- Subject Code :NURBN-2025
- Country :Australia
QUESTION 1 (300 WORDS)
The topic for the first short answer response is as follows:
What constitutes ‘culture’ and ‘identity’ in terms of your daily life and how do these concepts influence your own beliefs about and interactions with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
A recommended structure for your short answer response is provided below:
A. Culture and Identity, values, and beliefs and how these factors influence beliefs and values (written in the third person).
- Define ‘culture’ and ‘identity’
- How does identity, along with social and cultural factors influence people’s beliefs and values?
B. Own culture and identity (written in the first person).
- Describe your own culture and identity and how these factors have influenced your own beliefs, values, and interactions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- What kinds of factors/life experiences have influenced your cultural lens (i.e., your beliefs and values)?
QUESTION 2: (600 WORDS) – WRITE IN THE THIRD PERSON
The topic for the second short answer response is as follows:
Research a First Nations person who has advocated for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or influenced policy or community action. They might be living or deceased. This might be a First Nations researcher, author, musician, parliamentarian, advocate, historical figure or a figure of contemporary times e.g. Eddie Mabo who advocated for land rights.
A recommended structure for your short answer response is provided below:
- How has the person’s background influenced their advocacy?
- Comprehensively discuss what this person has achieved.
- How has that person advocated for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples or influenced non Indigenous people, policy, or community?
QUESTION 3: (600 WORDS) WRITTEN IN THE THIRD PERSON.
The topic for the third short answer response is as follows:
Describe effective strategies that health professionals may use to assist with creating a health care environment that is both anti-racist and also able to deliver care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a culturally safe way.
A recommended structure for your short answer response is provided below:
A: Racism and Prejudice.
- Define racism and prejudice
- Describe three anti-racist strategies supported by reputable sources
B: Culturally safe practice
- Define ‘culturally safe practice’
- How can a health professional promote an equitable and culturally safe health care delivery to First Nations Peoples?