NSW
Multicultural Health Week 2009
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:
Or
please visit http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/
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