Translated Resources (by topic)
RHNQ YouTube Channel
Translated Health Resource
Ageing
Speak my Language – translated resources and carer’s guides to help client’s understand the Aged Care system.
Dementia
- Moving Pictures – Dementia Awareness for CALD communities – short animated film that translates simple messages on how to reduce dementia risk at any age. Available in Hindi, Cantonese, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Greek, Tamil, Arabic and English.
- Dementia Australia – Information in other languages
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
Asthma
- Asthma Australia has – 10 things to live well with asthma – Dari Nepali
- 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, Burmese, Dari, Farsi, Hazaragi, Hindi, Nepali, Panjabi, Somali, Tamil, Urdu)
Breast Health
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
- Translated resources and some videos – TRUE Your Health, Your Future: Get a Cervical Screening Test (true.org.au)
- Easy read pictorial and some languages – National Cervical Screening Program – How to collect your own sample | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
- Cervical self collection videos translated National Cervical Screening Program – Cervical screening explained (other languages) | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
- Video about self collection in English for CALD communities – National Cervical Screening Program – How to take your own Cervical Screening Test sample – YouTube
- Easy Read – information about Self collection for cervical screening (English and other languages)
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)
- Queensland Health – Information for multicultural communities – Translated resources coronavirus (COVID-19) and changing restricitons in Queensland
- Queensland Government – Domestic and Family Violence translated resources
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
- Co creating resources for Arabic speakers with disability from refugee backgrounds. – YouTube
NDIS Translated Resources
Domestic and Family Violence
- Queensland Government – Domestic and Family Violence translated resources
- Immigrant Women’s Support Service (IWSS) What is domestic violence? and What is sexual violence?
- Family Safety Pack (DSS)
- UNSW Sydney – Human Rights Training Package – Multilingual videos
- ‘Your Body, Your Choice’ – TRUE
- Recognising the signs of family violence videos in sixteen languages
Family Safety Pack is a patient resource for all people coming to Australia and is available in 46 translated languages. Developed by the Australian Government, the pack includes information on Australia’s laws on the following topics:
- 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
Health – Doctor and Specialists definitions
Health Assessments
- Refugee Health Assessment Information (2022)
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Refugee Health Assessment Videos
HEALTH ASSESSMENT ON ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA – Information for Ukrainian arrivals (786 visa holders)
Access to Heath services in Australia – videos in various languages
Heart
National Heart Foundation – information about Warning signs , Healthy heart habits, Heart healthy tips – English and Arabic
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
Hepatitis
Immunisation
- Immunisation (bilingual version) – Centrelink
- Pre-immunisation checklist
- Staying Safe – COVID and Flu Vaccine videos – English and Other languages
Incontinence
Continence Foundation of Australia (multiple languages)
Mental Health
EMBRACE – Translated fact sheets on common mental health concerns
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
QPASTT – Information for Community Leaders about Mental Health – Tigrinya, Kirundi, Somali, English
Medication
How to use medicines correctly
Easidose – A prescribing aid addressing language and literacy barriers using colour coding for medications, and picture based instructions
Nutrition & Hygiene
Oral Health
Metro South Health – translated pictorial information sheets.
Queensland Health – Translated brochure ‘How to keep your teeth healthy’
Palliative Care
Evaluation Summary Palliative Care Workshop – Metro South 2022
Faith perspectives on palliative care – videos
Parenting
Raising Children – Find articles, videos and picture guides on key parenting topics translated into a selection of languages other than English (LOTE).
Pregnancy
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.
Reproductive and Sexual Health Resources
FPV and Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health have translated resources here.
Rights and responsibilities
- Information on human rights and discrimination law in Queensland is available in ten community languages here
- Fact sheet about Human rights for people in Australia
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.
Vaping
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
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
Youth
Headspace – Translated brochure