2009 Multicultural Health Communication Award
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Awards 2009 WinnersJoint Winners
Highly Commended Awardee
Certificate of Commendation Awardees
The winners of the NSW Multicultural Health
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service Director
More than 70 people attended the awards ceremony, with special guests including area health managers, multicultural health workers, community organisation representatives and ethnic media.
Mr. Todaro said that the Multicultural Health
He added that the Awards program focuses on positive contribution of individuals, groups, government and non-government organisations who dedicate their services to CALD communities in NSW to produce multilingual resources, setting high standards in good practice principles in multicultural health communication.
Now in its 5th successful year, the Multicultural Health Communication Awards are held as part of the key activities during Multicultural Health Week. This event is presented yearly by the NSW Health Multicultural Communication Service, a state-wide service that provides health information to address the needs of multicultural communities.
Each year, the number of entries continues to grow, showing that the success of this event since 2003 highlights the importance of this award and the recognition it brings to agencies and workers who focus on providing quality health information to ethnic communities for a healthier society.
The Honourable Peter Primrose, President of the Legislative Council, hosted the 2009 Multicultural Health Communications Awards.
Information on the standards of practice for producing health resources are available for health workers to download on the Multicultural Communication website at www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au.
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Awards 2009 Winners
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Government Under $5000.00 Fact Sheet / Brochure / Patient Information |
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Winner |
Sarafina Zubovic from the |
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Resource |
"Frequently Asked Questions - BreastScreen NSW". |
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Languages |
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Description |
Resource on the importance of early detection of breast cancer, including the 'cherry and pea 'campaign highlighting the size difference between a breast cancer that can be detected by a physical examination - a cherry - and a pea size cancer detectable by a screening mammogram. |
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Category |
Government Over $5000.00 Fact Sheet / Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
South |
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Resource |
"Health Fact Sheets for Refugees". |
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Languages |
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Description |
Information on health checks on arrival in |
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Category |
Non-Government Under $5000.00 Fact Sheet / Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
Arthritis Foundation of NSW |
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Resource |
"What is Arthritis" |
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Languages |
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Description |
Provides information on the most common forms of arthritis, their symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options to control arthritis, as well as learning to live with the condition. |
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Category |
Non-Government Over $5000.00 Fact Sheet / Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
National Prescribing Service Ltd, CoAsIt (Victoria); and the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of |
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Resource |
"Get to Know Your Medicines" |
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Languages |
Italian |
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Description |
To tackle the increase in the use of medication among Italian speaking seniors, the NPS, Co.As.It and FECCA produced an Italian calendar, featuring images from the Italian Historical Society, together with health information. |
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Category |
Government Over $5000.00 Audio Resource |
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Winner |
Children's and Youth Health, |
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Resource |
"Having a Baby In |
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Languages |
English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Tamil and Korean |
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Where to get the CD from? |
For copies of the CD 'Having a Baby in Australia? We Speak your Language' please contact: The Medical Society Bookshop Ph: (02) 9687 1403, Fax: (02) 9687 0006, Email : medwestbooks@med.usyd.edu.au Website: www.medsocbookshop.com.au |
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Description |
This set of seven CDs addresses misunderstandings caused by differences in culture and expectations around pregnancy and birth among emerging CALD communities. |
Joint Winners
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Category |
Government Over $5000.00 Visual Resource |
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Winner |
St |
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Resource |
"Heart Matters: The Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation" |
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Languages |
Cantonese and Mandarin |
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Where to get the CD from? |
Contact details: Glenn Paull - Cardiology Clinical Nurse Consultant Cardiac Rehabilitation Service C/- Cardiology Department 1st Floor Clinical NSW Phone: 02 9113 2043 Fax: 02 9113 1826 |
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Description |
This CD was produced when an analysis of the St George Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation program identified an under representation of patients from a Chinese background, the largest growing population in the area. |
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Category |
Government Over $5000.00 Visual Resource |
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Winner |
The Chinese Australian Tobacco and Health Network |
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Resource |
"For Parents Who Smoke - Listen to what your children say" |
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Languages |
