Prevention for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) communities

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 2 number 2, November 2003

This issue of DrugInfo discusses drug prevention strategies for culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

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Contents

WYPIN: Focusing on refugee and migrant young people
Kavitha Chandra-Shekeran, Western Young People’s Independent Network

Drug prevention: The solution’s in our communities
Guest editorial by Aubrey Schwarz, Director, Catalyst Enterprises

Drugs in a multicultural community
Gary Reid, Senior Research Officer, The Centre for Harm Reduction, The Burnet Institute

Healthy Communities Program
Catherine Doherty, Secretariat, Premier’s Drug Prevention Council

ECCV Drugs Task ForceAn Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria working party
Judith Klepner, Policy and Regional Officer, ECCV

Challenging existing attitudes in CLD communities/ organisations towards drugs and prevention
Eddie Micallef, Chairperson, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria Drugs Task Force

Getting drugs issues in the front door through prevention
by the Drug & Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre, New South Wales

Supporting the health sector to be more responsive to the needs of our diverse community
Annabel Barbara, Executive Manager, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health

Diversion through sport and recreation: Issues for CLD young people
Steve Francis, Policy & Projects Co-ordinator, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues