Calling out for ideas for our upcoming seminar series
The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health in partnership with Monash University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery will launch a series of three seminars to celebrate their new partnership and to provide a platform for scholars, practitioners, community partners, and policymakers to share ideas, knowledge and experience about migration, settlement, multiculturalism and cultural competence. We have three topics for focus – but we want to hear from you – what are some of the details, conversations, and discussions you’d like to hear around these topics?
- How do we prepare the future service sector workforce for our diverse communities? Cultural competence of course!
- It takes a village: refugee and migrant settlement in regional Australia
- Practice innovations: learning from each other
Related Information
Connecting with communities using Health Literacy principles
Plain language is essential for effective communication. When health information is presented in plain language, it is easier for people to understand. This is particularly important when dealing with diverse communities where English may not be the first language for many residents.
Co-design: what, why and how?
We know that collaboration is an important step in engaging diverse communities in services, particularly those that face certain barriers such as linguistic and cultural differences, lack of awareness of services, and limited access to information. So, how can we collaborate with these communities? Read on for our thoughts.
The Arthur Kleinman Explanatory Model
This model was first proposed by Arthur Kleinman, who developed a set of eight questions to ask a client to learn more about their explanatory model to provide better patient-centered care.
Addressing challenges to work cross culturally; new cultural competence bundles
When there are gaps in cultural awareness and language, there are more misunderstandings, biases and sometimes compromised health outcomes. The good news is that there is so much we can do to be more prepared.