The following is one of a group of principles which recognise the particular needs of children and young people receiving health and disability support services. The principles describe what should be provided when your child or young person receives those services. They are based on expert opinion and a considerable body of literature in New Zealand and overseas and they have been developed after wide consultation.
See a listing of 14 principles guiding provision of health and disability services [1]
Principle: Healthcare and disability support services should provide culturally safe services to all children, young people and their families.
Healthcare and disability support services should be culturally safe. Services need to be flexible enough to respond in an acceptable, culturally appropriate and safe way for children and young people and their families of all cultures.
You have the right to have your belief and value systems responded to sensitively and have all aspects of your religion, food, prayer, dress, privacy, customs etc respected.
You can expect:
See the references listed at the bottom of the page Introduction to principles guiding provision of health and disability services [2].
This page last reviewed 14 October 2021.
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[1] https://kidshealth.org.nz/introduction-principles-guiding-provision-health-disability-services
[2] https://kidshealth.org.nz/introduction-principles-guiding-provision-health-and-disability-services
[3] https://kidshealth.org.nz/contact?from=http%3A%2F%2Fkidshealth.org.nz%2Fprint%2F204%3Flanguage%3Dzh-hans