A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders: ensuring that Black lives matter.
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2020-08-21
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(Geia, Birks, Knight, Lindsay, Skinner, Smallwood, Stewart, West) James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
(Baird, Catling, Cruickshank, Cummins, Davidson, Duffield, Elliott, Fowler, Fry, Gray, Hickman, Jackson Ao, Levett-Jones, Phillips, Power, Roche, Usher Am, Virdun) University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Bail, McCloughen, Northam Oam, Paterson, Sainsbury) University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
(Barclay, Daly, Denney-Wilson) University of Sydney, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Bennett, Foureur, Hazelton, Hutton, Johnson, Mitchell, O'Brien, Smallwood, Wilson) University of Newcastle, NSW, Callaghan, Australia
(Best, Ward) University of Southern Queensland, Australia
(Blackley, Nowlan, Ramsay) Queensland Health, Joyce Palmer Health Service, Palm Island, Australia
(Blackman) Gidgee Healing Mt Isa, Mount Isa, Australia
(Bonner, Moyle, West) Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
(Bryant Ao) Rosemary Bryant Foundation, SA, Australia
(Buzzacott) Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund, NSW, Australia
(Campbell, Hartz, Williams) Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
(Chamberlain, Mills) La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Cox, Drummond, Duff) Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
(Cross, Hungerford) Federation University, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
(Cruickshank, Kelly) Sydney Children's Hospital Network, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Dahlen, Davidson, Doyle, Elmir, Ferguson, Heaton, Kitson, Luck, Mannix, Montayre, Ogunsiji, Peters, Ramjan, Salamonson, Wilkes, Wynne) Western Sydney University, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Darbyshire) Philip Darbyshire Consulting, Highbury, SA, Australia
(Davidson) John Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
(De Souza) RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Duffield) Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia
(Dunning, Manias, Rasmussen) Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(East, Smallwood, Usher Am, Wilson) University of New England, NSW, Armidale, Australia
(Fergie Oam, Rihari-Thomas) Australian Catholic University, VIC, Australia
(Fernandez, Halcomb, Molloy, Moroney, Moxham, Sim) University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
(Flower Am) Esteemed Indigenous Nursing and Midwifery Elder
(Gorman) New South Wales Health, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Grant, Sherwood) Charles Sturt University, NSW, Dubbo, Australia
(Hart) University of Notre Dame, NSW, Darlinghurst, Australia
(Hickman) Contemporary Nurse Journal
(Homer Ao) Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Lovett) Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
(Marriott, Robinson) Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
(Martin) Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, Brisbane, Australia
(Massey) Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia
(McGough, Wynaden) Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
(McGrath) Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Mohamed) Lowitja Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Pennington) Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
(Procter) University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
(Rind) NSW, Aboriginal Health Unit Mt Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia
(Shields) University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
(Taylor) Top End Health, Darwin, NT, Australia
(Wannell) Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Baird, Catling, Cruickshank, Cummins, Davidson, Duffield, Elliott, Fowler, Fry, Gray, Hickman, Jackson Ao, Levett-Jones, Phillips, Power, Roche, Usher Am, Virdun) University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Bail, McCloughen, Northam Oam, Paterson, Sainsbury) University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
(Barclay, Daly, Denney-Wilson) University of Sydney, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Bennett, Foureur, Hazelton, Hutton, Johnson, Mitchell, O'Brien, Smallwood, Wilson) University of Newcastle, NSW, Callaghan, Australia
(Best, Ward) University of Southern Queensland, Australia
(Blackley, Nowlan, Ramsay) Queensland Health, Joyce Palmer Health Service, Palm Island, Australia
(Blackman) Gidgee Healing Mt Isa, Mount Isa, Australia
(Bonner, Moyle, West) Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
(Bryant Ao) Rosemary Bryant Foundation, SA, Australia
(Buzzacott) Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund, NSW, Australia
(Campbell, Hartz, Williams) Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
(Chamberlain, Mills) La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Cox, Drummond, Duff) Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
(Cross, Hungerford) Federation University, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
(Cruickshank, Kelly) Sydney Children's Hospital Network, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Dahlen, Davidson, Doyle, Elmir, Ferguson, Heaton, Kitson, Luck, Mannix, Montayre, Ogunsiji, Peters, Ramjan, Salamonson, Wilkes, Wynne) Western Sydney University, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Darbyshire) Philip Darbyshire Consulting, Highbury, SA, Australia
(Davidson) John Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
(De Souza) RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Duffield) Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia
(Dunning, Manias, Rasmussen) Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(East, Smallwood, Usher Am, Wilson) University of New England, NSW, Armidale, Australia
(Fergie Oam, Rihari-Thomas) Australian Catholic University, VIC, Australia
(Fernandez, Halcomb, Molloy, Moroney, Moxham, Sim) University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
(Flower Am) Esteemed Indigenous Nursing and Midwifery Elder
(Gorman) New South Wales Health, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Grant, Sherwood) Charles Sturt University, NSW, Dubbo, Australia
(Hart) University of Notre Dame, NSW, Darlinghurst, Australia
(Hickman) Contemporary Nurse Journal
(Homer Ao) Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Lovett) Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
(Marriott, Robinson) Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
(Martin) Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, Brisbane, Australia
(Massey) Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia
(McGough, Wynaden) Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
(McGrath) Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern, NSW, Sydney, Australia
(Mohamed) Lowitja Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Pennington) Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
(Procter) University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
(Rind) NSW, Aboriginal Health Unit Mt Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia
(Shields) University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
(Taylor) Top End Health, Darwin, NT, Australia
(Wannell) Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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2020
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Contemporary Nurse. Vol.56(4), 2020, pp. 297-308.
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Contemporary Nurse
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Nurses and midwives of Australia now is the time for change! As powerfully placed, Indigenous and non-Indigenous nursing and midwifery professionals, together we can ensure an effective and robust Indigenous curriculum in our nursing and midwifery schools of education. Today, Australia finds itself in a shifting tide of social change, where the voices for better and safer health care ring out loud. Voices for justice, equity and equality reverberate across our cities, our streets, homes, and institutions of learning. It is a call for new songlines of reform. The need to embed meaningful Indigenous health curricula is stronger now than it ever was for Australian nursing and midwifery. It is essential that nursing and midwifery leadership continue to build an authentic collaborative environment for Indigenous curriculum development. Bipartisan alliance is imperative for all academic staff to be confident in their teaching and learning experiences with Indigenous health syllabus. This paper is a call out. Now is the time for Indigenous and non-Indigenous nurses and midwives to make a stand together, for justice and equity in our teaching, learning, and practice. Together we will dismantle systems, policy, and practices in health that oppress. The Black Lives Matter movement provides us with a 'now window' of accepted dialogue to build a better, culturally safe Australian nursing and midwifery workforce, ensuring that Black Lives Matter in all aspects of health care.
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32799620 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=32799620]
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Article
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Review article (e.g. literature review, narrative review)
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Healthcare workforce