Enhancing CALD Cultural Competence

Cultural diversity in the New Zealand population is growing leading to increasing cross cultural interactions between clinicians and patients and between employees.

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CALD refers to culturally and linguistically diverse groups who are migrants and refugees from Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) backgrounds.

Check out what we have achieved for the period Feb 2018 to Jan 2019

eCALD educational programme won a major award at the 2018 Diversity Awards NZ

Check out the findings of the newly released “Pre and Post CALD Training Evaluation Study 2018”

Hear what the health workforce have to say about the increasing diversity, the impact it has on cross-cultural interactions and why cultural competence is essential

CALD Cultural Competency Courses

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Courses for working with CALD patients

For the New Zealand health workforce to enhance cultural competencies working with CALD patients/clients.

Courses for Culturally Diverse Workplaces

For the New Zealand health workforce to enhance cross-cultural interactions between staff and staff and between managers and staff.

Eligibility and Enrolment

Find out if you are eligible for free CALD courses and how to register/enrol for both online and face to face courses.

Cultural Resources

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Cross Cultural Resources

Resources for the New Zealand heath workforce to further enhance cultural understanding working with CALD patients/clients in PDF/HTML format.

Publications

List of publications relating to Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and African populations.

Migrant and Refugee Services

Information relating to CALD migrant and refugee health and social support services.

Latest news

Mar2019

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