Australian South Sea Islanders

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• Introduction
• Defining Cultures
  • The Impact of Culture
  • Modesty
  • Flexibility
  • Excellent Health Care
  • Talking Culture
  • Description
  • Generalisations
  • Setting Limitations
  • Benefits
  • Culture Clash
  • Outcomes
• Building Relationships
  • Visiting a Family
  • Combination
  • Culture
  • Birth Ritual
  • Differences
  • Listening
• Sensitive Solutions
  • Culture
  • Respect and Death
  • Food and Culture
  • Food and Feasts
  • Knowing Questions
  • Overcoming
  • Health Care
  • Enriching Community
  • Final Story
  • Positive Charge
• Facilitators

Australian South Sea Islanders

Communication strategies

These pages act as a quick reference guide to the Sensitive solutions workshop. You may wish to print these pages and keep them for future reference. Communication strategies

The tables below look at the various cultural patterns illustrated in the Sensitive solutions stories.

• The first column summarises these patterns. (Please note: These generalisations should not be applied to every Australian South Sea Islander. The generalisations can act only as signposts as you build a trusting relationship with each unique client.)
• The second column discusses the impact of the cultural patterns on health care and some possible solutions. (The solutions given are only suggestions – you are encouraged to think of some solutions of your own.)

Culture and Christianity – Hal's story

Respect and death – Amanda's story

Food and culture – Ling's story

Knowing what questions to ask – Fiona's story

Overcoming apprehension – Glen's story

Enriching the community – Julie's story

A final story – Bringing it all together