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Read the latest Mapping Social Cohesion Survey by the Scanlon Foundation

5 Ways to Wellbeing has developed five ways to improve psychological and emotional health that are based on extensive international research. The fact sheet has been translated into a number of different languages.

Mental Health Australia has commissioned research to inform broader stigma and mental health research in CALD communities. This research focuses on Congolese, Arabic-speaking and Mandarin speaking Communities. As part of this research a literature review is available.

This research was undertaken by Western Sydney University. 

Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Commonwealth of Australia. (2012). Access and equity for multicultural Australia: Inquiry into the responsiveness of Australian Government services to Australia's culturally and linguistically diverse population. Belconnen: Author. 

Stolk, Y., Minas, I.H., & Klimidis, S. (2008). Access to mental health services in Victoria: A focus on ethnic communities.Fitzroy: Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit. 

NSW Refugee Health Service, NSW Government. (2014). Appointment Reminder Translation Tool. Sydney, NSW: Author. Retrieved 29 Apr 2014

The purpose of the study was to develop and test culturally appropriate health promotion materials that were seen to be socially inclusive in regard to blood donation within the Australian-African community.

The Australian Refugee Health Practice Guide can be used by doctors, nurses and other primary care providers to inform on-arrival and ongoing health care for people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum. It has been produced by Foundation House (the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc.) in consultation with the Forum of Australian Services fir Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) and the Refugee Health Network of Australia (RHeaNA)

Service Provider: Being

Region: NSW

What: Developed an Arabic Psychological Health Resource and launched it with a Arabic language panel, entirely in Arabic

Best practice domain:

• Addressing the needs of emerging groups

Brief overview

An Arabic Psychological Health Resource in the form of a collection of videos. These videos aim to raise awareness both of the rate and commonality of mental illness within the community and of resources and treatments that are available. To launch this resource BEING held an Arabic language panel on psychological health in Rockdale.

The panel featured five speakers….and was run entirely in Arabic.

This guide includes two principles for improving communications. It explains different ways to communicate, depending on your organisation’s capacity. It also includes examples of good practice multicultural communications. This guide focuses on multicultural communities, but its principles can help everyone.

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