NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service

Useful links

The websites suggested here have interesting information on health. These links do not imply any endorsement, support of commercial gain by NSW Health or the State of NSW in Australia (see the Disclaimer for more information).

Multicultural Communication will only provide a limited number of links on subjects under the subject categories below. For general links containing resources in a wide variety of topics and languages see miscellaneous links below.

After clicking on the link you are being transferred to a page outside NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service. These Links to other Internet Sites are not under the control of NSW MHCS and are provided for information only.

Subjects

Abuse	Accidents and Emergencies	Adolescent Health	Alcohol and other drugs
Asthma	Cancer	Death and Dying	Dental Care
Diabetes	Disabilities	Diseases and Conditions	Early Childhood
Environment	Exercise	Eyes	Family Planning
Feet	Food Safety	Forms, Letters and Signs	General Health
Glossary	Health Services	Heart	Hepatitis
HIV/AIDS	Immunisation	Infant and Child Feeding	Infant Health
Injury Prevention	Maternity	Medical Procedures, Instructions and Tests	Men's Health
Mental Health/Illness	Miscellaneous	Nutrition	Older People
Parenting	Physiotherapy	Pregnancy and Post-Natal	Sexual Health
Tobacco	Women's Health	Cue Cards in Community Languages

Abuse

• Global inventory on Domestic Violence



• Education Centre against Violence



• National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect



• Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care

Accidents and Emergencies

Adolescent Health

• NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health (NSW CAAH)

Alcohol and other drugs

• Drug Info Clearinghouse - The drug prevention network



• Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre



• Commonwealth Department of Health And Ageing



• NSW Office of Drug policy

Asthma

• Asthma Victoria

Cancer

• BreastScreen NSW



• Breast screen Victoria



• National Cervical Screening Program



• NSW Cervical Screening Program



• American Cancer Society



• National Cervical Cancer Coalition



• Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Service



• National Breast Cancer Centre



• General information on cancer from outside Australia



• National Cancer Institute (USA)



• Cancer Index



• Cancer Council SA

Death and Dying

• Palliative care Australia

Dental Care

Diabetes

• Diabetes Australia




• NSW Diabetes
  

Disabilities

• Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care



• The National Autistic Society

Diseases and Conditions

• Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, National Continence Management Strategy



• Ethnomed



• Resources on incontinence and pelvic floor exercises

Early Childhood

Environment

• Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW)

Exercise

Eyes

Family Planning

Feet

Food Safety

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand



• State Government of Victoria, Department of Human Services

Forms, Letters and Signs

• Multilingual Appointment Card

General Health

• Australian Kidney Foundation

Glossary

Health Services

• Fit for the Future



• 10 Tips for safer health care: what everyone needs to know



• Nar-anon Family Groups



• NSW Refugee Health Service



• Multicultural Mental Health Australia



• Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Community Care Branch. Commonwealth Carelink Centres



• STARTTS



• Commonwealth Health Insurance Commission (HIC)



• Ambulance Services of NSW

Heart

• National Heart Foundation of Australia

Hepatitis

• Multicultural HIV/AIDS Service



• Hepatitis C Council of NSW

HIV/AIDS

• Multicultural HIV/AIDS Service



• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies



• New Mexico AIDS InfoNet

Immunisation

• NSW Health



• Immunization Action Coalition. USA



• Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing

Infant and Child Feeding

• Promoting Breastfeeding - NSW Health



• Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing

Infant Health

• UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative



• Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing



• Ethnomed



• Kid’s Health



• Queensland Health

Injury Prevention

Maternity

Medical Procedures, Instructions and Tests

• ICCMU - Intensive Care Information



• Medicare Australia - Welcome Kit - Australian Organ Donor Register

Men's Health

• Andrology Australia



• Mensline Australia

Mental Health/Illness

• Multicultural Problem Gambling Service



• Schizophrenia Australia's



• Multicultural Mental Health Australia



• Children Hospital Westmead



• Transcultural Mental Health Centre



• Alzheimer's Association NSW

Miscellaneous

• MyLanguage.gov.au



• Health Translation Directory



• HealthInsite



• NOAH



• EurasiaHealth



• University of Utah



• my Pill



• Centrelink



• Ethnomed



• OHSU/Hood River Community Health Outreach Project



• Consumer Health Reference Center



• Health Insurance Commission (HIC)



• EQUIP - Information in languages other than English and for ethnic groups



• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Nutrition

• Nutrition Education for New Americans Project

Older People

• Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care



• Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging



• Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care

Parenting

• Parents - Zero To Three



• NSW Centre for Parenting & Research



• Starting School



• It's Not Ok to Shake Babies

Physiotherapy

Pregnancy and Post-Natal

• Life stages - Pregnancy and parenting - NSW Health



• The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne Victoria

Sexual Health

• Sexual Health Information Networking and Education (Shine) South Australia



• Multicultural HIV/AIDS Service

Tobacco

• The Cancer Council NSW

Women's Health

• NWHIC Women's Health Resources in Different Languages



• National Cervical Screening Program



• National Breast Cancer Centre



• The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne Victoria