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Can Hepatitis B be transmitted by mosquito bites?
Can Hepatitis B be transmitted by mosquito bites is a commonly asked question. We answered last week at CEH’s Multicultural Community Action Network’s (M-CAN) Hep B awareness session for the Indian Community. The session, titled “Is your liver as healthy as you think?” discussed all things hepatitis B, including prevention and treatment, but also busted a few myths associated with the condition.
Let’s Drop the Jargon
On Drop the Jargon Day! Tuesday October 22 Many clients have trouble understanding and using information we give them. They also struggle to understand and get around complicated systems like healthcare. When we use jargon, technical terms or acronyms, more people...
Not pulp fiction
She looks up, concerned. She is young, in a room full of men her father’s age. The material she has to deal with is sexual. How did it come to this? She looks to him and they both know all is lost. Don’t be that person who has omitted critical information when making...
CEH – Training Victorian interpreters to understand the NDIS
The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health (CEH) delivers capacity building and professional development training sessions for CALD communities and practitioners working in and with the disability service sector. Through its’ Understanding the NDIS workshops,...
Al-taqwa sessions: STI Testing Week –Talk, Test, Treat
CEH’s Multicultural Community Action Network (M-CAN) celebrated Victorian STI Testing Week by conducting an interactive workshop for year 9 & 10 students at Al-Taqwa College, Truganina. The workshop encouraged conversations around STIs within a safe space for...
Addressing viral hepatitis & liver cancer in the Chinese, Filipino & Thai communities
Pictured: Peer educators, bilingual health facilitators, Cancer Council Victoria (CCV) staff & CEH staff, celebrating earlier this month, the end of the PHN (Primary Health Network) Viral Hepatitis Project with the Multicultural Health Support Services (MHSS) team...
SPOKEN COMMUNICATION: We need to admit we have a problem
We’ve been planning a series of webinars to allow busy or remote workers and managers to access our current strategies on how to work better with migrants and refugees. On the 15th of August we ran the first sold-out webinar in the series, ‘5 steps to effective spoken...
Key Tip for Improving Your Communication
I recently came across the acronym ELI. I know that acronyms are usually the enemy of good communication but I’m making an exception. ELI14 means Explain it like I’m 14 This is a very clear (and cute) way of explaining the level...
Chinese Community Comes Together on World Hepatitis Day
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C affect 325 million people globally. While Australia has made significant advances in the response to hepatitis B in recent years, the illness remains a serious public health challenge. According to the latest Hepatitis B Mapping Project...
Multicultural approach to drug support to save lives
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) is investing $900,000 in a multicultural drug support program in partnership with the South Sudanese community. The program will be run by the Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health...
Overseas Born Almost Half of New HIV Diagnoses
While HIV diagnoses have notably declined the past five years, almost half of all cases in 2018 in Australia were among overseas born people (46%), according to the latest national report released by the Kirby Institute. There have been major scientific developments...
Medevac Under Threat
Trigger Warning: This post discusses sensitive issues, including rape and abortion. The Coalition government is attempting to repeal the lifesaving legislation, Medical Evacuation (often called Medevac). The law, which came into effect in 2018, enables asylum seekers...
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