Project Evaluation: Capacity building of bilingual community educators to deliver cervical screening updates to refugee women in South Western and Western Sydney Local Health Districts
Research status
Completed
Overview of Study
Family Planning NSW (FPNSW) is working with existing bilingual community educators (BCEs) in South Western and Western Sydney to develop a training manual and a suite of culturally appropriate education and community resources around changes to the National Cervical Screening Program. Female BCEs will be trained as part of the project to facilitate and deliver culturally tailored, updated information to women from refugee communities, specifically Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Myanmar. An evaluation will be undertaken to determine the effectiveness of the training provided to the BCEs.
Know Your Health: Cervical Screening Test
What is cervical cancer?
Our bodies are made up of millions of cells.
New cells grow every day.
Sometimes when cells grow differently they can turn into cancer.
Cervical cancer is cancer in the cervix.
The cervix is inside the body at the top of the vagina.
What causes cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus. Human papillomavirus is sometimes called HPV.
There are many types of HPV. Women and men can get HPV. HPV is very common. Anyone who has ever had sexual contact could have HPV.
Digital stories shine light on multicultural health
Family Planning NSW has launched eight short videos that aim to break down concerns about accessing reproductive and sexual health care within the multicultural community.
Talking to migrant and refugee young people about sexual health in general practice
Reference
Botfield J R, Newman C E, Kang M, Zwi A B, 2018, Talking to migrant and refugee young people about sexual health in general practice, Australian Journal of General Practice, 47(8) 564-569Learning about sex and relationships among migrant and refugee young people in Sydney, Australia: ‘I never got the talk about the birds and the bees’
Reference
Botfield J R, Zwi A B, Rutherford A, Newman C E, 2018, Learning about sex and relationships among migrant and refugee young people in Sydney, Australia: ‘I never got the talk about the birds and the bees’, Sex Education, Online https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2018.1464905Other Locations
Family Planning Australia conducts outreach clinics through partnerships with a range of NSW organisations across the state. The current outreach clinic locations are Blacktown, Cobar, Campbelltown and Nyngan.
Engaging Migrant and Refugee Young People with Sexual Health Care: Does Generation Matter More Than Culture?
Reference
Botfield J R, Newman C E, Zwi A B, 2018, Engaging Migrant and Refugee Young People with Sexual Health Care: Does Generation Matter More Than Culture?, Sex Res Soc Policy, Online https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-018-0320-6Know Your Health: Menopause
