A new, first-of-its-kind, Cultural Safety and Humility Standard marks a significant step toward ending Indigenous racism in BC’s health care system.
CSH standards provide guidance to health organizations on how to identify and address Indigenous-specific racism in their services.
Developed by a First Nations-led committee, the new standard was informed by more than 1,100 comments from Indigenous people and groups, as well as health professionals.
Yesterday, the First Nations Health Authority announced its official completion, in honour of the second anniversary of the province’s In Plain Sight Report.
That report looked into the systemic Indigenous-specific racism in BC’s health care system, and brought forward 24 recommendations to thwart it.
While the creation of a CSH standard was among those recommendations, work to develop it actually began in 2018, two years prior to the report.
In June, the Health Standard Organization published the standard (linked here), beginning the shift from reference to assessment standard.
Assessment standards can be used by accredited organizations to conduct self-assessments of their services.
A video celebrating the release was also published by the FNHA, and can be viewed at this link.
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