Health
Challenging Behaviours: Mental Health Fact sheets in 22 languages: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Russian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese
Communicating with Patients from CALD Backgrounds
The South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service has developed an e-learning tool: Communicating with Patients from CALD Backgrounds for SESIAHS and SWAHS staff which helps health professionals to apply their skills online to a case study. For more information contact Lisa Woodland at Lisa.Woodland@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Cultural dimensions of pregnancy, birth and post-natal care, chapter from Multicultural Clinical Support Resource on pregnancy. Includes: cultural assessment questions, Female genital mutilation, Cultural issues in group education, Cultural profiles: Burmese, Chinese, Fijian, Filipino, Japanese, Indian, Malaysian, Papua New Guinean, Samoan, Sudanese, Vietnamese
Findapharmacy. http://www.findapharmacy.com.au/ Handy new site that finds your local chemist, showing hours open, services offered, languages spoken, home delivery etc. These choices can be made by using the advanced search, increasing the distance helps widen the search.
Generic medicines — http://www.nps.org.au/consumers/campaigns/generic_medicines/cald_home . Information for people from multicultural communities. The National Prescribing Service's (NPS) Generic medicines are an equal choice campaign provides independent evidenced-based information about medicines. This site will help you get to know about generic medicines and the choices you need to consider when deciding about medicines.
HealthInsite - Quality Health Information
www.healthinsite.gov.au
Health information in your language
Multicultural health information by language and by topic.
Health system in Queensland
Topics include the health system, seeing a doctor, medicines, Queensland hospitals, community health centres, dental services, allied health, staying health and preventing illness, health and support services, and, you and the health service system. Available in colour and black and white factsheets and some available in audio (listening files). Languages: English, Croatian, Karen, Tagalog, Amharic, Dari, Khmer, Thai, Arabic, Dinka, Samoan, Vietnamese, Burmese, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Swahili
Healthy Eating and Living in Australia (2000)
Information to Shop Well, Eat Well and Feel Well – pamphlets targeted to people shortly after they have arrived in Australia, available in various community languages: English, Arabic, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Somali.
Heartburn - Multilingual Patient Information
Patient Informaton brochures include tips for reducing reflux symptoms,
heartburn myths and facts etc, written in these languages: English,
Chinese Simple, Chinese Traditional, Vietnamese, Arabic, Italian,
Greek.
Keep a Medicines List handy - Tools and tips for consumers on the wise use of medicines.
http://www.nps.org.au/consumers/tools__and__tips Write out your medicines on this free List which folds neatly into a clear plastic wallet. Its handy size allows you to carry your Medicines List in your bag or pocket. Available to download in several languages:
- English Medicines List;
- Traditional/Simplified Chinese/English Medicines List ;
- Greek/English Medicines List ;
- Italian/English Medicines List ;
- Vietnamese/English Medicines List ;
- Order a Medicines List for free now
Looking after You. A new mum's guide to feeling greatLymphoedema- National breast and ovarian cancer centre.
This information has been developed to help you understand the signs
and symptoms of lymphoedema following treatment for cancer and what you
can do to help manage the condition if you develop it. In these
languages: English, Chinese, Arabic, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese. Men's Health Resources: A User's Guide: what every man needs to know: provides information on men's health issues, including prostate cancer, prostate enlargement and male infertility, has been translated into a number of languages including; Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Serbian, Turkish and Vietnamese.Multicultural Mental Health Australia: Fact sheets provide concise consumer or carer information, translated into various languages.
Multicultural Women's Health - reproductive and sexual health
Factsheet and information on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) available.
Multilingual Cancer Information
The Cancer Council reaches and serves many culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Here you will find a list of resources available in a range of languages: Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya, Turkish, Vietnamese
Nutrition website resource package for refugee communities
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/health_workers/nutritn_res.asp
The first package, Healthy Food in the First Seven Days has a focus on planning, shopping and preparing meals. The second package, Food & Kitchen Safety for Newly Arrived Refugees is a comprehensive education session on food and kitchen safety for new arrivals.
Queensland Health - Multicultural Health
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/
Radiology procedures
http://www.insideradiology.com.au
Translated women’s health fact sheets
http://www.jeanhailes.org.au/content/view/398/516/
Travel website for disabled
www.disabledtravelguide.co.uk.
A
recently launched a web site allows disabled travellers to review
locations worldwide, and reflect on areas such as kerb height,
accomodation, general access, diabled parking and attitudes of people
towards travellers with disabilities.
HIV CALD social group
