HLTAWOR004 — Provide support to address social and cultural determinants of client and community health

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What an assessment for HLTAWOR004 must cover

32 assessable components: 3 elements (13 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 10 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify social and cultural determinants of community and individual client health.

1.1Collect information on the social and cultural determinants of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health and evaluate relevance to local community.
1.2Communicate sensitively during client interactions to identify their particular social and cultural challenges and linkages to health condition/s.
1.3Identify barriers for local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people that impact access to health and other social and cultural support services.
1.4Identify ways in which the health service can support individuals, families and communities to better access health and other social support services.

2 Promote awareness of social and cultural influences on health.

2.1Communicate in culturally appropriate and safe ways with clients and families, to discuss ways that social and cultural factors can influence their health.
2.2Promote, to community representatives, awareness of how social and cultural factors can influence the health of the local community.
2.3Provide information about social and cultural determinants of community health to external health service providers and other networks, according to community protocols and permissions.
2.4Advise service providers about particular client and family circumstances, when authorised by client.

3 Provide support to address social and cultural determinants of local health.

3.1Identify and evaluate resources, facilities and services beyond the health system and available in the local state, territory or community.
3.2Provide culturally appropriate information resources about relevant services to clients, families and the community.
3.3Inform clients, families and community about relevant services and their benefits to health and wellbeing.
3.4Facilitate access to services that meet individual and desired client and family needs.
3.5Discuss barriers faced by clients and families in accessing services and recommend resolutions.

Performance evidence

collect information on the social and cultural determinants of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health from three credible sources and evaluate relevance to the local state, territory or local community
promote awareness of determinants during one interaction with each of the following: • an individual client or family • community representatives • external health service or social support providers
consult with three different Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients or families to identify underlying social and cultural factors influencing their health
for each client or family, source information from two non-health related social support service providers to meet their individual needs and: • provide information resources and explain to client • advise on the services and assist client to access.

Knowledge evidence

World Health Organization definition of social determinants of health
key aspects of social determinants of health and how conditions for the following influence health outcomes for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people nationally, and at a state or territory and local community level: • early childhood development • education and literacy • employment, income and working conditions • environment, housing, services and utilities • food security and affordability • social support • access to health services • systematic racism • historical issues: • colonisation, historical government policies and lack of self-determination • intergenerational trauma
key aspects of cultural determinants of health and how the following influence health outcomes for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people: • traditional cultural practices and lifestyle • spiritual and cultural connections to country • cultural values and beliefs, particularly holistic view of health • preferences for western medicine or traditional/cultural healing including the use of bush medicines and traditional healers
difference between addressing risk factors for illness and lifestyle modification, and addressing underlying social causes of ill-health
overview knowledge of social and cultural support services available in the community, state or territory: • housing services • education services • employment services • legal services • advocacy organisations • foodbanks • domestic violence services and emergency shelters • groups for different genders and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender; queer or questioning and intersex (LGBTQI) community • Centrelink benefits • facilities, services and groups that provide connection to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander culture
barriers for local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people that impact access to health, social and cultural support services
practices that health services can implement to provide better access to health services: • documenting language preferences of clients, identifying language skills of staff and providing interpreter services • extending clinic hours and locating clinics close to where people live and work • providing transport to attend appointments and health promotion activities • providing home visits, and regular clinics in remote community locations • supporting clients to access external health service providers • advocating on behalf of individuals and communities
community protocols for obtaining permission to share community information
techniques used to communicate on highly sensitive issues
ethical, legal and cultural obligations to protect the privacy of client and community information, and the contents of organisational policies and procedures for maintaining confidentiality.

Foundation skills

Reading skills: interpret and evaluate unfamiliar and potentially complex information about social and cultural determinants of health and extract relevant information.
Oral communication skills: use language and terms sensitive to clients’ values and circumstances ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to elicit information from clients and determine understanding of information provided present complex information about determinants of health to individuals and groups using language and terms suited to the audience.
Learning skills: use information provided in support service resources to update and extend knowledge of available services.
Initiative and enterprise skills: source information that meets the needs of specific clients and communities.
Self-management skills: critically evaluate specific determinants of health for clients and communities and determine appropriate responses.

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What does an assessment tool for HLTAWOR004 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTAWOR004 needs to address all 32 unit components: 3 elements with 13 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 10 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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