Multicultural Health Week Objectives
Events
Multicultural Health Communication Awards:
Resources & Events in your Area
Multicultural Health Week 27 July to 2 August 2009 raises the awareness of the various CALD communities across NSW and the state wide health services available to them.
Multicultural Health Week Objectives
The main objectives of Multicultural Health Week include:
- To raise awareness of the health of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) groups
- To raise the profile of Multicultural Health services and state-wide services amongst NSW health services
- To raise awareness of the need for health workers to work with all Australians regardless of language, culture and religion.
- To set a health agenda among CALD media
- To raise awareness of multicultural resources and services to relevant CALD communities (via CALD media)
Events
Launch
The week begins with a launch at The Welcome Wall at the National Maritime Museum Monday July 27 for media, CALD group leaders and Area Health Coordinators/Directors.
Multicultural Health Communication Awards:
During Multicultural Health Week is the NSW Multicultural Health Communication Awards. The Awards recognise the production of multilingual health resources and specifically the effectiveness of the resource, the quality of the translations, the potential benefits for members of the CALD communities they have been produced for and with the judges also taking into account the effectiveness of their distribution.
The 2009 awards will be presented in the Jubilee Room of the NSW State Parliament House on Macquarie Street Sydney , on Wednesday the 29th July.
Resources & Events in your Area
For a range of resources to promote Multicultural Health Week in your area as well as references and free resources and guidelines on Multicultural Health Communication, please contact your local area health service:
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Sydney South West |
Area Co-Director, Multicultural Health Services (Eastern Zone) |
02 95620500 |
02 9562 0501 |
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Area Co-Director, Multicultural Health Services (Western Zone) |
02 87174037 |
02 87174030 |
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South Eastern Sydney Illawarra |
Manager, Multicultural Health http://www.sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au/Multicultural_Health_Service/ |
02 9382 3309 |
02 9382 3353 |
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Sydney West |
Network Director Multicultural Health & DHI |
02 9840 3756 |
02 98404100 |
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Northern SydneyCentralCoastHealth |
Area Manager Multicultural Health Service |
02 8877 5312 |
02 8877 5320 |
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Hunter New England |
Director, Multicultural Health Unit |
02 4924 6286 |
02 4924 6287 |
| Greater Western |
Area Manager of Primary & Community Health |
02 6363 8016 | 02 6363 8006 |
| Greater Southern |
Early Intervention Coordinator |
02 6124 9903 | 02 6299 6363 |
Or please visit http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/