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DHI CLEARINGHOUSE E-NEWS: ISSUE 3, November 2005
Welcome to another issue of DHI Clearinghouse E-News, with all the latest news and events from the Diversity Health Institute and the DHI Clearinghouse. If you have just joined our subscriber list we hope you find the following information useful and invite you to forward this newsletter to anyone you think may be interested. You can also read past issues of the newsletter on our website at http://www.dhi.gov.au/clearinghouse/new.aspx
CONTENTS
* Diversity in Health Conference
* Project Report: In Focus
* Translated fact sheet on “Bird Flu” from NSW Health
* Nutrition information from Diabetes Australia
* Upcoming Events
* How to subscribe to E-News
* Contact Us
DIVERSITY IN HEALTH CONFERENCE
The Diversity in Health Conference 2005, held in Melbourne in October was a great success from the perspective of the Diversity Health Institute and the DHI Clearinghouse. Our stall was well attended and gave us the opportunity to introduce lots of people to our service, and it was great to make so many face-to-face contacts within the sector. DHI staff presented a number of papers at the conference, including the following (if you would like further information, please contact us):
The Global Health Institute: A model for meeting new challenges in health and wellbeing for our diverse population. Jan Kang, Global Health Institute
Not “Just Another Document”: beyond the Framework for Implementation of the National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008 in Multicultural Australia. Meg Griffiths, Multicultural Mental Health Australia
Cross cultural consultation and liaison model of care: the children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds mental health project. Hadia Baassiri, Transcultural Mental Health Centre and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Providing support for mainstream mental health service providers in their work with people of non-English speaking background: The Clinical Consultation and Assessment Service. Teresa Petric, Transcultural Mental Health Centre
“From a Hop, to a Skip then a Big Jump”: Improving health care delivery to CALD clients attending the physiotherapy department of a local hospital. Shairon Fray, Service of Excellence in Diversity Healthcare
Providing access: the evaluation of TMHC’s clinical services. George Klein, Transcultural Mental Health Centre
No Longer Alone: Diminishing the burden of care among CALD communities (the NESB Carer Support Project). Chanboramy (Ramy) Var, Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Responding to transcultural mental health needs in rural, regional and remote NSW. Maria Cassaniti, Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Young Refugee Photovoice Project. Clare Darling, Cultural Equity Unit
New mental health partnerships: increasing acess to culturally appropriate counselling (the General Practice Shared Care Project). Jennifer Herron, Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Out of Little Things Big Things Grow (the Sydney Basin Market Garden project). Nerilyn Lee and Vivienne Strong, Women’s Health At Work
WELLBEING BOOKLETS LAUNCHED
Also at the conference, the Transcultural Mental Health Centre launched a set of four new booklets on mental health wellbeing topics, translated into a number of community languages. The four topics are: promoting wellbeing; stress and stress management; problem solving and setting goals; and a good night’s sleep. The booklets aim to empower individuals to improve their own mental health and wellbeing. For further information, contact John Spiteri by phone on (02) 9840 3304, or by e-mail on John_Spiteri@wsahs.nsw.gov.au.
PROJECT REPORT: IN FOCUS
“In Focus: Promoting Mental Health Through Photography” was a collaborative pilot project funded by the Transcultural Mental Health Centre. In 2003 the Centre’s Youth Mental Health Project Officer worked with a number of youth health, mental health and multiculturalservices across eastern, central, south-western and western Sydney to promote positive mental health and wellbeing through the creative medium of photography. A report of the project was published in a recent issue of the Medical Journal of Australia and is available on the MJA website: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_08_171005/infocus_fm.html
In the same issue of the journal David Bennett, Peter Chown and Melissa Kang from the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Sydney University have an article about cultural diversity in adolescent health care. In Australia, where about 16% of young people are born overseas and 24% are from a non-English-speaking background, adolescent health care is a multicultural challenge. For health professionals, sensitivity to the cultural, ethnic, linguistic and social diversity among young people helps to avert problems and misunderstandings, improves satisfaction for all concerned and leads to better outcomes. This article describes culturally appropriate consultation, communicating effectively with young people from CALD backgrounds, exploring cultural issues around diagnosis and treatment, engaging the family, and dealing with language difficulties.
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_08_171005/ben10573_fm.html
FACT SHEET ON “BIRD FLU” FROM NSW HEALTH
This fact sheet was issued in February 2004 after a new epidemic of severe influenza amongst flocks of poultry was identified in South Korea. It describes what influenza pandemics are, the Australian situation as of February 2004, the transmission of avian influenza to humans, what the symptoms in humans are, prevention and treatment, and travel advice. It is translated into Chinese, Hindi, Japanesem, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese and is available on the NSW Health website: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2004/bird_flu_cdfs.html
NUTRITION INFORMATION FROM DIABETES AUSTRALIA
The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) jointly undertook a project which focused on culturally competent diabetes nutrition education for culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The project was developed by the Australian Government under the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) Strategic Development Fund on the advice of the Diabetes Australia's Cross Cultural Communication Committee. The communities that were targeted for this project were a Greek-speaking community, an Arabic-speaking community and a Samoan-speaking community. The report of the project can be found here: http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/_lib/doc_pdf/reports/CALD-Nutrition.pdf
UPCOMING EVENTS
"Hopes Fulfilled or Dreams Shattered?" From Resettlement to Settlement and Women at Risk Conference
http://www.women-at-risk-resettlement.info/
23 November - 28 November 2005
University of New South Wales, Kensington
Promoting Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Child Protection and Domestic Violence http://www.dhi.gov.au/clearinghouse/documents/DVforumNov2005.doc Friday, 2 December 2005
John Edmondson High School, NSW
One day workshop - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Thursday 8th December, 9.30 to 4.30
Fairfield Council, NSW
For further information on these and other multicultural health events, go to Events at the DHI Clearinghouse.
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO E-NEWS
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CONTACT US
For any other questions or comments you can contact us directly at:
Diversity Health Institute Clearinghouse
Locked Bag 7118
Parramatta BC NSW 2150
Tel: (02) 9840 3318
Fax: (02) 9840 3319
E-mail: Kristine_Wendtman@wsahs.nsw.gov.au
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