Tracey O’Brien, Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of Cancer Institute NSW, shared Cancer Institute NSW’s post on LinkedIn:
“We know that when health messages come from trusted community voices, people listen.
In recognition of World Cancer Day, over the past month, Cancer Institute NSW has been proud to work with passionate multicultural community partners to help share life-saving cancer prevention, screening and care messages in a way that genuinely reflects their communities.
Through song, dance, food and shared experiences, people of all ages were given a safe space to hear and talk about cancer, a topic that can carry stigma in various cultures.
Partnering with grassroot community groups means we can share information in the right language, in the right place, with the right support, so no one misses out because the system felt too hard or too foreign. It’s only by working together that we can close the cancer gap in multicultural communities.
I’d like to thank the incredible community groups who recently hosted seven important events and for their ongoing efforts to keep their communities healthy and well:
- Reaching Pacific Island communities: Western Sydney Local Health District, Mt. Druitt Ethnic Communities Agency, Pasifika Moving, Lei of Hope, Pacific Island Mt. Druitt Action Network, and MATAI.
- Reaching Pakistani communities: Shaukat Khanum Foundation and Pakistan Association of Australia
- Reaching Arabic speaking men: Arabic Speaking Men’s Health Group, Western Sydney Local Health District
- Reaching refugee communities: Albury Wodonga Ethnic Communities Council Inc
- Reaching Indian sub-continent communities: Pink Sari Inc and Sikh Community SGL Inc
- Reaching Afghan communities: Afghan Women on the Move
- Reaching Sierra Leona communities: Sierra Leone Women’s Wanword Inc.”
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