HIV continues to be a major global public health issue with approximately 37.9 million people living with HIV globally. Among the people born overseas in Australia, the highest HIV rates in 2017 were amongst people born in Southeast Asia, the Americas (North, Central...
On Drop the Jargon Day! Tuesday October 22 Many clients have trouble understanding and using information we give them. They also struggle to understand and get around complicated systems like healthcare. When we use jargon, technical terms or acronyms, more people...
While HIV diagnoses have notably declined the past five years, almost half of all cases in 2018 in Australia were among overseas born people (46%), according to the latest national report released by the Kirby Institute. There have been major scientific developments...
The following is a condensed transcript of a Q&A with HIV experts at our World Refugee Day M-CAN Forum: Access for All. What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? There is not yet a cure for HIV but people living with HIV may go into treatment very early, which...
Useful Links 1800 My Options For information about contraception, pregnancy options and sexual health. https://www.1800myoptions.org.au Marie Stopes Australia Provides timely, supportive, non-judgemental care on sexual and reproductive health. Home ...
For World AIDS Day, the Multicultural Community Action Network (MCAN) held a forum on 8 December 2018 to advocate, campaign and inform the community about new prevention, treatment and care strategies for HIV. Under the unifying theme ‘prevention for all’, migrants,...
Drop the Jargon Day is a day for professionals in Australian health, community services and local government to use plain language. This year it took place on October 24. Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health (CEH) Co-manager Bernice Murphy and Training Coordinator...
It is important to check your translated resource with the community. You can do this by running a focus group or consulting with key informers. This will help you find out if any particular words or expressions in the translated resource do not sound natural or are...
Cultural competence is a set of congruent behaviours, attitudes and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals; enabling that system, agency or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. (Cross et al, 1989) Why is...
Why is it important? By embedding cultural competence as a core value of the organisation, it can be incorporated into every aspect of service and workplace management. Leadership, investment and documentation Indicators Individuals at executive level have...
