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Breaking barriers: Supporting inclusive healthcare with multilingual resources
In 2024, the Health Translations Library proudly partnered with the North-Eastern Public Health Unit (NEPHU) on their Scholarship Program to improve access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Services in Hume, Whittlesea, and the Yarra Ranges. The program included...
Countering misinformation about migrants and refugees: why it matters
Whether spread through media outlets, social media platforms or word-of-mouth, misinformation about migrants and refugees perpetuates stereotypes, spreads fear and undermines the spirit of inclusivity that should define us. Election periods bring heightened emotions...
Lost in interpretation: Planning successful events with interpreters
Planning for a big impact It’s the start of the year and you want to have big impact reaching multicultural communities. How about an event where many communities are invited, and interpreters will be there to overcome the language barrier? What could go wrong?...
Celebrating 30 Years of CEH: Milestones and Reflections
This year, the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity, and Health (CEH) celebrated three decades of enhancing the health and wellbeing of Australia’s multicultural communities. Over the past year, we’ve reflected on our journey, significant milestones, and our ongoing impact...
CEH is all grown up! 30th birthday celebrations.
Since 1994, CEH has worked towards improving services for refugees and migrants in Victoria and across Australia. On 17th September 2024, CEH celebrated its 30th anniversary with staff and friends from organisations that have worked with us over the years on projects,...
Connecting with communities using Health Literacy principles
We recently caught up with Jean, a Health Promotion Coordinator at North Richmond Community Health and graduate of CEH’s Health Literacy Course. Jean knew that the residents of the North Richmond housing estate, who are the target group for her health promotion...
Co-design: what, why and how?
We all know that collaboration is an important step in engaging diverse communities in our services, particularly those that face certain barriers such as linguistic and cultural differences, lack of awareness of services, or limited access to information. So, how can...
The Arthur Kleinman Explanatory Model
Arthur Kleinman’s explanatory model of illness helps you provide patient-centered care, and can be applied in diferent contexts – not just health. This set of 8 questions helps you understand: the client’s beliefs about their illness or situation the personal...