1. Cultural Safety in Evaluation Debbie King Success Works

2. Relevant Experience Evaluation of Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Services (ATSIC) Evaluation of the Victorian Koori Drug Diversion Program (DHS) Evaluation of Queensland’s Indigenous Alcohol Diversion Program (DPC Qld) Evaluation of Aboriginal Family Violence Regional Activities Program (FAHCSIA) Victorian Women from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities (DPCD) Experiences of women from CALD and ATSI backgrounds (Royal Women’s Hospital)

3. Cultural safety A process by which an evaluator reflects on their own cultural identity and recognises the impact of their own personal culture on his or her professional practice. Evaluators must create an environment which is safe for people: where there is no assault, challenge or denial of their identity, of who they are or what they need (Williams, 2002). Unsafe cultural practice comprises any action which diminishes, demeans or disempowers the cultural identity and wellbeing of an individual or a community (MacManus et al, 2004).

4. Cultural Values Geert Hofstede (1997, 2005) identified cultural differences between IBM staff in 64 countries. Validated through comparisons of students in 23 countries, elites in 19 countries, commercial airline pilots in 23 countries, up-market consumers in 15 countries, and civil service managers in 14 countries. Examines cultures across five dimensions

5. Five Cultural Dimensions Power distance: an expectation that power will be distributed unequally. Individualism: the degree to which individuals are integrated into groups Masculinity: highly masculine countries are very assertive and competitive while less masculine ones are more aligned to ‘feminine’ values of modesty and caring. Uncertainty avoidance: the capacity for a society to tolerate uncertainty and ambiguity. Uncertainty avoiding cultures adhere to strict laws and rules and have a belief in absolute Truth Future orientation: the fostering of virtues oriented towards future rewards versus a belief in the value of the past (eg respect for tradition, preservation of ‘face’ and the need to fulfill social obligations)

8. Cultural Safety Continuum Cultural Awareness Cultural Sensitivity Cultural Competence Cultural Ease Cultural Sensitivity Cultural Safety

9. In Practice - What’s different? Approach Data Collection Analysis Presentation

10. Approach Introductions Interpreters Individuals or groups Rewards and incentives

11. Data Collection Questions Listening Understanding Being polite

12. Analysis Understanding obligations Culture History Social Mores

13. Reporting Cultural bias Underlying paradigms Presentation of results