cohealth
Engaging an organisation to create their strategy for cultural safety
We supported a leading community health organisation in discussing their values and co-designing their strategic vision for cultural safety.
Outcomes
A tourable exhibition with feedback mechanisms
A co-created diversity and inclusion document with prioritised actions, endorsed by leadership
Services
- Social innovation
- Strategic design
- Co-design
- Community engagement
Sectors
A photo from one of the co-design session run during the project
Engaging staff on cultural safety, diversity and inclusion
As a leader in community health, cohealth is committed to achieving excellence in cultural safety.
In 2019, Paper Giant partnered with cultural safety expert Dr Ruth De Souza to to lead a co-design process so that cohealth could explore and align around a clear vision for the future of cultural safety for the organisation.
Dr Ruth D'Souza workshop and Dr Emma Blomkamp leading the co-design process.
Dr Ruth D'Souza workshop and Dr Emma Blomkamp leading the co-design process.
Designing a touring exhibition
We convened research meetings with 96 people across the organisation, and developed the findings from this research into a travelling exhibition.
Over the course of a month, cohealth hosted hundreds of their staff and community at pop-up exhibitions around Melbourne. We designed feedback and engagement methods to help cohealth capture data from these events.
Presentations were also organised for the cohealth board and consumer advisory groups.
A series of posters created for the touring exhibition.
Co-designing a strategy
Following on from the exhibition, 22 people from across cohealth took part in a co-design workshop on 28 May.
Participants in the workshop shared their experience and ideas to create strategies and recommendations on embedding cultural safety within cohealth.
Using the findings and priorities identified through these engagement methods, we developed a strategy with clear, actionable pathways for cohealth to co-create a culturally safe environment: engaging communities in health, supporting people through the organisation, and elevating voices up.
