The concept of Kawa whakaruruhau Cultural Safety has travelled across time and space since I was introduced to it as a nurse. I wrote about my own journey with the concept and how it is now becoming misused in an […]
Third edition of Cultural Safety in Aotearoa New Zealand Read Post »
It’s summer in Kulin country and the snakes are active! I was born in the year of the snake and so this Lunar New Year I’m feeling especially attuned to the way snakes engage in seasonal transformation. I hope that
Year of the Snake newsletter Read Post »
I have been a long-time fan of the New Zealand Mental Health Foundation. Starting in 1996 I did some workshops in Northland and around for the community about Depression, while I worked in perinatal mental health. Later, I co-produced a
Book review: This Bridge called my back Read Post »
]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
Written for and first published in in the August 2016 edition of Nurse Click (the Australian College of Nursing’s monthly electronic, interactive PDF publication available to ACN members, and to stakeholders, the wider nursing and non-nursing community who subscribe to it.).
Wearable devices and the potential for community health improvement Read Post »
Cite as: DeSouza, R. (2016, June 1st). Keynote address-Providing Culturally Safe Maternal and Child Healthcare, Multicultural Health Research to Practice Forum: Early Interventions in Maternal and Child Health, Program, Organised by the Multicultural Health Service, South Eastern Sydney, Local Health District, Australia. Retrieved fromhttp://ruthdesouza.dreamhosters.com/2016/06/11/cultural-safety-in-maternity/
Providing Culturally Safe Maternal and Child Healthcare Read Post »
Unpublished manuscript that never found an appropriate institutional home, but sharing for those who might be interested. Cite as: DeSouza, R., & Butt, D. (2016, June 11). “I had to keep my options open”: White mothers and neoliberal maternity. [Web log post].
“I had to keep my options open”: White mothers and neoliberal maternity Read Post »
December 18th marks the anniversary of the signing of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families by the United Nations in 1990. Lobbying from Filipino and other Asian migrant organisations
All I want for Christmas is… On International Day of Solidarity with Migrants 2015 Read Post »
