Resource

This online resource kit has been developed by the Transcultural Mental Health Centre (TMHC) as a one stop portal where GPs and health professionals can locate information that will assist in providing effective mental health care for culturally and linguistically diverse patients

Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) has created four free online modules.  Orientation to cultural responsiveness Cultural diversity and assessment  Working with interpreters  LGBTIQ interest  Enter the Learning Hub here or use one of the links below to open a specific module. You will be prompted to register or login.

The Generally Speaking podcast discusses refugee and asylum seeker health. Generally Speaking is an RACGP podcast, sponsored by CommBank and hosted by GPs.

This research paper explores engagement with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) consumers by facilitating focus group discussions through bicultural fieldworkers in Arabic, Mandarin, Turkish and Dari in a district of Sydney, Australia. 

Information brochure about the Older People's Mental Health Service in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. Available in the following languages: English and Karen.

With funding from the Australian Department of Health Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) has worked with member organisations to provide culturally relevant and timely opportunities for CALD community members to access COVID-19 vaccine information. This report details the program and future recommendations.

Mental Health Australia commissioned research to investigate the mental health of three specific culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. These were the Italian, Turkish and Vietnamese communities.

Families living in Australia from refugee backgrounds can experience ongoing trauma when instability and conflict arises or escalates in their country of origin. This tip sheet developed by Foundation House (The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture) provides useful information on what schools and services can do.   

'The Guide for Clinicians Working with Interpreters in Healthcare Settings provides evidence-based recommendations for effective communication in the event of doctor-patient language discordance, specifically with regard to engaging and working with interpreters. The Guide has been officially recognised as an Accepted Clinical Resource by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.' (Migrant and Refugee Women's Health Partnership) This guide was developed by the Migrant and Refugee Women's Health Partnership, 2019.

This guide aims to support Primary Health Networks in getting started with implementation of the Framework within their organisation and commissioned services by providing step-by-step recommendations, key considerations, and sources of support.