Negotiating the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Children's Health Care: The Australian Context

文化和语言多样性(CALD)澳大利亚人人口的增加带来了挑战，到目前为止，研究只是部分地确定和解决了这些挑战。特别是，家庭动态、育儿做法和关于儿童疾病的特定文化信仰影响并有时严重阻碍了有效利用我们卫生保健系统的所有方面。该项目将采用定性和定量的方法，通过绘制卫生服务提供界面上的文化习俗的范围，提供符合文化的相关数据，为新南威尔士州CALD儿童和父母/照顾者的卫生服务政策、规划和资源分配提供信息，从而产生基于澳大利亚证据的研究。

The increasing population of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians creates challenges which research to date has only partially identified and addressed. In particular, family dynamics, parenting practices and culturally specific beliefs regarding illness in childhood influence and at times severely inhibit effective access to all aspects of our health care system. Employing qualitative and quantitative methods, this project will generate Australian evidence-based research by mapping the range of cultural practices at the interface of health service provision, providing culturally appropriate and relevant data to inform policy, planning and resourcing of health services for CALD children and parents/carers in NSW.