HealthWize is a health literacy program for secondary school aged students from refugee and other culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds learning English. The program aims to improve health knowledge and develop skills to access health services in Australia. It is a comprehensive resource with a wide range of lessons that teachers can deliver directly, or select activities to suit their specific programs. The program is complemented by an audio file. Many activities can be used in mainstream health and Physical Education classes. Click here for more information.
Getting Yourself to the Doctor video is aimed at high school aged youth. It depicts a young person who may be pregnant and looks at how she accesses the health system and her options. Youth program officers, and real students, young people and General Practitioners wrote the script . General Practitioners and a pharmacist acted in the video. The video has been well utilised in the various Division high school based programs and youth centres and has been well received by students.'I loved the videos with kids our age' 'Finally, a video that's interesting and informative' - comments by 14 year old students. "A quality resource which can be well utilised" comment by a teacher; 'It's a really profesisonal product' comment by a GP. For further information contact Perth Central Coastal Division of General Practice.
Going to a Doctor in Australia video is aimed at newly arrived people in australia from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) backgrounds. the video depicts a woman who is unwell and needs to see a doctor. The video runs as a step-by-stip guide to how to navigate the health care system. The video uses actual overseas students from Uganda, Hong Kong and Vietnam. The video also had the added outcome of having the video mass-produced into Rom format with an accompanying booklet titled the 'WA Health Care Information Booklet'. There were 1000 copies of the booklet distributed with the CD Roms. The video was well received by migrant service providers.