$4 million investment in health projects for culturally diverse Australians

The Morrison Government is investing almost $4 million into a range of projects to improve health outcomes for some of the most culturally diverse Australians.

The funding, to be provided through the National Women's Health Strategy, National Men's Strategy and the Child and Youth Health grants, will particularly assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those in the community identified as most at risk of poor health outcomes.

Thirty-nine projects across Australia will be funded, with project scopes ranging from mental health support, to improving nutrition, to increasing health literacy in culturally diverse communities.

Other projects include:

Innovative public awareness and health promotion initiatives
Initiatives to improve health and wellbeing within priority population groups
Programs to support parents and carers of young children
Training for health professionals and educators to enhance their capacity to support children and young people.

The National Women's Health Strategy, National Men's Strategy and the Child and Youth Health grants all form a part of our coordinated national approach to improving health outcomes, particularly those at greatest risk of poor health.

The Morrison Government is committed to investing in projects which deliver the best, most up-to-date health care, to ensure that all Australians, no matter where they live or what their circumstance, can access health and wellbeing programs in their own communities.

Successful applicants under the National Women's Health Strategy and National Men's Health Strategy - Health Promotion Grant Opportunity

Organisation	Project name	State/Territory
CASS Care Ltd	Promoting healthy eating and physical activity in young people from Chinese backgrounds	NSW
Central Highlands Association of Neighbourhood Houses	New Pathways for Health	VIC
Curtin University	Using sport as a vehicle to address unmet health and well-being needs of disadvantaged overweight and obese men in remote, rural and regional Australia	WA
Family Planning NSW	Know your Health: menarche and menstruation	NSW
Marathon Health Ltd	Deadly Murun_garra (Alive) - Aboriginal First Aid Training	NSW
Menzies School of Health Research	Co-designing First Language resources to promote metabolic health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women; and Confident and Healthy Aboriginal Males Program (CHAMP): The development and piloting of a strength-based outreach health promotion program for young Aboriginal males in the Northern Territory	NT
Migration Council Australia	Healthy horizons: Improving health literacy of women from migrant and refugee backgrounds; and Fathering across cultures - fostering mental health wellbeing among new fathers from migrant and refugee backgrounds	National
Monash University	EXTEND PREFER: Improving contraceptive health literacy and increasing LARC knowledge, preference, and uptake among women from rural and remote areas, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds	National
National Ageing Research Institute Limited	ADAPT: Animating Dementia Prevention in CALD Communities	National
National Heart Foundation of Australia	Supporting CALD Women's Hearts	VIC
Oz Help Foundation Ltd	Preventative workplace mental health support options for farmers, rural workers and truck drivers: improving wellbeing outcomes and reducing suicide risk	National
PANDA - Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia Inc	Building Awareness and Promoting Mental Health for At Risk Men during the Perinatal Period	National
Sydney Health Literacy Lab, The University of Sydney	Growing the health literacy skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and caregivers	NSW
Sydney University Sport and Fitness Ltd	Her Flame Burns Brighter	NSW
Syndromes Without A Name (S.W.A.N) Australia	SWAN Easy English Resources Project	VIC
The Jean Hailes Foundation	Managing PCOS in Indigenous Communities: a community-led approach	NT
The University of Sydney	Preconception care in priority groups: optimisation and dissemination of an online preconception health self-assessment tool	National
Wyndham Community & Education Centre Inc	Wyndham Citizen's Academy - a Walk through Women's Health; and Wyndham Citizen's Academy - a Walk through Men's Health	VIC

Successful applicants under the Child and Youth Health Grant Opportunity

Organisation	Project	State/Territory
Australasian College of Dermatologists	Improving skin health literacy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people	National
Australian Catholic University Limited	D.A.N.C.E - Demonstrating Achievement Through Nurturing Cultural Engagement	QLD
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth Ltd	Building capacity in the regional workforce through an evidence-based trainer program	NSW
Curtin University	Milkman: Supporting Rural and remote fathers	WA
Eczema Support Australia Ltd	Eczema School Kit	National
Flinders University	Supporting the mental health of young people with autism: responding to their perspectives on what works to prevent bullying	SA & NSW
Griffith University	Connecting2u	QLD
Menzies School of Health Research	Challenging harmful gender norms and alcohol consumption through targeted youth focused health promotion strategies in the NT	NT
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Empowering Parents Empowering Communities - Building community resilience through a peer-led parenting model	VIC, WA & TAS
Murdoch University	Deadly Koolinga Chef Program: Kwob mereny, moorditj kaadadjan (good food, wonderful learning)	WA
Orygen	Developing and testing an intervention to promote sexual health needs of young people with mental ill-health	VIC
Rural Health Tasmania Incorporated	RULER - Improving emotional intelligence, resilience and mental health outcomes in rural youth	TAS
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Limited	Prevention of internalising difficulties in the middle years: Comparing effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C) to traditional Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).	SA
The University of Newcastle, Australia	DadsPlay2 - Feasibility of a father-child program for children with behavioural difficulties	NSW & QLD
Telethon Kids Institute	Training Health Providers to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQIA+ youth	WA
University of Technology Sydney	Examining the implementation of an integrated psychosocial and physical activity program targeting mental, social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander girls: The SISTA program	NSW
Wycheproof Community Resource Centre	Buloke Youth Health Expo	VIC
Youth & Family Education Resources P/L	The Real Deal - Educating young men about healthy relationships and becoming strong dads	National

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