Multicultural Health and Support Service

MHSS supports refugee and migrant communities in the areas of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses. It also offers training and resources to mainstream health service providers.

Multicultural Health & Support Service

Resources for service providers

MHSS has a range of resources that can support your work with culturally diverse communities.

Resource manual

MHSS resource manual cover MHSS is proud to release the third edition of its resource manual CALD communities, sexually transmissible infections and viral hepatitis .

This edition covers:

  • how culture interacts with health and sexuality
  • the impacts of migration and settlement
  • working with diverse health beliefs and levels of health literacy
  • diverse communication stytles
  • explaining BBV/STI to CALD clients and communities
  • useful support services and resources

Download the manual (PDF, 2.8MB)

Multilingual brochures

Community brochures on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections.

MHSS English brochure Amharic  
Arabic  
Burmese  
Chin  
Chinese  
English  
Karen  
Khmer  
Lao  
Somali 
Vietnamese  

BBV/STI Multilingual Glossary

design by Octagon Creative

A glossary of terms relating to sexual health, HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis, available in 10 languages.

Search glossary

Bridging Differences, Enhancing Understanding

A DVD resource kit on culturally appropriate health promotion, based on a project involving hepatitis education with refugee families.

View kit

Posters

MHSS referral poster A3 posters used to promote referrals to MHSS services.

Download poster 1: HIV/AIDS
Download poster 2: Hepatitis
Download poster 3: Sexual health

Useful websites

Websites that provide research and information on sexual health and viral hepatitis.

CEH library resources

We recommend these resources , which you can borrow from the CEH library