Tag: Diversity
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Cultural competence needed to build equitable health care
Dr Mehwish Nisar South Asian Australians, immigrants from countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, are valuable contributors to Australia’s diverse society. They are often recognised for their achievements in fields like medicine, academia, technology, and business, and sometimes characterised as a ‘model minority’ – a myth that…
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Women from diverse backgrounds must lead and shape research
Negin Mirzaei Damabi, Zahra Ali Padhani, Patience Castleton, and Zohra Lassi Women continue to be underrepresented in STEM occupations. In Australia, women made up just 15% of STEM-qualified roles in 2023. While their presence in these fields has grown by 76% over the past decade, the gender gap remains stark.…
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Twelve tips for inclusive practice in healthcare
Dr Joanne Flavel, Assoc Prof Brahm Marjadi, Dr Paul Gardiner and Dr Kristen Glenister It is well recognised that inclusivity improves health and wellbeing outcomes. However, practical tips for frontline clinicians and students can be difficult to find. Where guidelines for inclusive practice do exist, there is often a focus…
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Walking the talk: reflecting on five years of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Special Interest Group
Brahm Marjadi, Paul Gardiner, Kristen Glenister and Joanne Flavel It was Thursday 26 October 2017, during the Public Health Association Australia (PHAA) Symposia in Sydney, and the country was in the thick of Marriage Equality debates. Brahm Marjadi (then International Health Special Interest Group Co-Convenor) asked the-then PHAA CEO, Michael…