Translated cancer resources for multicultural communities

Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Factsheet

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ), Bengali (বাংলা), Bosnian (Bosanski), Burmese (မြန်မာ), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Croatian (Hrvatski), Dari (دری ), Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ), Farsi (فارسی), Filipino, Greek (Ελληνικά), Hazaragi (هزاره گی), Hindi (हिन्दी), Indonesian, Italian (Italiano), Khmer, Korean (한국어), Kurdish Kurmanji ((उत्तरी कुर्दिश)), Lao (ລາວ), Macedonian (Македонски), Mongolian (Монгол), Nepali (नेपाली), Pashto (پښتو), Portuguese (Português), Russian (Русский), Serbian (Српски), Spanish (Español), Swahali (Kiswahili), Tamil (தமிழ்), Thai (ภาษาไทย), Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish (Türkçe), Ukrainian (українська), Urdu (اردو) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt). 

Overview:

The ‘What is cancer screening?’ fact sheet provides information about cervical, breast and bowel screening.

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Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Flipchart

For use by:

• Bi-lingual community educators and cultural liaison officers trained to use the resources
• Health professionals

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Hindi (हिन्दी), Indonesian, Italian (Italian), Korean (한국어), Macedonian (Македонски), Tibetan and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The ‘Bowel Health and Screening’ flipchart is designed to support those providing information on bowel screening to people from different cultural backgrounds.

The resource includes an accompanying Facilitator Manual (in English only).

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Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Website and eligibility checker tool

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

This website has videos and text explaining bowel cancer, the bowel screening test, and the National Bowel Screening Program. It also has videos on how to do the test and an eligibility checker tool.

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• English
• Arabic (العربية)
• Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
• Traditional Chinese (繁體中)
• Greek (Ελληνικά)
• Italian (Italiano)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Organisation: National Bowel Screening Program, Australian Government

Type of resource: Video

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Tagalog, Tamil (தமிழ்) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

These four-minute videos explain how to  use the Bowel Screening Home Test Kit

Access the videos:

• English
• Arabic (العربية)
• Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
• Traditional Chinese (繁體中)
• Greek (Ελληνικά)
• Italian (Italiano)
• Korean (한국어)
• Tagalog
• Tamil (தமிழ்)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Audio message for radio

For use by: Ethno-specific radio stations

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Cantonese - Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Mandarin - Traditional Chinese (繁體中) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

These 30-second community service announcements (CSA) have been developed for distribution to radio networks and have been recorded in multiple languages.The purpose of these resources is to promote the importance of bowel cancer screening.

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Organisation: National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, Australian Government

Type of resource: Diverse range including brochures, factsheets, posters, sample invitation letters, results notification letters and colonoscopy brochures.

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: Arabic (العربية), Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Croatian (Hrvatski), Farsi (فارسی), Greek (Ελληνικά), Hazaragi (هزاره گی), Hindi (हिन्दी), Italian (Italiano), Japanese (日本語), Khmer, Korean (한국어), Macedonian (Македонски), Nepali (नेपाली), Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Português), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), Russian (Русский), Samoan (Samoa), Serbian (Српски), SInhala, Spanish (Español), Tagalog, Tamil (தமிழ்), Thai (ภาษาไทย), Turkish (Türkçe) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program provides a diverse range of resources translated in almost 30 languages.

Sample/demonstration bowel screening test kits can be ordered by emailing the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBCSP@health.gov.au. 

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• Arabic (العربية)
• Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ)
• Chinese Simplified (简体中文)
• Chinese Traditional (繁體中)
• Croatian (Hrvatski)
• Farsi (فارسی)
• Greek (Ελληνικά)
• Hazaragi (هزاره گی)
• Hindi (हिन्दी)
• Italian (Italiano)
• Japanese (日本語)
• Khmer 
• Korean (한국어)
• Macedonian (Македонски)
• Nepali (नेपाली)
• Polish (Polski)
• Portuguese (Português)
• Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)
• Russian (Русский)
• Samoan (Samoa)
• Serbian (Српски)
• Sinhala (සිංහල)
• Spanish (Español)
• Tagalog
• Tamil (தமிழ்)
• Thai (ภาษาไทย)
• Turkish (Türkçe)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Organisation: BreastScreen NSW, Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Factsheet

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Armenian ((հայերեն), Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ), Bengali (বাংলা), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Croatian (Hrvatski), Dari (دری ), Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ), Farsi (فارسی), Greek (Ελληνικά), Hindi (हिन्दी), Indonesian, Italian (Italiano), Japanese (日本語), Karen, Khmer, Korean (한국어), Macedonian (Македонски), Polish (Polski), Serbian (Српски), Spanish (Español), Tamil (தமிழ்), Thai (ภาษาไทย), Tibetan and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The factsheet provides a summary of why women should breast screen and what to expect before, during and after their breast screen. It is available in 36 languages. 

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Organisation: BreastScreen NSW, Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Flipcharts

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Spanish (Español), Tibetan and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

For use by:

• Bi-lingual community educators and cultural liaison officers trained to use the resources
• Health professionals

Overview:

The 'Breast health and breast screening’ flipchart is a tool to support education on breast screening for people from different cultural backgrounds.

The resources include an accompanying Facilitator Manual (in English only).

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Organisation: BreastScreen NSW, Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Audio message for radio

For use by: Ethno-specific radio stations

Available languages: Arabic (العربية), Cantonese - Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Greek (Ελληνικά), Korean (한국어), Mandarin - Traditional Chinese (繁體中) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

These 30-second community service announcements have been developed for distribution to radio networks and have been recorded in multiple languages.The purpose of these resources is to promote the importance of breast cancer screening.

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Organisation: BreastScreen NSW, Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Poster

For use by:

• Health care providers
• Community organisations

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Croatian (Hrvatski), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Macedonian (Македонски), Serbian (Српски), Spanish (Español) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The 'Breast Cancer and Family History' A3 poster promotes the importance of regular breast screening, regardless of family history

Please note that the English version pictured is for reference only and not available for order.

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Organisation: BreastScreen NSW, Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Brochure

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Croatian (Hrvatski), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Macedonian (Македонски), Serbian (Српски), Spanish (Español) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The 'Your Assessment Clinic visit' brochure provides information about what happens when a woman has been asked to come back for further tests.

Please note that the English version pictured is for reference only and not available for order.

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Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Flipchart

For use by:

• Bi-lingual community educators and cultural liaison officers trained to use the resources
• Health professionals

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ), Bengali (বাংলা), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Dari (دری ), Farsi (فارسی), Khmer, Korean (한국어), Nepali (नेपाली), Spanish (Español), Thai (ภาษาไทย), Tibetan, Turkish (Türkçe) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The 'Cervical screening - Taking care of your health' flipchart is designed to support those providing information on cervical screening to women from different cultural backgrounds. 

Please note that the English version pictured is for reference only and not available for order.

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Organisation: National Cervical Screening Program, Australian Government

Type of resource: Visual guide

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Khmer, Korean (한국어), Spanish (Español), Thai (ภาษาไทย), Turkish (Türkçe) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The 'Cervical Screening Test – How to collect your own sample' visual guide is helps people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities understand how to collect their own vaginal sample if they choose self-collection as a screening option for their Cervical Screening Test

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Organisation: National Cervical Screening Program, Australian Government

Type of resource: Video

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Cantonese - Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Khmer, Korean (한국어), Mandarin - Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Spanish (Español), Thai (ภาษาไทย), Turkish (Türkçe) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

A four-minute video explaining how to take your own Cervical Screening Test sample if self-collection is chosen as the screening option for a Cervical Screening Test.

