Chronic Disease Program
The Chronic Disease Program was funded by Queensland Health in 2007 under the implementation of the Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease (QLDSCD) 2005-2015.
Main objectives of the Program:
- Enhance capacity of the non-government sector to implement QLDSCD in a culturally-appropriate and effective manner.
- Ensure the coordination of regional and local level activities in chronic disease prevention so that resources are shared appropriately.
- Develop key indicators and measures to support the implementation of QLDSCD in the non-government sector utilising ethnicity-related data.
- Identify gaps and inefficiencies in service delivery so that chronic disease funding can be targeted through evidence-based strategies and service delivery models.
Program Partners:
In order to achieve the above objectives, ECCQ's Chronic Disease Program has to develop an integrated cross-sector approach to chronic disease prevention and management at the state-wide level which then links and supports work at the regional and local levels between different partners:
- Queensland Health
- General Practice Divisions
- Community Controlled Health Services
- Community Health Agencies
- Multicultural Service Agencies
Projects and Sevices:
- Services Available for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities
- Research with Bond University
- Cross-Cultural Healthy Lifestyle Education Partnership (CHEP)
Program Staffs
Nermina Komaric – Program Manager nerminak@eccq.com.au
Hong Do – Program Officer hongd@eccq.com.au
Neila Helac – Project Officer neilah@eccq.com.au
Carolina Chirinos - Project Officer carolinac@eccq.com.au
Multicultural Community Health Workers:
• Neemia Auvaa – Samoan Community
• Demetria Fanjek – Filipino Community
• Duraid G. Fatouhi– Arabic Speaking Community
• Mirsada Hadziahmetovic – Bosnian Community
• Elba Orellana – Spanish Speaking Community
• Rebekka Tapinos – Greek Community
• Minh Tran – Vietnamese Community
• Hanan Tawfik - Arabic Speaking Community
• Grace Samuel - Sudanese Community
• Chetna Sheth - Indian Community
Appendix
Chronic Disease Brochure
Chronic Disease Links
HIV CALD social group
