Q1. Describe characteristics and factors that may affect people in each of the following areas of diversity:
- Culture, race, ethnicity
- Disability
- Religious or spiritual beliefs MR FER
- Gender
- Generational (age)
- Sexual orientation/sexual identity
Outline your response in three (3) — four (4) sentences for each.
Q2. List four (4) impacts of adversity that can occur from being part of a diverse group.
Q3. Provide three (3) examples of influences that may affect people’s attitudes towards diverse groups.
Q4. Give three (3) examples of how you can respect diversity in all areas of work. (Explain your answers in full sentences, not dot pints)
Q5. List four (4) personnel resources you would use when working with diverse groups.
Q6. Give three (3) examples of how you show respect for diversity in communication.
Q7. You need to present an idea to your team in the workplace. Two of your team members have English as a second language. How can you use resources to communicate more efficiently?
List at least two (2) options and explain how they could be used.
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Q8. Reflect and write about a situation where you sought appropriate assistance, when faced with a communication difficulty relating to diversity.
Outline your response in one (1) — two (2) sentences.
Q9. List three (3) ways you can improve your social awareness.
Q10. Give five (5) examples of the benefits of diversity in the workplace.
Q11. Do you think that valuing and respecting all people will contribute to making your place of work a safe environment? Why?
Outline your response in one (1) — three (3) sentences.
Q12. What is the difference between human needs and human rights?
Outline your response in one (2) — three (4) sentences.
Q13. What is the definition of cultural diversity? What concepts are included?
Outline your response in one (1) — four (4) sentences. (Refer to your Tabbner’s textbook).
Q14. Define cultural safety and how you ensure it in the workplace. Provide three (3) examples.
Outline your response in two (2) — four (4) sentences.
Q15. What is meant by ‘cultural competence’?
Outline your response in one (1) — three (3) sentences.
Q16. What is meant by ‘cultural awareness’?
Outline your response in one (1) — three (3) sentences.
Q17. What are the grounds of discrimination according to the following Acts?
- The Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
- The Age Discrimination Act 2004 MR FER
- The Disability Discrimination Act 1992
- The Racial Discrimination Act 1975
- The Fair Work Act 2009
Outline your response in one (1) — three (3) sentences for each.
Q18. What is the Universal Declaration on Human Rights?
Outline your response in one (1) — two (2) sentences.
Q19. What does the Universal Declaration say?
Outline your response in three (3) — four (4) sentences.
Q20. Search for the Fair Work website on the internet to answer the following question
- a) What are the three (3) main roles of the Fair Work Ombudsman?
- b) List five (5) of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s free services.
Q21. What are five (5) social, political and economic issues that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
Q22. Provide five (5) reasons that Aboriginal women do not access health care adequately in Australia.
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Q23. List eight (8) of the 12 diseases more commonly affecting Indigenous people in Australia.
Q24. Conduct an internet search for Healthinfonet site to answer the following question.
Under the ‘Social and emotional wellbeing heading’, click on ‘More about social and emotional well-being’.
According to the article, what four (4) things are important to the social and emotional well-being for the Indigenous people of Australia?
Q25. According to the article (from question 24), what are five (5) things that can influence a person’s social and emotional wellbeing?
Q26. Based on your research into the history of the Indigenous people of Australia, and also on health factors affecting them, you are required to write a reflective passage on how you feel the history of the Indigenous people affects their health and wellbeing in today’s society.
Your passage must be at least 100 words.
Q27. The following paragraphs are an extract from a publication by Australian Institute on of Health and Welfare on ‘Effects of Trauma’ in 2013.
The article states that trauma can affect the development of children in that a child’s development can be impaired or slowed down as a result of trauma. It also says that if a child is exposed to long-term trauma, the developmental effects can be permanent.
The article further says that if children are exposed to trauma, their ‘survival mechanisms’ (anticipates, prevents or protects against the damage caused by potential dangers) can become dominant over the ‘learning mechanisms’ (responsible for engaging in the acquisition of new knowledge) in the brain. In traumatised children the survival mechanism takes over and the development of the child is impaired, meaning that the child’s development and education can be severely affected.
Trauma has also been shown to have the following effects on children:
- It violates the child’s sense of safety, trust and self-worth, with a loss of the sense of ‘self’
- It can trigger emotional distress, shame and grief
iii. It can result in aggressive behaviour and an inability on the child’s part to negotiate relationships with care givers, peers and later, marital spouses
- It can disrupt attachment styles, leading to interpersonal difficulties
Childhood trauma is also more likely to cause children and adults to adopt behaviours of self-harm, including alcoholism and other drug misuse, sexual promiscuity, physical inactivity and smoking, and increases the likelihood of children becoming involved in criminal activities into adulthood.
Finally, childhood trauma can result in health concerns like heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and liver disease, all of which contribute to lower life expectancy.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation Development Team sums up the problems in Indigenous populations as follows:
‘many of the problems prevalent in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities today—alcohol abuse, mental illness and family violence …have their roots in the failure of Australian governments and society to acknowledge and address the legacy of unresolved trauma still inherent in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.’
Based on this article, how do you think that the ability of Indigenous people is affected in the way they:
- Make decisions
- Communicate
- Understand
- Retain information
Outline your response in two (2) — four (4) sentences for each.
Q28. Based on your responses (from question 27), suggest and explain three (3) ways that you could improve the way that you communicate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Include in your response, how you would evaluate the success of each strategy.
Outline your response in 50 — 100 words.
Q29. You are required to reflect on a significant event in your own cultural heritage that has influenced your current values, beliefs and attitudes.
- Describe what happened
- How has this influenced the way in which your culture responds to the Australian environment?
- How do you think these cultural attitudes affects your interaction with people from other diverse cultures in Australia?
- Give three (3) areas that you think you could develop in terms of understanding other cultures in your environment better and explain how you think these would help you in your role as a nurse.