Resources on culturally safe and competent care that reflects cultural knowledge

The Sharing Together initiative helped identify culturally safe and competent care that reflects cultural knowledge as an evidence priority in Ontario. 

The top two evidence needs within this theme prioritized by Sharing Together stakeholders are:

• How to provide core services that are accessible, culturally safe, and trauma informed
• How to define culturally safe and culturally competent care in service delivery

Below are some EENet resources related to this theme:

• Health equity impact assessment community of interest
• Racialized populations and mental health and addictions community of interest
• Trauma-informed substance use screening and assessment tools for First Nations and Inuit peoples project
• Healing trauma through a First Nation lens
• Chinese and South Asian ethnicities predict mental illness severity during hospitalization
• Designing culturally competent services for war-exposed immigrants and refugees

Here are some resources from our partners:

• Durham Service Collaborative
• Thunder Bay Service Collaborative
• Seeds of Change- Mental Health and Substance Use Information for Refugees and Immigrants
• Seeds of Change (French version)
• Linking Cultures booklet
• Linking Cultures check list
• CAMH's Provincial System Support Program, Aboriginal Engagement and Outreach
• BrainXchange's webinar on Cultural Safety: Ethical and Equitable Health Care for Indigenous Patients, Families, and Communities (Presentation slides here)

Stay tuned for more information and resources!

To read the Sharing Together Full Report, visit: http://www.eenet.ca/article/ontario's-full-evidence-priority-agenda-now-available

To read the Sharing Together Report in Short, visit: http://www.eenet.ca/article/ontario%E2%80%99s-evidence-priority-agenda-released