Resources

This report from the RACGP’s provides GPs and health professionals with background on history, cultural protocols and respectful engagement to support culturally safe practice and meaningful partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.

The AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research sets national standards to ensure research is culturally grounded, community-led and accountable, upholding Indigenous self-determination and meaningful benefit.

This Open Access article by Poirier describes the differences between cultural safety and security. It details ways to make services more culturally secure and elements to consider.

This handbook from the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine outlines a specialised training pathway to strengthen doctors’ cultural capability and clinical expertise when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This guideline by Queensland health is designed as a quick reference tool to support healthcare staff in delivering safe, clinically and culturally responsive care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.

This guideline by Queensland health is designed as a quick reference tool to support healthcare staff in delivering safe, clinically and culturally responsive care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.

This Guide by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress is for researchers who want to know how to work safely, respectfully, and appropriately with Aboriginal people in central Australia. 

This Open Access article by Jeyakumar explores the role of Aboriginal Health Workers in delivering culturally safe, community-led primary health care, drawing directly on their lived experience. It highlights the need for stronger recognition, support and system-level change to sustain this workforce and embed First Nations-led models of care.

This booklet by Palliative Care Australia works as a discussion starter with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and their community, and those working with them. 

This webpage by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission shows how culturally inclusive mealtimes support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights to identity, dignity and choice in aged care. It highlights food and dining as everyday opportunities to uphold cultural safety and respect.