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.
CALD refers to culturally and linguistically diverse groups who are migrants and refugees from Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) backgrounds.
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
Take a look at our ‘Cross-cultural Resource for Health Practitioners’ which has tips on Asian, Middle Eastern and African cultures
Check out what we have achieved for the period Feb 2017 to Jan 2018
![Our "Caring for Asian Children" [e-Book] offers strategies on how to be responsive to Asian families when caring for their children!](/assets/PromoGraphics/Asian-Children-Resource.png)
Our "Caring for Asian Children" [e-Book] offers strategies on how to be responsive to Asian families when caring for their children!
A new course "Working in a Mental Health Context with CALD Children and Adolescents" is now available
If you are caring for CALD women during their pregnancy, birth, and postnatal period, here is a resource for you!
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Nov 2018
Inequities for Maori, Pacific and Indian mothers and babies [PMMRC Report, 2018]
The latest report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC, 2018) shows inequities for Maori, Pacific and Indian mothers and babies. There were significantly higher neonatal death rates for babies without congenital anomalies of Maori, Pacific and Indian mothers compared to mothers of Other Asian, Other European and...
Nov 2018
Older Asian Migrants’ Psychological Well-being [an AUT study]
An Auckland University of Technology (AUT) study shows that strong relationships in community networks are important for older Asian migrants’ psychological well-being. The study found ethnic enclaves and volunteering were "pivotal" for the wellbeing of late-life recent Asian migrants.