Frequently Asked Questions

LOCATION: Grand Ballroom 1 & 2 8:00am - 8:10am | MC Welcome 8:10am - 8:25am | Welcome to Country and performance 8:25am - 8:40am | Welcome by Carlo Carli, FECCA Chairperson 8:40am - 8:55am | Opening Address Hon. Ryan Park MP, NSW Health Minister, Minister for Regional Health 8:55am - 9:10am | Keynote Dr Dinesh Palipana, Emergency Department, Gold Coast University Hospital 9:10am - 9:20am | Keynote Professor Habib Naqvi MBE, Chief Executive, NHS Race Health Observatory 9:20 am - 10:30am | Panel Discussion FACILITATOR: Marina Chand, World Wellness Group Professor Habib Naqvi MBE, Chief Executive, NHS Race Health Observatory Dr Dinesh Palipana, Emergency Department, Gold Coast University Hospital Henry Ko, Consumer Representative, Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative Siri Gunawardana, Acting Manager, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health Professor Claire Vajdic, UNSW and the Kirby Institute

LOCATION: Ballroom 1 FACILITATOR: Omar Al-Ani, Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative Zarlasht Sarwari, Western Sydney University, Challenging Racism Project TITLE: Applying evidence based research to advance anti-racism best practice in the health sector. Maia Ambegaokar, Centre for Population Genomics TITLE: Overcoming systemic racism in genetic medical data: Involving Australia’s ethnic minorities in genomic health research. Rosalie Atie, Australian Human Rights Commission TITLE: Cultural safety for health & wellbeing - findings from the Australian Human Rights Commission's scoping for a National Anti-Racism Framework. Louis Ndagijimana, Lived Experience, NSW Health TITLE: Equitable Access to and participation: Health services for CALD in Australia

LOCATION: Ballroom 2 FACILITATOR: Renea Camilleri, Jean Hailes for Women's Health Helen Rogers & Rubina Huq, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) TITLE: A Bridge to Health: The Cross Cultural Workers in Maternity and Child and Family Health model of care for women and families from migrant and refugee backgrounds. Grace Vu & Maral Jano, Sydney Local Health District TITLE: "Riding the Vegetable Horse" - A multilingual Children's Book. Eden Malama, Brisbane South PHN, & Dr Inez Faingaá-Manu Sione, Griffith University and Village Connect TITLE: Pasifika and Māori Health and Wellbeing - A Strategic Framework and Action Plan for Brisbane South 2020-2025. Dr Danielle Muscat, The University of Sydney TITLE: Feasibility study of the Skills Training and Education to Prevent Stillbirth (STEPS) program for culturally and linguistically-diverse pregnant women in western Sydney.

LOCATION: Hyde Park Room FACILITATOR: Hamza Vayani, Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative Dr Humaira Maheen, University of Melbourne TITLE: Suicide mortality of Australian migrants between 2006-2019 – An intersectionality approach. Leith Symes & Andrea Shepherd, South East Community Links TITLE: Learning from lived experiences: A journey of community co-design with alcohol and other drug service providers to improve inclusion of culturally diverse community members. Ruth Das, Embrace Multicultural Mental Health TITLE: TBA Rita Prasad-Ildes, World Wellness Group TITLE: Incorporating Multicultural Lived Experience in the delivery of Multicultural Psychological Therapies.

LOCATION: Ballroom 2 FACILITATOR: Dr Chris Lemoh, Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative Dr Bernadette Brady, and Mona Dawoud (Consumer), South Western Sydney Local Health District TITLE: Consumers as partners: Bringing inclusive research and service delivery together for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. Bianca Brijnath, National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) TITLE: “We are not invited”: Why culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) participants are underrepresented in clinical trials and how to boost participation. Stella May Gwini TITLE: You have to be in it to win it! - Exclusion of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations in Medical Research. Budi Sudarto, Ananda Training & Consultancy Edwin Adrianta Surijah, Third Queer Culture TITLE: (Not) Lost in Translation: Delivering an Inclusive Service for LGBTIQA+ Clients.

LOCATION: Ballroom 1 FACILITATOR: Henry Ko, Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative Linh Nguyen, Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland TITLE: My story and my community. Koko Kalajian & Naw P Y Htoo, with Nina Chegini (Support), Cultura TITLE: Breaking Barriers Together-Culturally Inclusive Mental Health Tony Lee, LEXIGO TITLE: A new co-creation model for CALD community health promotion Cathy Butler, Northern Sydney Local Health District Meredith Kay, BreastScreen NSW Northern Sydney Central Coast TITLE: Partnering with a refugee client to improve service access and the patient experience: lessons learnt.

