The submissions for the 2007 Multicultural Health Communication Awards have come in the form of brochures, fact sheets, posters, patient information sheets and audio-visual materials.

In Addition Certificates of Commendation to be Awarded to:

Awarded to: Refugee Health Improvement Network (NSW)
NSW Refugee Health Service
SSWAHS Public Health Unit
Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre
Anglicare
Category: Audio Visual (DVD)
Government/ NGO: Government
Title of Resource: "Health Check: Health Information for Recently Arrived African Communities in Australia"
Languages English, Dinka, Kirundi, Swahili, Krio, Juba Arabic, Liberian Pidgin English

To order the copy of the Health Check DVD please email to Refugeehealth@swsahs.nsw.gov.au

Awarded to: Chinese Australian Tobacco & Health Network (CATHN)
Category: Brochure
Government/ NGO: Government
Title of Resource: "Quitting is Hard, but... You Can Do It"
Languages: English, Chinese
Awarded to: Lyn Stewart, Bankstown Community Nutrition
Category: Fact Sheet
Government/ NGO: Government
Title of Resource: "Teach Your Baby to Drink from a Cup"
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Vietnamese
Awarded to:

Community Health- SSWAHS (Macarthur)
Multicultural Health Service
Child and Family Health Nursing Team
Macarthur Diversity Services, Inc.

Category: Poster
Government/NGO: Government
Title of Resource:

"Six Tips to Good Ear Care"

Languages:

English, Fijian, Samoan, Tongan

Awarded to: Australasian Society for HIV Medicine
Category: Fact Sheet
Government/NGO: NGO
Title of Resource: Hepatitis C in Brief - Patient Fact Sheet
Languages:

Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Khmer, Spanish, Vietnamese

Awarded to:

Health and Education Division, Diabetes Australia - NSW

Category: Brochure/Leaflet
Government/NGO: NGO
Title of Resource: Community Sharps Leaflet
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese
Awarded to: Protocols Committee, Women's and Babies Health Services, SESIAHS
Category: Brochure
Title of Resource: Caesarean Section Information & Booking Brochure
Languages: Chinese, English
Awarded to: Medicine Information and Peer Support (MIPS) Service
Category: Brochure
Title of Resource: Improving the Effectiveness of Your Medications by Learning the Effects of Food and Drinks
Languages:
Awarded to: Speech Pathology Translations Working Party
Category: Pamphlet
Title of Resource: Swallowing Problems
Languages:
Awarded to: SESIAHS Respiratory Clinical Service Framework Implementation Group
Category: Information Pack
Title of Resource: Adult Asthma Information Pack
Languages: Chinese, English, Greek, Italian
Awarded to: SESIAHS Respiratory Clinical Service Framework
Category: Information Pack
Title of Resource: COPD Information Pack
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Italian
Awarded to: The Centre for Genetics Education
Category: Information Pack
Title of Resource: Prenatal Testing - Special Tests for your baby during pregnancy
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese
Awarded to: Diabetes Centre Prince of Wales Hospital
Category: DVD
Title of Resource: Diabetes Centre Prince of Wales Hospital
Languages: English, Cantonese, Greek, Russian, Spanish
Awarded to: Leichhardt Women's Community Health Centre
Category: Leaflets
Title of Resource: Facts About Depression
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Vietnamese
Awarded to: Speech Pathology Translations Working Party
Category: Pamphlet
Title of Resource: Talking to Your Child during Daily Activities
Languages: Chinese, English, Vietnamese

All these winners and recipients of Certificates of Commendation set high standards in good practice in multicultural health communication and are to be congratulated and recognised for their promotion and distribution of health resources to the CALD communities in our state