Cultural Safety

This PracticeLab quiz helps you revisit the essential concepts that guide safe, quality practice. Answer the questions, read the explanations, and build confidence in the knowledge you bring to your role.

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   Understanding Cultural Safety including Te Tiriti principles.

   Explore the foundations of cultural safety in health and disability services, including Treaty principles and how power relations impact service delivery. Learn to recognise your role in upholding these principles.

2. 2

   Reflective Practice and Self-Awareness

   Develop skills in reflective practice to examine your own cultural assumptions, biases, and position of power in relation to service users. Learn how self-awareness strengthens culturally safe care.

3. 3

   Partnership and Participation in Practice

   Apply partnership principles when working with Māori, Pacific peoples, and disabled people. Learn practical approaches to meaningful participation and shared decision-making in everyday care.

4. 4

   Recognising and Responding to Cultural Needs

   Identify diverse cultural needs and implement culturally responsive practices. Learn to recognise when power imbalances affect care and take appropriate action to ensure cultural safety.