Racial microaggressions and interculturality in remote Central Australian Aboriginal healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An epidemic of type 2 diabetes in remote Aboriginal people in Central Australia, contributes to high rates of morbidity and mortality. Remote non-Aboriginal Health Care Workers (HCW) and the Aboriginal people they serve inhabit a complex cultural interface. This study aimed to recognise racial microaggressions in the everyday discourse of HCWs. It proposes a model of interculturality for remote HCWs that avoids racialisation and essentialising of Aboriginal people's identities and cultures.

Methods

Semi-structured in-depth interviews were undertaken with HCWs from two Primary Health Care services in very remote Central Australia. Fourteen interviews were analysed from seven Remote Area Nurse, five Remote Medical Practitioners and two Aboriginal Health Practitioner

SUBMITTER: Wicks M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10211281 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature