Purpose: Cultural Safety position statement

There are many factors that influence health professionals, who work within health organisations. These factors will influence how an organisation interacts with the target population or client base. Organisations should clearly present a point of view or a position on an issue, and this is often communicated via tools like; mission statements, vision statements and position statements. A position statement should express an organisations view or stance on an issue; it should be a summary of a particular issue that is relevant to the organisation; it should reflect the current evidence or best practice and the intended audience should be all external stakeholders, especially clients or consumers.
The purpose of this assessment to assist you to develop an understanding of the importance of cultural safety in your  own (*health related ) workplace and to allow you to demonstrate your  understanding of the role of cultural safety in contributing towards improving health outcomes. Your position statement should address the organisation's target audience (patients/clients) 

Instructions    

There are two parts to this assessment:

Part 1

Select one of the organisation's listed below and prepare a Cultural Safety position statement that outlines the importance of providing effective health communication and health literacy as part of your organisation’s overall strategy to deliver Culturally Safe health. 

• You should provide a short summary on the organisation's background
• Your position statement should contain concise and evidence based statements  that are relevant to cultural safety, health literacy and effective communication 

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 health  system.

Referencing should be as required, however you must  reference your organisation (ie when presenting the background information).

Your statement should clearly demonstrate your organisation's position on providing culturally safe care, addressing health literacy and ensuring effective communication.

You must choose one organisation from the table below:

*Important: You must choose  one of the organisations  listed above, failure to do so will result in an automatic failure for this  assessment 

Part 2 -This must relate to part 1 
A written document outlining the rationale underpinning your position statement. You should link your responses with your selected organisation's position statement. This should include the following:

• Why having such a statement is important for providing a Culturally Safe health environment
• Explain the relationship between health literacy and health communication in supporting the provision of Culturally  Safe care within your chosen organisation 
• The external influences (for example historical and contemporary factors ) that may contribute or detract from Culturally Safe practice in your chosen organisation 
• 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? 
• Support  your comments with reference to the academic literature; at least 6 refereed publications published between 2010-2020.

Submission Instructions 

• Include the assessment submission file name in the footer of your assessments
• The use of tables and graphics is not permitted 
• Assessment Format Verdana or Arial size 12 font , 1.5 line spacing

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 workplace and to allow you to demonstrate your  understanding of the role of cultural safety in contributing towards improving health outcomes. Your position statement should be directed at the organisation's target audience (patients/clients) 

You must choose one organisation from the table below