- Title
- Cultural safety in hospitals: validating an empirical measurement tool to capture the Aboriginal patient experience
- Creator
- Elvidge, Elissa; Paradies, Yin; Aldrich, Rosemary; Holder, Carl
- Relation
- Australian Health Review Vol. 44, Issue 2, p. 205-211
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH19227
- Publisher
- CSIRO
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Objective: The aim of the present study was to develop a scale to measure cultural safety in hospitals from an Aboriginal patient perspective. Methods: The Cultural Safety Survey was designed to measure five key characteristics of cultural safety that contribute to positive hospital experiences among Aboriginal hospital patients. Investigators developed a range of different methods to assess the validity and reliability of the scale using a sample of 316 participants who had attended a New South Wales hospital in the past 12 months. Targeted recruitment was conducted at two hospital sites. Opportunistic recruitment took place through a local health district, discharge follow-up service and online via social media. Results: The Cultural Safety Survey Scale was a robust measurement tool that demonstrated a high level of content and construct validity. Conclusion: The Cultural Safety Survey Scale could be a useful tool for measuring cultural safety in hospitals from the Aboriginal patient perspective.
- Subject
- cultural safety; hospitals; Aboriginal patient; local health district; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1432466
- Identifier
- uon:39061
- Identifier
- ISSN:0156-5788
- Language
- eng
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