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The Need to Extend Beyond the Knowledge Gained in Cross-Cultural Awareness Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Bronwyn Fredericks
Bronwyn Fredericks*
Affiliation:
School of Public Health Sciences and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, 3800; Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE), Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC), PO Box 698, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 4006, Australia; and the Indigenous Studies Research Network, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, 4059, Australia
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Abstract

In the Health sector, Cross-Cultural Awareness Training has been seen as a way to improve knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to therefore improve service delivery and therapeutic care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Health personnel may have undertaken this type of training in their workplace or as part of their education in an undergraduate degree program. Other sectors additionally undertake Cross-Cultural Awareness Training for similar reasons and in similar educational settings. This paper includes the views of a selection of Aboriginal women and highlights the need to extend beyond knowledge gained through Cross-Cultural Awareness Training to Anti-Racism Training. Furthermore, that Anti-Racism Training and addressing white race privilege is required in order to address the inequities within the health system, the marginalisation and disempowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 37 , supplement S1: Indigenous Studies - Indigenous Knowledge: Navigating the Interface , 2008 , pp. 81 - 89
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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