Submission on the Australian Universities Accord Discussion Paper: February 2023
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Title | Submission on the Australian Universities Accord Discussion Paper: February 2023 |
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Report Type | Other |
Research Report Category | Not for profit |
Authors | Deravin, Linda, Stuart, Lynne, Murray-Parahi, Pauline, Butcher, Stacey, Balnavas, Mary-Claire, Fabbro, Letitia Del and Drummond, Ali |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) |
Place of Publication | Canberra |
Web Address (URL) | https://dgc5bd.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CATSINaM-Submssion_Universities-Accord-Discussion-Paper_2023.pdf |
Abstract | The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) is pleased to provide the attached submission on the Australian Universities Accord Discussion Paper: February 2023. CATSINaM is the national peak body that represents, advocates, and supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives at a national level, including nurses and midwives working in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services sector. We are a membershipbased organisation and are governed by a member elected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Board. CATSINaM’s advocacy promotes targeted, measurable and actionable workforce solutions to increase the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing and midwifery workforce and to promote Cultural Safety in the education and practise of all nurses and midwives. Universities and other higher education institutions have a primary role in strengthening the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, knowledges and culture in Australian society. Within an ambitious and innovative higher education policy environment, Universities can act to disrupt harmful practices impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the domains of healthcare by removing access, participation, retention and completion barriers currently limiting the growth of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce. Due to its size and centrality, increasing and developing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing and midwifery workforce must be an imperative shared by governments and universities alike and reflected in Australian Universities Accord. Our aim in making this submission is to urge policy makers to set foundations for a vastly improved and redesigned higher education sector that seeks to empower and support the needs, rights and expectations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. As part of this, we seek a forward-looking transformative reform agenda in nursing and midwifery education and practice to support improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health outcomes and experiences. |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420505. Nursing workforce |
450415. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Centre for Health Research | |
University of the Sunshine Coast | |
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, Australia | |
Charles Darwin University | |
Australian Catholic University |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z9xqw/submission-on-the-australian-universities-accord-discussion-paper-february-2023
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