The Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health (CEH) has developed a Cultural Competence Assessment for Organisations (CCAO). This comprehensive online tool enables organisations to assess their level of cultural competence. It does this by asking agencies to explore the...
By the CEH training team Collaborating with Interpreters – Avoiding Issues and Building Trust Working with interpreters is generally straightforward, and clients are usually satisfied with the service. However, occasionally things don’t go as planned, and...
Cultural Diversity Week 2023 is an opportunity to reflect on how we think and act on diversity and inclusion. Diversity is more than eating food from other places (though that is delicious and delightful). To embrace diversity is to seek to understand different ways...
By: The CEH training team How to find high quality translated health information! Finding health information One of the most common questions we get here at CEH is, ‘where do I find information on health translations?’ We can understand that looking for accurate and...
By: The CEH training team (Siri, Jolyon, and Andrea) Sarah, a disability worker, sat at the kitchen table of an elderly Chinese man, Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen had mobility issues and was having difficulty getting around his home. Sarah was there to discuss his options for...
By: Bernice Murphy, CEH Manager 2022 has been another busy and exciting year at CEH with lots of interesting discussions, new approaches and improvements to our ongoing work. We’ve said farewell to some staff and welcomed new ones, projects have started and finished,...
By: CEH training team New year’s resolutions have never been my thing. I believe in change that happens over time. By taking the time to self-reflect, grow awareness and make small shifts, we can create a big outcome. In 2022, many days have passed skilfully helping...
10 December International Human Rights Day! By: Bernice Murphy, CEH Manager At CEH, we all try to play our small part in redressing human rights inequity through our work, by working with communities to empower them, by advocating to government where inequities exist,...
Celebrating a wrap for the CEH Drop the Jargon Day campaign for 2022! By: Jolyon Burford, Trainer & eLearning Developer Our Drop the Jargon Day campaign for 2022 is officially wrapped. We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who contributed. Our annual...
Plain language: is your focus on readability dating your practice in the 1970s? By: Jolyon Burford, Trainer & eLearning Developer Research from 2015 told us that Australian health Websites were written on average at about a year 12 level. A lot of work has been...
