CEH publications

From research reports to tip sheets, multilingual brochures to DVDs, you can download a wide range of resources here. 

Topic

Title

Format

Program

Date

Cost

Acute care Diversity in Victorian Hospitals Resource booklet  HSD  2003 Free  
Aged care

A Career in Aged Care: Using your Language Skills at Work

A booklet to address the growing need for bilingual workers in aged care

Resource booklet
 HSD  2010 Free
Communication Speaking with clients who have low English proficiency 
Working tool
 HSD  2011  Free
Consumer participation
A practical guide to culturally and linguistically diverse consumer participation
Working tool
 HSD  2005  Free
Consumer participation
Consumer participation strategies Working tool
 HSD  2011  Free
Consumer participation
Consumer participation and culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Discusses areas of CALD consumer participation that are useful for designing and implementing effective strategies
 Report  HSD  2005 Free
Cultural competence
Tipsheets
A series of strategies to embed cultural competence within policy, governance and service delivery
 Working tool  HSD 2010 Free
Cultural competence Available online information Working tool  HSD  2010  Free
Cultural integrity Cultural integrity in service delivery
Presentation delivered by CEH executive manager Michal Morris
Presentation   CEH  2010  Free
Demographics (cultural diversity) Tipsheet of available online information Working tool  HSD  2010  Free
Focus groups
Conducting focus groups with CALD communities Working tool
 HSD  2011 Free
Health assessment
Cultural considerations in health assessment Working tool  HSD  2011  Free
Health promotion
Cultural Competencies in Health Promotion
Highlights the planning, implementation and evaluation strategies needed when undertaking health promotion initiatives with CALD communities
 Poster  HSD  2004  Free
Health promotion
Translating health promotion materials into community languages  Working tool
 HSD  2005 Free
Language services

Using an interpreter
Tipsheets that cover planning, assessing the need for an interpreter, booking and working with interpreters

Tip sheets  MGHP  2009  Free
Language services
Bilingual Staff Research Project
Guidelines for the employment and use of bilingual staff in health and community services
 Report  HSD  2008  Free
Language services

Effectively Managing Bilingual Staff
Pointers on how to deploy staff who are employed to utilise their language skills

Tip sheet
 HSD  2011  Free
Language services
Bilingual worker discussion paper
This paper explores how bilingual workers engage within workplaces across a range of sectors
Discussion paper  HSD  2007  Free
Language services
Good Practice in the Victorian Health and Community Sector
This report highlights a model of good practice and showcases examples in language service delivery
 Report  HSD  2005  Free
Language services
Language Services in Victoria's Health System: Perspectives of CALD consumers
This report analyses how CALD consumers access and use language services and examines consumers' views of language service provision
 Report  HSD  2006  Free
Language services

Recruiting bilingual staff
An introduction to help you seek out, select and hire bilingual staff. 

Tip sheet
 HSD  2011  Free
Language services
Checklist: Reviewing translated materials
Working tool
HSD
 2005
 Free
Palliative Care Resource list: Palliative Care in Cross-Cultural Contexts Resource list  HSD  2010  Free
Physical activity
Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Physical Activity
This paper examines some issues that service providers may experience in enganging CALD communities in physical activity
Discussion paper
 HSD  2006 Free
Problem gambling Community profiles
A snapshot of various CALD communities including risk factors for problem gamblking and intervenmtion strategies
 Profile  MGHP  2010  Free
Problem gambling
Multilingual resources
Brochures and posters on problem gambling tailored to the cultural and language needs of over 10 communities
Brochures
Posters
 MGHP 2008-2010  Free
Problem gambling
Problem Gambling in New and Emerging Refugee Communities
The first Australian study into the impact of problem gambling on refugee communities
 Report  MGHP  2008  Free

Problem gambling

 

 

Taking the First Step Together: Gambler's Help in your Community
A multilingual DVD on problem gambling issues, aimed at CALD communities

 DVD  MGHP  2010(update)  Free
Sexual health and viral hepatitis BBV/STI Glossary
A resource for interpreters working in health settings. 
Online Glossary  MHSS  2009  Free
Sexual health and viral hepatitis  Bridging Differences, Enhancing Understanding
A DVD resource kit based on working with families to raise awareness of BBV and STI
 DVD  MHSS  2008  Free
Sexual health and viral hepatitis Double Trouble? The health needs of culturally diverse men who have sex with men
Report on a consultative forum on CALD MSM
 Report  MHSS  2010  Free
Sexual health and viral hepatitis Hip Hop and Health
A report on using hip hop performances to increase awareness of STI and BBV 
 Report  MHSS  2008  Free
Sexual health and viral hepatitis
Multilingual brochures
Brochures on STI/BBV tailored to the cultural and linguistic needs of more than 10 communities
 Brochures  MHSS  2009  Free

Sexual health and viral hepatitis

 

Transmission: Creative Health Promotion about Hepatitis C
Four peer developed short films to increase understanding of hepatitis C

 DVD  MHSS  2009  Free
Sexual health and viral hepatitis Working with CALD communities on issues relating to STI and BBV
A comprehensive resource manual for health and community service providers
Resource manual
 MHSS  2008 Free download
$15 for printed copy
 Substance use

Khat: A literature review
A review of scientific literature on the social and physical impact of khat

 Report  CEH  2009  Free
 Substance use Consultation with the Victorian Somali Community on Khat
Attitudes, impacts and ways forward
 Report  CEH  2009  Free
 Training Workplace training guide
Training offered to health, government & community services
 Brochure  CEH  2010  Free