Translated Resources (by topic)

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Ageing

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

My Aged Care

Dementia

Alcohol and Drug

Keeping yourself and your community safe while driving – information about alcohol and other drugs – Qld Network of Alcohol and other drugs (QNADA) – Download translated fact sheets here.

Understanding Alcohol

Allergy and Anaphylaxis
Ambulance

Calling an Ambulance videos in multiple languages (flat or virtual reality goggles)

Easy English Fact sheet Calling an ambulance

Appointments

Translated Appointment Reminder Tool – NSW Refugee Health Service

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Breast Screening

Breast Screen Queensland (BSQ)  – videos in other languages

BSQ and Metro North HHS – ‘Your Guide to Breast Health – English and translated short versions:

Breastfeeding and children’s nutrition

Global Health Media – Many videos in many languages

Cancer Screening

Cancer Screening

Bowel Screening

Translated brochures and videos

Translated pictorial fact sheets about How to take a stool sample (‘Collecting poop with pics‘)

Breast Screening

BSQ and Metro North HHS – ‘Your Guide to Breast Health – English and translated short versions:

Cervical Screening

    Simplified resource on 3 cancer screening programs for CALD community members (15 languages) from Cancer Institute NSW. See them here.

     

    Child Health

    Natural disasters

    Children’s story books, ‘Birdie’s Tree’ helps babies and young children cope with the preparedness, response and recovery phases of natural disasters.

    Paediatric Sepsis

    Translated fact sheets and videos from Children’s Health Qld

    Benefits of being bilingual

    Speak to your child in the language you know best – English posters and translated information

    Consent

    Metro South Health – videos in multiple languages – View the videos

    Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    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

      Videos

      Domestic and Family Violence

      Family Safety Pack is a resource for all people coming to Australia and is available in 46 languages. Developed by the Australian Government,  includes information about:

      • domestic and family violence
      • sexual assault
      • forced and early marriage
      • family violence and partner visas
      • dowry abuse
      • female genital mutilation/cutting
      • LGBTQIA+ relationships
      • trafficking and slavery

      Access the Pack here

      Domestic and Family Violence in Pregnancy – videos (Mater)

      Health – Information about healthcare complaints

      Healthcare complaints – Where to start – watch video

      Tips for making a healthcare complaint – watch video

      Take your complaint to a different organisation – watch video

      Contact details for healthcare complaints organisations

      Web: www.oho.qld.gov.au

      Phone: 133 646

      Queensland Human Rights Commission
      Web: www.qhrc.qld.gov.au

      Tel: 1300 130 670

      If your concern is about unsafe care or behaviour by an individual healthcare worker, you can contact the health regulator, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), to discuss your concerns:

      Web: www.ahpra.gov.au

      Phone: 1300 419 495

      You can make complaints about aged care services to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

      Web: www.agedcarequality.gov.au

      Phone: 1800 951 822

      Health Assessments
      Heart

      National Heart Foundation – information about Warning signs , Healthy heart habits, Heart healthy tips – English and Arabic

      Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease

      Hepatitis

      Translated resources and videos about hepatitis testing, healthy eating and living with Hepatitis available HERE.

      ECCQ – Hepatitis, HIV and Sexual Health

      Hepatitis Australia – English and other languages here.

      Immunisation
      Mental Health
      Medication

      How to use medicines correctly

      Easidose – A prescribing aid addressing language and literacy barriers using colour coding for medications, and picture based instructions

      Men's Health

      Videos about Men’s Health

      Download the English script – Men’s Health videos.

      This Project was developed by the former West Moreton-Oxley Medicare Local and the Media Department at University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Campus in partnership with Mater UQ Centre for Primary Health Care Innovation with the support of a great number of service providers and community members in 2017. These videos in languages provide information about the health system and have been uploaded to the Refugee Health Network Queensland website. Information has been checked for currency (2024). More information: info@refugeehealthnetworkqld.org.au

      Oral Health

      Metro South Health – translated pictorial information

      Queensland Health – Translated brochure ‘How to keep your teeth healthy’

      Oral health services – access for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

      Palliative Care
      Pregnancy & Parenting

      A suite of approved stillbirth prevention resources for use in the implementation and promotion of the Safer Baby Bundle collaboratively designed for healthcare professionals working with pregnant women. See them here.

      Raising Children – Translated videos and picture guides 

      Domestic and Family Violence in Pregnancy

      Reproductive and Sexual Health Resources

      FPV and Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health have translated resources here. 

      Rights and responsibilities
      Stroke

      Signs of stroke & What is stroke – information in other languages by Stroke Foundation Australia

      Telehealth

      Animation about How to use Telehealth in English produced by Brisbane South PHN and audio files in some languages available here.

      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) 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

      NEFTA – various language

      Cervical Screening Test – how to collect your own sample (pictorial pdf) – English, Arabic

      Women’s & Newborn Health – Multicultural & Multilingual Information (Pregnancy, giving birth, breasfeeding, parenting, vaccination) – Arabic, Burmese, Dari, Farsi, Somali, Tamil

      Reducing stillbirth for migrant and refugee women – Resources for Arabic, Dari, Dinka and Karen speaking communities (with English translations so healthcare professionals know what they are sharing)

      Youth

      Headspace – Translated brochure