Translated Resources
(Listed in alphabetical order)
Ageing Well
Speak my Language – translated resources and carer’s guides to help client’s understand the Aged Care system.
Moving Pictures – Dementia Awareness for CALD communities – Videos and comics in Arabic
Dementia Australia – Information in other languages
Palliative Care – Care Search
Allergy & Anaphylaxis
Ambulance
Calling an Ambulance videos in multiple languages (flat or virtual reality goggles)
Appointments
Translated Appointment Reminder Tool – NSW Refugee Health Service
Asthma
- Asthma Australia has – 10 ways to live well with asthma
- Asthma: What your doctor needs to know. (Arabic, Burmese, Dinka, Dari and Nepali)
- National Asthma Council Australia – translated resources
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Video Stories of autism in Arabic, Vietnamese and Nepali – Ialk Studios
- Positive Partnerships (Arabic, Nepali)
Breast Health
BSQ and Metro North HHS – ‘Your Guide to Breast Health – English and translated short versions:
Bowel Screening
Translated brochures and videos
Breastfeeding and children’s nutrition
Global Health Media – Many videos in many languages
Child Development
Maternal and Child Health (Victoria) – Key Ages and Stages incl. Kids Talk poster, Play Learn Grow and Healthy eating.
Consent
Metro South Health – videos in multiple languages – View the videos
Cue Cards Communication Tool (print your own) – Eastern Health Language Services
Diabetes
Diabetes NSW & ACT – A series of books – 20 languages
Ethno Med – Pictorial presentations with bilingual voice overs:
- How Foods Affect Blood Sugar (Ethiopian and Eritrean Patients)
- How Foods Affect Blood Sugar (Iraqi and Syrian Patients)
- How Foods Affect Blood Sugar (For Somali Patients)
Download them all here
Disability
Amparo Advocacy factsheets about the National Disability Insurance Scheme – 33 languages
Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health – Disability Services Glossary in Arabic and Vietnamese
NDIS – Easy English and videos
Female Genital Circumcision/Cutting
NEFTA – various language
General Health
Community Health Hub – Health information in spoken languagues in Arabic, Swahili, French, Somali, Dinka, Kinyarawanda and Kirundi with an English script.
Glossary of terms – seeing a Doctor, Specialist or health professional
Arabic (PDF file)
Assyrian (PDF file)
Dari (PDF file)
Farsi (Persian) (PDF file)
Karen (PDF file)
Khmer (Cambodian) (PDF file)
Vietnamese (PDF file)
Heart
National Heart Foundation – information about Warning signs , Healthy heart habits, Heart healthy tips – English and Arabic
Heart – Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
- French – What is Rheumatic Fever?
- French – Strong Heart Strong Body
- Nepali – What is Rheumatic Fever?
- Nepali – Strong Heart Strong Body
- Somali – What is Rheumatic Fever?
- Somali – Strong Heart Strong Body
Hepatitis
Translated resources and videos about hepatitis testing, healthy eating and living with Hepatitis available HERE.
My Guide to Chronic Hepatitis B – Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic, English and other languages here.
Incontinence
Continence Foundation of Australia (multiple languages)
Medication
How to use medicines correctly
Easidose – A prescribing aid addressing language and literacy barriers using colour coding for medications, and picture based instructions
Mental Health
Mental Health videos in Dari, Arabic and Karen – from Italk Studios
Queensland Health – translated fact sheets about the Mental Health Act.
Transcultural Mental Health Centre (NSW) – Translated Consumer Medication Brochures
Nutrition & Hygiene
Healthy Eating in Australia: Multilingual videos for newly arrived refugees and migrants – NSW
Pictorial and translated resources here.
Global Health Media – Nutrition videos in multiple languages
Keeping food safe – video
Oral Health
Metro South Health – translated pictorial information sheets.
Queensland Health – Translated brochure ‘How to keep your teeth healthy’
Parenting
Raising Children – Find articles, videos and picture guides on key parenting topics translated into a selection of languages other than English (LOTE).
Reproductive and Sexual Health Resources
FPV and Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health have translated resources here.
Rights and responsibilities
UNSW – Fact sheet and videos in multiple languages about Human rights for people in Australia
Terminations
Medical Terminations (MTOP) and Surgical Terminations (STOP)
Tuberculosis
Qld Health – translated information into multiple languages.
Vitamin D deficiency
NSW – Information on who is at risk, how a vitamin D deficiency is diagnosed and treated. Multiple languages
Women’s Health
Reproductive and Sexual Health – Multilingual resources – Family Planning Victoria
Multilingual information on endometriosis, menopause, ‘Be healthier’ and Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Available from Jean Hailes for Women’s Health
Family Safety Pack – information on Australia’s laws regarding domestic and family violence, sexual assault and forced marriage, and a woman’s right to be safe.
Female Circumcision booklet for communities
Youth
Headspace – Translated brochure
