Can Get Health
Can Get Health Project Officer
Barbara - 8752 4940 | b.hawkshaw@cesphn.com.au
The project
Can Get Health's aim is to reduce health inequity in the Canterbury area - specifically Campsie, Lakemba and Wiley Park - by increasing comprehensive primary health service access for culturally diverse populations. These groups are the most vulnerable to developing and/or experiencing preventable morbidity and premature mortality.
The project's work focuses on children aged up to four years old and on members of marginalised culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) groups, including newly arrived and refugees.
Can Get Health in Canterbury (CGHiC) commenced in June 2013. The project is supported by a partnership between Sydney Local Health District, Central and Eastern Sydney PHN (CESPHN) and the University of New South Wales Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE). It is jointly funded by Sydney Local Health District and Central and Eastern Sydney PHN. The project is underpinned by values of equity and community engagement and works in collaboration with Canterbury communities and community organisations.
Can Get Health's priorities are:
- child and women's health
- chronic disease management and prevention
- mental health
- building community capacity.
The three priority population groups are the Arabic-speaking, Bangla-speaking (Bengali) and Rohingya-speaking communities. We may also consider other activities and other language-specific groups in response to local community needs.
Can Get Health's objectives are to:
- identify needs and narriers to the use of primary health care services and programs, especially preventative health services and programs for CALD communities
- improve the knowledge and skills of emerging CALD communities to use and benefit from health services and programs
- identify and work with relevant stakeholders to address the social determinants of health.
The Can Get Health program intends to build sustainable, innovative approaches to prevention and early intervention by increasing accessibility of services and programs to emerging CALD communities.
Kids Don't Fly
Window and balcony safety resources in Arabic, Bangla (Bengali) and English.
Arabic:
- pdf Kids Don't Fly brochure (290 KB)
- pdf Kids Don't Fly safety checklist (166 KB)
- pdf Kids Don't Fly safety product guide (258 KB)
Bangla (Bengali):
- pdf Kids Don't Fly brochure (1.75 MB)
- pdf Kids Don't Fly safety checklist (514 KB)
- pdf Kids Don't Fly safety product guide (541 KB)
English:
- pdf Kids Don't Fly brochure (344 KB)
- pdf Kids Don't Fly safety checklist (167 KB)
- pdf Kids Don't Fly safety product guide (271 KB)
Videos
'Just Reach Out' domestic and family violence awareness video in Bangla (Bengali), with English subtitles.