Access the videos:

• English
• Arabi (العربية)
• Cantonese - Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
• Khmer
• Korean (한국어)
• Mandarin - Traditional Chinese (繁體中)
• Spanish (Español)
• Thai (ภาษาไทย)
• Turkish (Türkçe)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Organisation: National Cervical Screening Program, Australian Government

Type of resource: Factsheet

For use by: Health care providers

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Khmer, Korean (한국어), Spanish (Español), Thai (ภาษาไทย), Turkish (Türkçe) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The 'Cervical Screening in Australia' factsheet helps health care providers to discuss whether self-collection may be an option for participants in the National Cervical Screening Program.

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Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Flipchart

For use by:

• Bi-lingual community educators and cultural liaison officers trained to use the resources
• Health professionals

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ), Bengali (বাংলা), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Dari (دری ), Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ), Korean (한국어), Macedonian (Македонски), Mongolian (Монгол), Nepali (नेपाली), Samoan (Samoa), Spanish (Español), Tagalog, Thai (ภาษาไทย), Ukrainian (українська), Urdu (اردو) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The ‘Staying well and preventing cancer’ flipchart is a tool to support health or community workers/educators to provide education to multicultural communities about cancer prevention and healthy living behaviours.

The accompanying facilitator guide is available in English only.

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Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Website

For use by:

• General public
• Health care providers and community organisations to provide to the general public

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Chinese Simplified (简体中文), Chinese Traditional (繁體中) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The iCanQuit website contains videos and written information about Quitline and tips to quit smoking.

Access the website:

• English
• Arabic (العربية)
• Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
• Traditional Chinese (繁體中)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Webpages

For use by:

• People with a cancer diagnosis
• Carers
• Health care providers

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Spanish (Español) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The general cancer information webpages for multicultural communities provide information for patients and carers about having cancer, diagnosis, treatment, staying physically and emotionally well, side 
effects, and finding support. The pages also provide links to checklists and resources to support people with cancer. 

Access the resources:

• English
• Arabic (العربية)
• Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
• Traditional Chinese (繁體中)
• Greek (Ελληνικά)
• Italian (Italiano)
• Korean (한국어)
• Spanish (Español)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Web section and audio

For use by:

• People with a cancer diagnosis
• Carers
• Health care providers

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Spanish (Español) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The 'Know the T.I.P.S. - Improve your cancer care' provides written information and audio clips to help people with cancer improve the care that they receive. 

Access the resources:

• English
• Arabic (العربية)
• Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
• Traditional Chinese (繁體中)
• Greek (Ελληνικά)
• Italian (Italiano)
• Korean (한국어)
• Spanish (Español)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Organisation: eviQ, Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Factsheets

For use by:

• People with a cancer diagnosis
• Carers
• Health care providers

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), French (Français), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Macedonian (Македонски), Spanish (Español), Thai (ภาษาไทย) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The eviQ patient information factsheets include information on chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy and side effects of cancer treatment such as infection, nausea, vomiting, skin changes and mouth problems. 

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• English
• Arabic (العربية)
• Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
• Traditional Chinese (繁體中)
• French (Français)
• Greek (Ελληνικά)
• Italian (Italiano)
• Korean (한국어)
• Macedonian (Македонски)
• Spanish (Español)
• Thai (ภาษาไทย)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Webpage and audio

For use by:

• People with a cancer diagnosis
• Carers
• Health care providers

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), French (Français), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Spanish (Español), Tagalog, Tamil (தமிழ்) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

Information about clinical trials for people with cancer to support them in deciding if a clinical trial is the right option for them.

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Organisation: Cancer Institute NSW

Type of resource: Factsheet

For use by:

• People with a cancer diagnosis
• Carers
• Health care providers

Available languages: English, Arabic (العربية), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Traditional Chinese (繁體中), Greek (Ελληνικά), Italian (Italiano), Korean (한국어), Spanish (Español) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Overview:

The Patient Reported Measures (PRMs) Patient Factsheet provides information about patient wellbeing surveys conducted at NSW cancer centres.

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