Engaging refugee communities around their health

Cultural Competence, Health Literacy, Webinar

Plain Language and Community Education

Engaging refugee communities around their health

In this webinar, you’ll hear from Bendigo Community Health Services about a two-year collaborative project with Loddon Mallee Integrated Cancer Service and the Bendigo Regional Cancer Centre working with Karen and Afghan communities about:

  • Community needs analysis
  • Identified enablers to health care
  • Perspective from communities, bilingual workers, interpreters and service providers
Abbie Lockwood has a background in Public Health and International Health and has worked with diverse communities in Australia and the Asia Pacific.
She is currently a Project Coordinator with Bendigo Community Health Services within the Refugee and Cultural Diversity Team, working with newly arrived communities to support health, wellbeing, and safe living.
Abbie is a strong advocate for creating safe, supportive environments for new Australians to learn within, while supporting health services respond to the needs of our ever-changing community.

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