Our Projects

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Our Projects

Here is a short list of current and past projects that we have undertaken.

Health Translations Directory

Health Translations is an online library which enables health practitioners and those working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities to easily find free translated health information.

Drop the Jargon Day

Drop the Jargon is a day for professionals in Australian health, community services and local government to use plain language.n.

African Women's Media Project

Funded by the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, this project oversees the development of media messages in plain language and community languages for African women in the City of Yarra.

Long COVID Project Phase 3

Since mid-2021, CEH has been raising awareness about long COVID and its impacts across cultural diverse communities particularly impacted by COVID-19. In this third phase of the long COVID project, CEH is bring together plain language and translated information from Australia and abroad in an online long COVID Resource Centre – a library of long COVID-related information accessible to people in their own language.

CLICK HERE for our Long COVID Resources Pack to promote the long COVID website

Project .05

A collaboration with a group of young people in Fitzroy and Richmond, this VicHealth-funded project aims to raise awareness about the negative impact of alcohol abuse. The project is particularly directed at young people of African backgrounds, building on a previous multicultural drugs and alcohol project led by CEH in the South Sudanese community in the city of Yarra.

Cultural Competence Assessment for Organisations

Cultural Competence Assessment for Organisations – the CCAO Tool

CEH has developed an online assessment tool for organisations to be able to measure their level of cultural competence around pillars such as organisational values, governance and communication. The results can be used to improve the way services are delivered to communities from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

Coming soon… Cultural Competence Assessment for Practitioners (CCAP) – a tool for individuals to reflect on aspects of cultural competence in their work.

Hospitals and Translations

In collaboration with Victorian hospitals, CEH produced a best practice resource for practitioners to use when producing patient health information. The project also produced translated patient messages for Emergency departments to use in their waiting rooms.

Disability Services Directory

Find professionals and service providers operating in the NDIS and offer services to CALD communities.