by admin | May 20, 2019 | Writing
Cultural safety in health is the radical idea that people who use health services should be treated with competence, care and respect, so that their dignity and sovereignty are maintained, and not compromised by the system of health care. Both an ethical framework for...
by admin | Nov 14, 2018 | Writing
I wrote a piece for the Spring 2018 edition (Issue 23) of the Hive (the Australian College of Nursing’s quarterly publication). Cite as:DeSouza, R. (2018). Is it enough? :Why we need more than diversity in nursing. The Hive (23, 14-15). You can also download a pdf of...
by admin | Mar 26, 2018 | Australia, Cultural safety, Indigenous, Inequalities, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Racism, Writing
The new Codes of Conduct for Nurses and Midwives in Australia have made the news. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) have set expectations around culturally safe practice in the health system for nurses and midwives who comprise the largest workforce...
by admin | Sep 14, 2017 | Food, Media, Migration, Multiculturalism, Racism, Writing
De Souza, R. (2017). I Smell You, Life Matters, Radio National, Australia. Thursday 14 September 2017. The wonderful Masako Fukui from Life Matters interviewed me for this story about olfactory assimilation. I am a committed foodie, ‘somebody with a strong interest in...
by admin | May 15, 2017 | Cultural safety, Education, Feminism, Inequalities, Power relations, Research, Writing
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale focuses on women living in a theocratic totalitarian regime in a newly created dystopian, pronatalist society called Gilead. The regime attributes declining fertility to women’s rights, same sex relationships and an...
by admin | Dec 4, 2016 | Australia, Cultural safety, digital health, Digital inclusion, Health, Inequalities, Multiculturalism, Research, self-tracking, Technology, wearable technology, Writing
I am visiting the University of Auckland as an international speaker for the Research Café on Migration & Inequality being organised by the Faculty of Science and School of Population Health. The Research Café is a project of the Engaged Social Science Research...
