HPRO7402 – Cultural Safety and Women's Health in Aotearoa New Zealand
Module code
HPRO7402
Module title
Cultural Safety and Women's Health in Aotearoa New Zealand
Prescription
The aim of this course is for aakonga to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to critically analyse cultural safety and its application to women’s health within the provision of maternity care in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Programmes
- TP5225
NZQA Level
Level 7
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- LO1: Critically analyse cultural safety to inform culturally competent care in midwifery practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.
LO2: Critically analyse the social constructs of gender and their effect on health status to inform care that supports equitable outcomes in the midwifery context.
LO3: Apply culturally safe strategies that promote women’s health in midwifery practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. - Content
- - Tuuranga Kaupapa – effective and advanced application of principles in daily practice
- Cultural Safety as it relates to cultural competence for tangata whenua and tangata tiriti
- Cultural humility
- Gender
- Women’s health and initiatives
- Intersection of gender with:
- Maaori, Pacific
- Diversity of women/people (Immigrants, Refugees, Disabled people, LGBTQIA)
- Women and models of disability
- Well woman screening
- Women’s health and initiatives
- Health assessment
- Abortion
- Contraception/sexual health
- Applications of tikanga Maaori in a health screening context
- Contemporary applications of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to women’s health assessment
- Culturally safe approaches to family violence and sexual abuse
- Alcohol and substance use
- Specific health needs for immigrant and refugee women
- Gynaecological history - Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this course is achievement-based. Aakonga must submit all specified assessment items, achieve all learning outcomes, and obtain a minimum of 50% in each assessment to pass this course.
- Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning and teaching activities will employ a range of elements drawn from approved methods. The activities chosen will align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional-specific requirements, etc.) and any particular needs of the group of aakonga.
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- All required and recommended resources are advised to aakonga via course outlines.
