3. Overview
• Approach to Indigenous health curriculum
• Local context curriculum
• Where does health literacy fit?
• Integrated approaches
• Benefits to patients
• Indigenous Entry Stream
12. Applied Knowledge
• Experiential learning
• Team work / Multidisciplinary approaches
• Recognition of system issues
• Holistic health
• Epidemiological knowledge
• Local context
14. Holistic Health
• Not in name only
• Practical applications (travel, medications
etc...)
• Family, AHW, ALO, DMO, Interpreters
• Mind, body, spirit
• Traditional practices
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16. Local Context Curriculum
• Cultural Educators (Matthew, Colleen &
Bilawara)
• Indigenous reference group
• Community placements providing
experiential learning
• Service providers
• Interpreters, AHW & ALO
17. Health Literacy Approach
• Not just literacy
• Understanding health systems in the
dominant culture
• Two way communication
• Not appropriate to test for literacy
• Must be aware of the potential impact
• Mediated by holistic health approaches
18. Health Literacy Elements
Onus on practitioner to ensure it happens
Awareness of literacy, numeracy and the
culture specific interpretation of health
information
An interaction which empowers an individual
System and the culture in which it sits
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20. Health Literacy Awareness
• Newest Vital Sign
• Teach Back
• Ask Me Three
• Health Promotion
• Communication skills
• Holistic health plans
• Awareness of a different worldview
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22. Outcomes
• Appropriate two-way communication of
health information - responsive
• Understand & be able to apply the
information to decisions made about
health
• Options for self empowerment and self
management
23. Integrated Approaches
• Applied knowledge increases awareness
• Communication facilitates assessment
• Holistic health assists with addressing
health literacy
• Skills transferrable to all patients
24. Benefits to Patients
• Responsive doctors
• Improved options for increasing health
knowledge
• Self management options increased
• Appropriate management plans
• Especially relevant to chronic disease
26. Barriers
• System
• Cultural Awareness/Safety/Competency
• Modelling of behaviours
• Medical/Health Culture
• HALT
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28. Indigenous Entry Stream
• Indigenous doctors
• Combining cultural knowledge with clinical
skills
• Increased recognition of health literacy
issues, incorporation of traditional healing
practices, awareness of holistic health
domains