Useful Websites

Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs, policy guidelines, demographics www.voma.vic.gov.au

Victorian Multicultural Commission, grants information, community consultations www.multicultural.vic.gov.au

For translated health information www.healthtranslations.vic.gov.au

Culture Ethnicity and Health (CEH) library, training www.ceh.org.au

For Cultural Checklists/ facts sheets regarding various communities www.health.qld.gov.au

Migrant Information Centre - Eastern Region resources www.miceastmelb.com.au

Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria, multicultural services database www.eccv.org.au

Mental Health -

- Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (VTPU) www.vtpu.org.au

- Multicultural Mental Health Australia www.mmha.org.au

Department of Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA), community profiles, statistics, settlement kits in 22 languages http://www.immi.gov.au/settle/booklets/index.htm

Australian Department of Health & Ageing, links to multilingual publications www.health.gov.au/acc/publicat/multilin.htm

Australian Medical Association (Victoria), search for bilingual GPs & specialists www.amavic.com.au

Better Health Channel, hosted by DHS, web pages in other than English languages www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

Cultural Diversity in Health: Postgraduate Medical Council of NSW, over 40 community profiles, other links www.diversityinhealth.com/regions

The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc, publications to assist newly arrives refugee communities www.survivorsvic.org.au/Publications.htm

Association of Palliative Care Victoria, download 'Multicultural Palliative Care Guidelines' 1999 www.pallcare.asn.au/mc/

Maternity Services for Chinese Clients at Box Hill Hospital