Cultural Safety in the Cairns Hospital Emergency Department
Grant ID: EMJS-472R42-2024-DRAHM
Project Summary
The overall aim of this doctoral research is to transform the Cairns Emergency Department into a place of cultural safety, as determined by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. This research centres the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in articulating cultural safety in the Cairns Hospital Emergency Department, positioning the community as expert knowers and teachers, to inform the delivery of emergency care across the country.
This study involves a research process, through Indigenous Storywork and Narrative Practice. Using Narrative therapy and community practice, stories of wisdom, skill and know-how of the community will be shared into the Cairns Hospital ED through focus groups and in-depth interviews. Cairns Hospital ED staff will bear witness to these stories, learning from them, then taking action within their practice. Alongside this, the study will gather, through review of minutes and researcher reflections, stories behind the action register of the Cairns Hospital ED Cultural Safety Reference Group (CSRG) to document historical change, and change as it occurs within the time frame of the study.
This research grant is sought, specifically to facilitate critical knowledge translation of research findings; translating the important wisdom, skill and know-how of the First Nations community into practice and policy transformation in the Cairns Hospital ED.
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