Culturally and linguistically diverse communities and drug prevention

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 5, no. 2, June 2007

This issue of DrugInfo revisits the subject of drug prevention among culturally and linguistically diverse communities and looks at current initiatives and thinking on this area.

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Contents

Bridging a cultural drug education divide in school
Robyn Ramsden, Senior Project Officer, Drug Education, Targeted Initiatives Unit, Department of Education, Victoria

Issues for CLD clients in accessing appropriate treatment  
Guest editorial by Connie Donato-Hunt, Research Officer, Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre

ABCD in Vietnamese
Judy Cain, Education Coordinator, Mary of the Cross Centre, a service of Centacare Catholic Family Services

Education: A two-way process
Judy Cain, Education Coordinator, Mary of the Cross Centre, a service of Centacare Catholic Family Services

Drugs and their effects
Cindy Van Rooy, InfoDesk Coordinator, DrugInfo Clearinghouse Creating Conversations in first language by Robyn Ramsden, Senior Project Officer, Drug Education, Targeted Initiatives Unit, Department of Education, Victoria

Evidence-based practice in prevention work with CLD communities
Helen Sowey, Project Officer, Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC)

Providing drug information for CLD communities—a smorgasbord of options
Helen Sowey, Officer, Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre

Theory at work: Peer education in an Aboriginal community
Lauren Stracey, Manly Drug Education and Counselling Centre