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Speaking with clients who have low English proficiency

Speaking with clients who have low English proficiency

Key questions before you startWherever possible, find out as much as you can about the person with whom you will be speaking. The more you know, the better the information you can provide. Some key questions to ask include: • What languages does the client speak,...
Looking for bicultural workers to participate in a project

Looking for bicultural workers to participate in a project

Are you employed in a bicultural or community liaison role in a Victorian health, community, or settlement service?Do you work with people from refugee backgrounds including people seeking asylum?Would you like to be part of a project on the health needs of people...
Use the Cultural Competence Organisational Review Tool (CORe)

Use the Cultural Competence Organisational Review Tool (CORe)

The Cultural Competence Organisational Review (CORe) tool helps organisations improve their own cultural competence. By improving cultural competence, organisations strengthen their service delivery (access and appropriateness) to people from refugee and migrant...
The Sexy Times – a sexual health and identity zine

The Sexy Times – a sexual health and identity zine

It can be tricky sometimes to get young people to talk about their sexual health, sexuality and relationships. This can be even more difficult for some young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds as taboo and stigma can get in the way of open discussion. The...
Cultural Competence Organisational Review Tool

Cultural Competence Organisational Review Tool

The Cultural Competence Organisational Review (CORe) tool helps organisations improve their own cultural competence. By improving cultural competence, organisations strengthen their service delivery (access and appropriateness) to people from refugee and migrant...
Health Translations Directory

Health Translations Directory

We are managing and improving the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Translations Directory.  We have developed editorial guidelines and conducting a review of the resources to ensure the high-quality of resources linked on the Directory. The Health...
Building social cohesion – a new online resource

Building social cohesion – a new online resource

Building Social Cohesion in our Communities is a free, interactive online resource to support development of strong, socially cohesive communities. Primarily aimed at local government, the resource will also be useful to non-government organisations, community groups...
Calling out for ideas for our upcoming seminar series

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,...