DVD in English with Simplified Chinese Subtitles |
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Description |
Produced following a survey of Chinese speaking parents in Hurstville local government area that found that awareness of the health effects of smoking and of environmental tobacco smoke was lower among Chinese speaking parents than the general population. |
Highly Commended Awardee
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Category |
Government over $5000.00 Fact Sheet/ Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
Monika Latanik - SWAHS Multicultural Health Network, Multicultural Access Project Siew-Ling-Lo - SWAHS Mt Druitt Community Health Centre/Aged Day Care Service |
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Resource |
"Communication Aid for Aged Day Care Services" |
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Languages |
Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi/Persian, Filipino/Tagalog, French, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Maltese, Punjabi, Pushto, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Singhalese, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and English |
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Description |
The resource meets the need for a culturally appropriate communication tool for service providers in the Cumberland Prospect Local Planning Area. It provides appropriate phrases with pictures to help clients, carers, family members and staff to communicate. |
Certificate of Commendation Awardees
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Category |
Government over $5000.00 Fact Sheet/ Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
NSW Health Care Complaints Commission |
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Resource |
"Concerned about your health care?" |
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Languages |
Arabic, Simplified Chinese script, Traditional Chinese script, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, Spanish, Hindi, Korean and Filipino, Croatian, French, German, Indonesian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Tamil and Turkish |
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Resource |
"Resolve concerns about your health care" |
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Languages |
Arabic, Simplified Chinese script, Traditional Chinese script, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, Spanish, Hindi, Korean and Filipino. |
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Description |
Fact sheets about health care |
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Category |
Government under $5000.00 Fact Sheet/ Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
Helen Li -Multicultural Health Access Worker, The Hills Community Health Centre Trish Doyle - Health Promotion Officer, The Hills Community Health Centre |
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Resource |
"Helping Prevent Falls Among Older People Checklist" |
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Languages |
Arabic, Chinese, and Korean |
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Description |
An invaluable resource directed at fall injury, the major cause for hospital separations in older people |
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Category |
Government over $5000.00 Fact Sheet/ Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
The Stay On Your |
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Resource |
"7 Falls Risk Factor Fact Sheets" |
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Languages |
Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian and Korean |
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Description |
These fact sheets identify being physically active, improving balance, managing chronic conditions, making the most of your eyesight, managing medicines, home safety and safety in public places as factors that reduce falls. |
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Category |
Government under $5000.00 Fact Sheet/ Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
Frances Dixon, Marie Fournaris - Occupational Therapists, St George Hospital |
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Resource |
"Precautions Following Head Injury" |
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Languages |
Arabic, Chinese, Greek and Macedonian |
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Description |
Educates people who've experienced head injuries and their families about precautions to avoid the risk of further injury, e.g. avoiding alcohol, contact sports, driving, bike riding and not working at heights. |
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Category |
Non-Government over $5000.00 Fact Sheet / Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
The National Prescribing Service Ltd & Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of |
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Resource |
"Get to know your medicines" |
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Languages |
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Description |
Packs of educational materials on safe use of medicines distributed to Chinese and Italian community organisations engaged to deliver health education seminars. |
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Category |
Non-Government over $5000.00 Fact Sheet/Brochure/Patient Information |
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Winner |
Md Habibullah and BarbaraTilley from South |
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Resource |
"Dental Care for Older People" |
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Languages |
Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Greek, Macedonian, Maltese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese |
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Description |
Developed to meet the needs of older people, and distributed during talks given by peer educators, seminars and at community festivals |
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Category |
Non-Government over $5000.00 Fact Sheet/ Brochure/ Patient Information |
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Winner |
"Carers NSW" |
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Resource |
"Four fact sheets for Carers from CALD Backgrounds" |
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Languages |
Arabic, Bosnian, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese |
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Description |
Fact sheets include information on who carers are, the services available to them, issues such as respite and transport and how to be a more effective carer. |