LOCATION: Hyde Park Room FACILITATOR: Leissa West (Pitts), Multicultural and Refugee Health for Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD Zhihong Gu, Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland TITLE: Addressing Sensitive Health Issues in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: A Comprehensive Approach to Combat Hepatitis B and HIV. Dr Josefine Antoniades, National Ageing Research Institute TITLE: Health literacy and older adults: Findings from a national population-based survey. Leena Purathure & Carole Chow, Multicultural Services -SWSLHD TITLE: Living Well With Kidney Diseases: Self-Management And Wellbeing Program For Renal Dialysis Patients. Sarp Kaya, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare TITLE: Chronic health conditions among culturally and linguistically diverse Australians, Census 2021.

LOCATION: Ballroom 1 FACILITATOR: Mark Painting, CEO, National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Emiliano Zucchi, VITS LanguageLoop TITLE: An integrated system of language services provision in hospitals. Sylvia Giannone, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS) TITLE: Developing health resources for people from refugee backgrounds: Best practice guide for NSW Health staff. Jinhyun Cho, Macquarie University TITLE: Interpreters as translation machines: telephone interpreting challenges as awareness problems. Samantha Siyambalapitiya, Griffith University TITLE: Speech pathologist perspectives about working with interpreters in a hospital setting to support adults with acquired communication disorders.

LOCATION: Ballroom 2 FACILITATOR: Sarah Yassein, SBS Dr Kuinileti Chang Wai, Oceania Pacific Health Association (OPHA) Dr Eta Raicebe, Oceania Pacific Health Association (OPHA) TITLE: COVID-19 Community Outreach Program: Pacific Community Queensland. Rowena Assaad, CORE Community services TITLE: Mental health literacy and awareness through Arts & Theatre. Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Stillbirth TITLE: Cultural Adaptation of the Safer Baby Bundle. Dr Nouhad El-Haddad, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia TITLE: Shisha No Thanks: a co-designed project to raise awareness of the harms of shisha smoking among young people.

LOCATION: Hyde Park Room FACILITATOR: Elfa Moraitakis, CEO, SydWest Multicultural Services Dr Josefine Antoniades, National Ageing Research Institute TITLE: "Oh, so there really is dementia"- co-creating digital dementia resources with Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. Bree Herndon, Melaleuca Australia TITLE: Multicultural Health in the Northern Territory: Identifying opportunities to improve health delivery to culturally and linguistically diverse Territorians. Lucyna Urbanski, South Western Sydney Local Health District TITLE: Ageing well - A community education approach for CALD older people. Robert Day, Assistant Secretary, Dementia Diversity and Design Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care TITLE: Department of Health and Aged Care and Supporting Our CALD Communities

LOCATION: Ballroom 2 FACILITATOR: Herbert Down, Australian Digital Health Agency Despina Amanatidou & Silvia Pfeiffer, 2M Language Services TITLE: Access to Multilingual Telehealth as a Pathway to Health Equity: Coviu's Virtual Care Platform + 2M lingo™. Medha Gunawardana & Nalika Ahangama, Australian Multicultural Community Services Ltd TITLE: AMCS Digital Piazza – Improving Digital Access and Equity for Multicultural Communities. Sashini Koshila Weeratunge, Monash University TITLE: CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) community’s engagement with hospital patient portals. Nina Evason & Luke Latimer, Mosaica TITLE: Bridging cultural gaps in healthcare with AI-powered tools: Using digital informational resources to improve service delivery and engagement with migrant and refugee communities.

LOCATION: Ballroom 1 FACILITATOR: Ashley Young, Hunter New England LHD Sameera Suleman, World Wellness Group TITLE: Multicultural Health System Navigation: Facilitating Equity. Ian Vaile, Healthdirect Australia TITLE: Case study: Developing and maintaining self-help health tools in language. Hiyah Rahman & Hiba Ayass, Whittlesea Community Connections TITLE: Bi-Cultural Health Navigator Project. Bronwyn Morrish, Primary Care Division - Department of Health and Aged Care TITLE: Supporting Access to Primary Care Services for Multicultural Communities Ms Ping Qiao with Ms Zeta Chan (Interpreter), Encompass Connector , CASS

LOCATION: Hyde Park Room FACILITATOR: Lisa Woodland, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service Gayathri Dharmagesan, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service TITLE: Multicultural Health Week (MHW) campaign “Cancer Screening Saves Lives” to promote the three national cancer screening programs. Samantha Croy, Centre for Population Genomics TITLE: ‘The more talk you do, the more you confuse people’: Effective communication of participant information to groups underrepresented in genomics research. Simeon Remata, Queensland University of Technology TITLE: More Than Deficit Approach: Creating Animated Video Resources To Enhance HIV Literacy Of Key Priority Migrant Populations In Australia. Silva Nazaretian, enliven Victoria TITLE: Reflections and Renewal: Supporting the health and wellbeing of multicultural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond .