WORKING TOWARDS SAFE AND SACRED CARE: A toolkit to support culturally responsive, trauma-aware

Storm Henry; Sophie Cullen; Jillian Donnelly; Jacqui Sundbery; Trish Ratajczak; Helen McLachlan; Della Forster; Mrs Paola Vasquez; Kate Reynolds; Phillipa Reppington; Res McCalman; Susan Walker; SHAKIRA Milton; Ellen McEvoy; Kimberley Jones; Claire Gallagher; Rhonda Marriott; Gina Bundle; CATHERINE Chamberlain

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WORKING TOWARDS SAFE AND SACRED CARE: A toolkit to support culturally responsive, trauma-aware

Storm Henry, Sophie Cullen, Jillian Donnelly, Jacqui Sundbery, Trish Ratajczak, Helen McLachlan, Della Forster, Mrs Paola Vasquez, Kate Reynolds, Phillipa Reppington, …

The University of Melbourne

2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26188/32786586

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Abstract

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child health and wellbeing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural determinants of health

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander midwifery and paediatrics

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies health and wellbeing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social determinants of health

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander theory of change models for health

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth and family social and emotional wellbeing

Health equity

Models of care and place of birth

Social determinants of health

The Working Toward Safe and Sacred Care Toolkit is for clinicians, managers or project officers from maternity services that provide care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in the perinatal period. It is designed to help services to implement and improve culturally responsive, trauma-aware, healing-informed continuity of care/r, an approach that helps families offer children the best start in life, promote healing from trauma and reduce health inequities. The Working Toward Safe and Sacred Care Toolkit is part of the Replanting the Birthing Trees (RBT) project. Toolkit development was guided by a working group, pilot tests at maternity sites and findings from an RBT scoping review of resources currently available to support culturally responsive, trauma-aware, healing-informed continuity of care/r. The toolkit describes the key pillars and processes that support positive perinatal health outcomes and experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.

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Title: WORKING TOWARDS SAFE AND SACRED CARE: A toolkit to support culturally responsive, trauma-aware
Authors/Creators: Storm Henry - The University of Melbourne
Sophie Cullen - The University of Melbourne
Jillian Donnelly
Jacqui Sundbery - The University of Melbourne
Trish Ratajczak
Helen McLachlan - La Trobe University
Della Forster - La Trobe University
Mrs Paola Vasquez
Kate Reynolds - The University of Melbourne
Phillipa Reppington
Res McCalman
Susan Walker - The University of Melbourne
SHAKIRA Milton - The University of Melbourne
Ellen McEvoy - The University of Melbourne
Kimberley Jones - The University of Melbourne
Claire Gallagher - The University of Melbourne
Rhonda Marriott - Curtin University
Gina Bundle
CATHERINE Chamberlain - The University of Melbourne
Publisher: The University of Melbourne
Number of pages: 80
Grant note: Replanting the Birthing Trees to Support First Nations Parents and Babies
Identifiers: 991005897862207891
Murdoch Affiliation: Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
Language: English
Resource Type: Report

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