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Health Communication in Practice

For various reasons, public health messages do not always reach migrant and refugee populations. This means that many people in these communities routinely experience worse health outcomes. Many people from migrant and refugee populations have limited experiences of public health messaging or complex health systems like Australia’s. This makes work as multilingual health educators even […]

March 7, 2022

This makes work as multilingual health educators even more important, in overcoming health disparities and ensuring that communities know their rights and the services available to support them.

In this presentation Eman & Shweta share their learnings and insights, and talk about how to address various challenges such as:

Health communication when mainstream channels are unavailable
Building rapport and trust with diverse communities for effective health communication in short-term initiatives
How to approach stigmatized and culturally sensitive health topics
And more!

Download the presentation slides

Resources

Want to work better with people from migrant and refugee backgrounds? Inquire with CEH training
Looking for a great example of community-focused peer to peer education? Check out WOMHEn: Workforce of Multilingual Health Educators
Find out more aboutcohealth’s professional standards for bicultural work

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