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Successful engagement with diverse communities

Recruitment often presents as a stumbling block for clinicians wishing to undertake research within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, particularly where clinicians themselves come from a different background. Cultural sensitivity—genuine and tangible awareness and respect for members of the community, their beliefs and customs—is essential to successful engagement with CALD communities. In this video, […]

Engaging with diverse communities

Many clinicians recognise the importance of developing research questions around assessing and improving healthcare within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, and in including CALD communities within broader research studies. However many clinicians struggle with knowing where to begin: how to identify the key issues facing CALD communities, how to access those populations and invite […]

The importance of involving diverse populations in research

South Western Sydney Local Health District is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) in the world, yet most of the research on which we base our everyday clinical practice examines populations that do not reflect this diversity. A key priority for research in the district is to create a clinical evidence-base that […]