No images? Click here Multicultural Program UpdateWelcome to our first edition of the Multicultural Program Update brought to you by the Cancer Institute NSW. Our quarterly e-news will share the latest about cancer prevention, screening, care, and research relevant to multicultural communities in NSW. It will include regular items including updates on Institute projects supporting multicultural and refugee communities’ access to cancer services, from prevention through to care, new multicultural resources, upcoming events, current literature, and interviews with special guests. We hope you find this first edition useful. Please share the e-news with interested colleagues and community, they can sign up to the mailing list by contacting the multicultural team. We would also love to hear what you thought of this edition (including how we might improve it) and if there is something you would like to read about in future editions. Look out for our special edition coming your way for Refugee Week! Meet our team Sheetal Challam leads the Multicultural Program Team at the Institute where she provides strategic advice to staff and facilitates key partnerships to improve cancer outcomes for the state’s culturally diverse communities. Sheetal has 23 years of experience in the multicultural sector, and has held roles in policy development, stakeholder engagement and government relations. Eloise Le Compte is the multicultural project manager for the Institute, she holds a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics, and in the final stages of completing a Master of Global Heath. She has more than a decade of experience working in the multicultural health sector, in clinical, community, and public health roles. She is passionate about healthcare system reform to enable equitable access of healthcare for all. Nina Hartcher is the team’s refugee cancer screening project officer. Nina is passionate about health equity and has worked closely with communities and health professionals to improve health equity in NSW. Nina has a Master of Health Communication degree and a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours, majoring in Biochemistry. Project updateMulticultural stigma projectThe Multicultural Stigma Project is an Institute initiative that aims to address stigma, myths and negative beliefs around cancer in multicultural communities. The project is being undertaken in two phases. The first involves formative research, data analysis and field consultations with multicultural service providers and community groups. Recommendations from this phase will inform the development of an engagement and a communication strategy (phase two) aimed at building cancer literacy in the state’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Please contact the multicultural team if you would like to contribute ideas or would like more information.Professional development opportunitiesMulticultural health services and cancer services forum presentationsAunty Liz (Greek community member) Sheetal Challam (Multicultural Strategic Advisor, Institute), Uncle John Dickson (Traditional knowledge holder and a proud Dhunghutti, Wiradjuri and Yuin man), Kellie Goldsworthy (Director of Mission Integration, Executive Team, Calvary Mater Newcastle) Watch now: The Institute’s 2022 Multicultural Health Services and Cancer Services Forum brought together stakeholders in multicultural health and cancer services to promote collaboration between the sectors and showcase culturally responsive care in cancer services Watch the forum presentations. NEW culturally responsive health care e-learningEnrol now: A NEW e-learning module, Culturally Responsive Health Care (Course Code: 39962639,) has been launched. It brings together a range of experts with practical information, useful facts, and scenarios about delivering culturally responsive health care. Available to all NSW Health staff via My Health Learning. Multilingual resourcesCancer Multilingual Resources DirectoryNina Hartcher (Refugee cancer screening project officer, Institute) This directory is a repository for all of the Institute’s translated resources, including videos, factsheets, flipcharts and webpages. With resources translated in up to 38 languages, spanning the cancer prevention, screening, and treatment continuum, this directory will support service providers to direct their clients, patients, and communities to resources in their language. The document will be updated regularly as we develop new resources. I have cancer … is a clinical trial an option for me?People experiencing cancer from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds can face barriers accessing clinical trials. To help address this inequity the Cancer Institute NSW has developed and published a new online resource I have cancer… is a clinical trial an option for me? It offers culturally safe and appropriate information in seven languages: Greek, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese. The resource explains what a clinical trial is, the processes involved, how to access a clinical trial, as well as a glossary of key terms. A multicultural advisory group helped inform the resource’s development along with findings from surveys disseminated to multicultural consumers and clinicians. Upcoming events BCE and CSW training 20 Jul 2023: The Institute will be providing a refresher training for bilingual community educators and cultural support workers who work with Sydney metropolitan LHDs, to deliver education on healthy living, and the three national screening programs: breast screening, bowel screening, cervical screening. Please contact the Multicultural Team for more information. The Cancer Innovations Conference 1 Aug 2023: The Cancer Innovations Conference is an important annual event hosted by the Cancer institute NSW, the conference will provide health professionals, policy makers and system planners from across the cancer continuum an opportunity to test thinking and explore new approaches to the complex problems facing the NSW cancer system. It brings together diverse voices and perspectives and seeks to seed ideas on how to improve equity and collaboration to deliver person-centred cancer care, using the Future Health Plan and the NSW Cancer Plan as our roadmaps. Register now to secure your seat, limited seats available. Publications Cancer screening and tobacco cessation McEntee A, Hines S, Trigg J, Fairweather K, Guillaumier A, Fischer J, Bonevski B, Smith JA, Wilson C, and Bowden J. Tobacco cessation and screening in culturally and linguistically diverse communities: an Evidence Check rapid review brokered by the Sax Institute for Cancer Council NSW, 2022. doi: 10.57022/sneg4189 Breast screening Kim, SK 2022, Beyond language: Motivators and barriers to breast cancer screening among Korean-speaking women in Sydney Metropolitan, Australia, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 421-425 Bowel cancer screening Herman PM, Bucho-Gonzalez J, Menon U, Szalacha LA, Larkey L 2022, Cost-Effectiveness of Community-to-Clinic Tailored Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Screening in an Underserved Population: Economic Evaluation Alongside a Group-Randomized Trial, American Journal of Health Promotion, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 678-886 Cervical cancer screening Chandrakumar A, Hoon H, Benson J, Stocks N 2022, Barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; a qualitative study of GPs BMJ Open, Vol. 12 issue 11, pp. e062823 Hamdiui N, Bouman MPA, Stein ML, Crutzen R, Keskin D, Afrian A, van Steenbergen JE, van den Muijsenbergh METC, Timen A 2022, The development of a culturally sensitive educational video: How to facilitate informed decisions on cervical cancer screening among Turkish- and Moroccan-Dutch women, Health Expectations, vol. 25, issue 5, pp. 2377-2385 A few minutes with a special guest Eric Yeung, President, CanRevive Inc 1. What services does CanRevive provide? Cancer information services in Chinese, visiting services including hospital and palliative care, telephone support, support groups (peer support), exercise and interest programs, public education and complementary therapy programs. 2. Why was CanRevive established? Two cancer survivors and a carer, all Chinese migrants, through their shared experience got together and founded CanRevive to support Chinese speaking people through their cancer journey. Its aim is to help minimise the impact of cancer on patients and their families. 3. What geographical areas does CanRevive service? CanRevive services all areas of the City of Sydney, there is also occasional service provision to Central Coast and Wollongong in collaboration with local health services and community organisations. Since the pandemic CanRevive’s services have reached interstate participants via live streaming and video conferencing. 4. How can CanRevive services be accessed? Apart from public information sessions and programs run in conjunction with other organisations, the majority of services are restricted to registered members of CanRevive (around 6000). Public can also request and receive cancer information in Chinese (printed, audio and video) through support service centres and CanRevive’s website. 5. How can someone become a registered member of CanRevive? Membership is free, and cancer patients and their carers can apply together or individually, and volunteers are also members. Restricted voting members pay an annual fee of $5. 6. Where is CanRevive located? Head office which incorporates Sydney City, Inner West and Eastern region centre is located in Haymarket. Northern Sydney Centre is located in Chatswood. Southern Sydney Sydney Centre is located in Hurstville. Western Sydney Centre is located in Westmead. 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