On the 27th of September Matt Loads the Communications Coordinator for CEH, spoke to Red Symons on ABC Radio about Drop the Jargon day, why it matters and what you can do to promote it at your work. You can hear the lively and fun conversation here Drop the Jargon is...
Sport plays a vital role in community life and connects people in a unique way. Participating in community sporting activities is important to a sense of belonging. However, data shows that the participation rates for refugee and non-English speaking migrants in...
Drop the Jargon is a day for professionals in Australian health, community services and local government to use plain language. Here are some resources to help you in your workplace on the day. Here is a link to the website where you can pledge A link to a video...
Alison Coelho, Co-manager for the CEH, along with two young people we work with, was interviewed on Triple J’s ‘The Hook Up’ with James Findlay on Sunday 17 of September. You can listen to the interview here and the whole program here. The program...
On Tuesday our Co-manager Alison spoke at the ‘Spotlight on Hepatitis B’ Forum organised by the Victorian Hepatitis B Alliance, as part of a broader discussion on Racism in Healthcare. Alli highlighted that in terms of treatment of Hep B the discrimination...
Alison Coelho, Co-manager for the CEH, was interviewed on SBS Radio’s Hmong program last Friday. It was a good chance for Alison to outline some of the CEH thoughts on a few issues. She spoke about how the main obstacle that stops people testing, and getting...
Last month Mabor Chadhoul from CEH met with the Sudanese Mothers Coalition of Victoria, to speak about prevention and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Blood borne Viruses (BBVs). The group were part of 30 women from the coalition who will be...
The Commonwealth Department of Health has engaged CEH as part of a focus group to consult and help shape the 2018-2022 national strategies for blood borne viruses (BBV) and sexually transmissible infections (STI). These include the national strategies for HIV, STI,...
On Saturday 12 August 2017, The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health conducted a focus group as part of an HIV research project auspice by Curtin University in Western Australia. This HIV research project is currently being conducted across Australia including...
“The government has an obligation to protect the health and wellbeing of Australian citizens,” says North Richmond Community Health CEO Demos Krouskos. “However, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) Australians are enduring significant...
