Resources in English
Cultural Considerations in Health Assessment – Tip Sheet
This tip sheet lists issues that should be considered when conducting health assessments with clients from migrant and refugee backgrounds. These issues can affect a client’s health status and their understanding of health and illness, and also impact on future care...Disability and discrimination – A young Muslim woman living with vision loss (video English and Arabic subtitles)
Cultural understandings around the causes and impact of disability can lead to discrimination against people living with a disability and their carers. This, in turn, can stop people from accessing services for fear of facing their community’s disapproval. In this...How to get medical help at night, on the weekend, or a public holiday
Getting medical help on weekends, public holidays and at night is a resource designed for migrants living in Victoria and explains the different options available if they need medical help after hours or on weekends. It also explains when to attend the emergency...Disability and discrimination – a Vietnamese mum shares her story (video Vietnamese/English)
Cultural understandings around the causes and impact of disability can lead to discrimination against people living with a disability and their carers. This, in turn, can stop people from accessing services for fear of facing their community’s disapproval. In this...
Responding to diversity: meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of international students
With rapid growth in Victoria’s international student (IS) population, service providers have registered alarm about unplanned pregnancy in heterosexual students and HIV infection in same-sex attracted international students. We argue these outcomes are the end result...