Improving forensic mental health care to Indigenous Australians: Theorizing the intercultural space
Given the disproportionately high number of Indigenous people imprisoned in colonised countries, this paper responds to research from Western Australia on the need to prepare forensic mental health nurses to deliver care to Indigenous patients with mental health disorders. The paper highlights the...
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| description | Given the disproportionately high number of Indigenous people imprisoned in colonised countries, this paper responds to research from Western Australia on the need to prepare forensic mental health nurses to deliver care to Indigenous patients with mental health disorders. The paper highlights the nexus between theory, research and education that can inform the design and implementation of programs to help nurses navigate the complex, layered and contested ‘intercultural space’ and deliver culturally safe care to Indigenous patients. Nurses are encouraged to critically reflect on how beliefs and values underpinning their cultural positioning impact on health care to Indigenous patients. The paper draws on intercultural theory to offer a pedagogical framework that acknowledges the negative impacts of colonisation on Indigenous health and wellbeing, repositions and revalues Indigenous cultures and knowledges and fosters open and robust inquiry. This approach is seen as a step towards working more effectively in the intercultural space where ultimately binary oppositions that privilege one culture over another and inhibit robust inquiry are avoided, paving the way for new, more inclusive positions, representations and understandings to emerge. While the intercultural space can be a place of struggle, tension and ambiguity, it also offers deep potential for change. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-212382017-09-13T13:53:47Z Improving forensic mental health care to Indigenous Australians: Theorizing the intercultural space Durey, Angela Wynaden, Dianne O'Kane, M. reflection Intercultural education forensic mental health Indigenous nursing Given the disproportionately high number of Indigenous people imprisoned in colonised countries, this paper responds to research from Western Australia on the need to prepare forensic mental health nurses to deliver care to Indigenous patients with mental health disorders. The paper highlights the nexus between theory, research and education that can inform the design and implementation of programs to help nurses navigate the complex, layered and contested ‘intercultural space’ and deliver culturally safe care to Indigenous patients. Nurses are encouraged to critically reflect on how beliefs and values underpinning their cultural positioning impact on health care to Indigenous patients. The paper draws on intercultural theory to offer a pedagogical framework that acknowledges the negative impacts of colonisation on Indigenous health and wellbeing, repositions and revalues Indigenous cultures and knowledges and fosters open and robust inquiry. This approach is seen as a step towards working more effectively in the intercultural space where ultimately binary oppositions that privilege one culture over another and inhibit robust inquiry are avoided, paving the way for new, more inclusive positions, representations and understandings to emerge. While the intercultural space can be a place of struggle, tension and ambiguity, it also offers deep potential for change. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21238 10.1111/jpm.12105 Blackwell Publishing Ltd restricted |
| spellingShingle | reflection Intercultural education forensic mental health Indigenous nursing Durey, Angela Wynaden, Dianne O'Kane, M. Improving forensic mental health care to Indigenous Australians: Theorizing the intercultural space |
| title | Improving forensic mental health care to Indigenous Australians: Theorizing the intercultural space |
| title_full | Improving forensic mental health care to Indigenous Australians: Theorizing the intercultural space |
| title_fullStr | Improving forensic mental health care to Indigenous Australians: Theorizing the intercultural space |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving forensic mental health care to Indigenous Australians: Theorizing the intercultural space |
| title_short | Improving forensic mental health care to Indigenous Australians: Theorizing the intercultural space |
| title_sort | improving forensic mental health care to indigenous australians: theorizing the intercultural space |
| topic | reflection Intercultural education forensic mental health Indigenous nursing |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21238 |