two parts to this assessment
Part 1

Prepare a position statement for an organisation that you work with or are familiar, with that outlines the importance of providing effective health communication and health literacy as part of your organisation’s overall strategy to deliver culturally safe healthcare. 

(approx. 500 words)

For the purposes of this assessment the term position statement is defined as a range of evidenced-based statements to communicate an organisation’s position on key issues of relevance to achieving a healthy Australia, supported by the best possible healthcare   system.

Part 2
A written documents outlining the rationale underpinning your position statement (approx. 1500 words). 

This should include the following:

• Why having such a statement important for providing a culturally safe healthcare environment
• The importance of effective communication in the provision of culturally safe environment.
• Explain the relationship between health literacy and effective communication
• The external influences (historical and contemporary, factors like the media) that may contribute or detract from culturally safe practice in the healthcare environment.
• How might this contribute to improving the health outcomes of the organisation's target clients
• What are the barriers, to implementing this position statement that might exist within the organisation? and how might these barriers be overcome?