Projects funded to fight systemic racism and inequity
Two University of 亚洲色吧 research projects aiming to improve the cultural safety of Australia鈥檚 health system for First Nations people have been awarded Federal Government funding.
The Australian Government鈥檚 Indigenous Health Research Fund (IHRF) has contributed $1.5 million to the projects, which will develop evidence-based racism-reduction training for hospital staff and medical students and identify structural changes required to foster an anti-racist dental health system.
鈥淎ustralia鈥檚 political, economic, and social systems, and health systems have been established based on western beliefs and ideals,鈥 said Associate Professor Odette Pearson, lead researcher on the racism-reduction training program.
鈥淯p until the late 鈥70s, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were discriminated against receiving healthcare in Australia due to their race, which led to t