Discuss the strategies that could be implemented to acknowledge this cultural difference in time when trying to organise health appointments for a group of people who followed Koori time.

In some cultures, such as the Aboriginal or Indonesian culture, the concept of time is sometimes referred to as “elastic” or Koori time. This means that people from these cultures don’t necessarily see ‘on-the-dot’ punctuality as being important, where many people from different cultures regard being on time as being very important. Discuss the strategies that could be implemented to acknowledge this cultural difference in time when trying to organise health appointments for a group of people who followed Koori time. In your answer, consider the following statement made by an Indigenous participant in a study on Aboriginal experiences of health and family services in the Northern Territory: “… we need to develop trust and relationships with health and family health professionals, we need to feel that these professionals care for us as fellow human beings and respect our difference …we think maybe they are not learning enough it needs to be more about our culture as a real thing not just something we follow. They need to understand this is our way of living in the world and provide services that respect our way”. (Dunbar, 2011)