Translated Resources

(Listed in alphabetical order)

Ageing Well

Speak my Language provides translated resources and carer’s guides to help client’s understand the Aged Care system.

Allergy & Anaphylaxis

Breast Health

Breast Screen Queensland and Metro North HHS developed an illustrated book called ‘Your Guide to Breast Health’. Download English version here.
Short versions have been translated here:

Bowel Screening

Translated brochures and videos

Child Development
Maternal and Child Health (Victoria) – Key Ages and Stages translated including: Kids Talk poster – 75 ways to encourage children, Play Learn Grow – ideas for your child’s development and Healthy eating.

Consent
Metro South Health have developed videos in multiple languages about informed consent so that patients clearly understand the health problem and agree to what the health worker is going to do. View the videos here.

Diabetes
Diabetes NSW & ACT has produced a series of books containing comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand information about diabetes that is available in 20 languages here.

Disability
Amparo Advocacy have developed factsheets about the National Disability Insurance Scheme, translated into 33 languages

General Health
Community Health Hub – Health information in spoken languagues in Arabic, Swahili, French, Somali, Dinka, Kinyarawanda and Kirundi with an English script.

Heart
National Heart Foundation provides information in English and Arabic about:

Warning signs action plan
Warnings signs fact sheet
Healthy heart habits
Heart healthy tips

Hepatitis B

My Guide to Chronic Hepatitis B

Chinese
Vietnamese
Arabic
Other languages including English available here.

Medication

Easidose – A prescribing aid addressing language and literacy barriers using colour coding for medications, and picture based instructions for dose, frequency, duration and special conditions..

Mental Health
Queensland Health have translated fact sheets about the Mental Health Act.

Transcultural Mental Health Centre (NSW) – Translated Consumer Medication Brochures

Nutrition
Metro South Qld Health – Information about healthy food, food safety, healthy drinks, and infant feeding for African communities.

Oral Health
Metro South Health have developed translated pictorial information sheets.

Queensland Health – Oral Health have translated the brochure ‘How to keep your teeth healthy’

Rights and responsibilities
UNSW have developed fact sheet and videos in multiple languages about Human rights for people in Australia

Tuberculosis

Qld Health have translated information into multiple languages here.

Vitamin D deficiency
NSW Health South Eastern Sydney Local Health Network Fact sheet includes information on who is at risk, how a vitamin D deficiency is diagnosed and treated. Available in multiple languages here.

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