Yatdjuligin
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care

Yatdjuligin introduces students to the fundamentals of health care of Indigenous Australians.

Odette Best (Edited by), Bronwyn Fredericks (Edited by)

9781108794695, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 August 2021

360 pages
25.3 x 20.3 x 2 cm, 0.884 kg

Yatdjuligin: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care introduces students to the fundamentals of health care of Indigenous Australians, encompassing the perspectives of both the client and the health practitioner. Written for all nurses and midwives, this book addresses the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and mainstream health services and introduces readers to practice and research in a variety of healthcare contexts. This new edition has been fully updated to reflect current research and documentation, with an emphasis on cultural safety. Three new chapters cover Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, social and emotional wellbeing in mainstream mental health services and quantitative research. Chapter content is complemented by case study scenarios, author reflections and reflection questions. These features illustrate historical and contemporary challenges, encourage students to reflect on their own attitudes and values, and provide strategies to deliver quality, person-centred health care.

Introduction Gracelyn Smallwood
1. Historical and current perspectives on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Juanita Sherwood
2. A history of health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Ray Lovett and Makayla-May Brinckley
3. The cultural safety journey: an Aboriginal Australian nursing and midwifery context Odette Best
4. Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing Ali Drummond, Yoko Mills, Sam Mills and Francis Nona
5. Indigenous gendered health perspectives Bronwyn Fredericks, Mick Adams and Odette Best
6. Community controlled health services: what they are and how they work Raelene Ward, Bronwyn Fredericks and Odette Best
7. Midwifery practices and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: urban and regional perspectives Machellee Kosiak
8. Indigenous birthing in remote locations: Grandmothers' Law and government medicine Nicole Ramsamy
9. Remote area nursing practice Nicole Ramsamy
10. Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners Ali Drummond
11. Indigenous-led qualitative research Raelene Ward and Bronwyn Fredericks
12. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quantitative research Ray Lovett, Makayla-May Brinckley and Roxanne Jones
13. Navigating First Nations social and emotional wellbeing in mainstream mental health services Rhonda L. Wilson and Kristin Waqanaviti
14. Cultural understandings of Aboriginal suicide from a social and emotional wellbeing perspective Raelene Ward
15. Indigenous child health Donna Hartz and Jessica Bennett
16. Caring for our Elders Bronwyn Fredericks and Linda Deravin.

Subject Areas: Community nursing [MQCX], Nurse/patient relationship [MQCH], Nursing [MQC], Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]