Evaluating awareness of Cultural Safety in the Australian midwifery workforce: A snapshot

There are no validated tools to measure midwives’ awareness of Cultural Safety. Cultural Safety is an important component of midwifery practice. Measurement can inform practice and evaluate professional development strategies. To adapt and evaluate the Awareness of Cultural Safety Scale with the mid...

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Published in:Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives 2019-12, Vol.32 (6), p.549-557
Main Authors: Fleming, Tania, Creedy, Debra K., West, Roianne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Adult
Australia
Awareness
Cultural Competency - psychology
Cultural safety
Female
First Peoples
Humans
Measure
Midwifery - statistics & numerical data
Midwives
Nurse Midwives - psychology
Pregnancy
Racism
Survey
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:There are no validated tools to measure midwives’ awareness of Cultural Safety. Cultural Safety is an important component of midwifery practice. Measurement can inform practice and evaluate professional development strategies. To adapt and evaluate the Awareness of Cultural Safety Scale with the midwifery workforce. An online survey was distributed to members of Australian College of Midwives and Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives. Measures included the Awareness of Cultural Safety Scale — Revised, Self-assessment of Cultural Knowledge and Perceptions of Racism scales. The revised Awareness scale had a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.87. Principal Component Analysis with varimax rotation produced a three-factor structure accounting for 67% of variance. Awareness scores correlated with Self-assessment of Cultural Knowledge (r=0.22 p
ISSN:1871-5192
1878-1799
1878-1799
DOI:10.1016/j.wombi.2018.11.001