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Project Partner Profiles and Contact Details
Multicultural Mental Health Australia and the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) have received funding under the Rural Quality Use of Medicines Community Projects Scheme of the National Prescribing Service to conduct the No More Mualagh Project to address the information needs of Afghani people (Dari and Farsi speakers) in rural areas. This collaboration will provide invaluable information, not only on the safe use of medication in the treatment of mental illness, but on the process of engaging communities in the development of that material.
Our thanks go to the South Australian based Afghan consumers who have provided valuable input into our understanding of Afghan communities living in rural areas in Australia. The fact sheets about the safe use of antidepressant medication, for both Afghan refugees and service providers, have been developed and tested with their assistance.
We are also grateful to
- SANE Australia whose information on depression and anti-depressant medication were used in the project
- the GPs and community pharmacists who assisted with the development of the information for service providers.
Profiles
Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) is the National leader in mental health and suicide prevention for Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. MMHA links a wide range of state and territory mental health specialists and services, advocacy groups and tertiary institutions to promote the mental health and wellbeing of Australia’s culturally diverse communities. MMHA is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing under the National Mental Health Strategy and National Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Tel: 02 9840 3333
Email: admin@mmha.org.au
National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) is the national consumer-based peak body for people from a non-English speaking background (NESB) with disability, their families and carers. NEDA’s overarching aim is to advocate at a federal level for the rights and interests of people from a NESB with disability, their families and carers. All activities undertaken by NEDA include strong consumer involvement and are based on principles of representation, advocacy and equity.
NEDA also works closely with its state and territory members to ensure that the needs of people from a NESB with a disability are met. In states and territories where no NESB-disability advocacy agency exists, NEDA undertakes development work to try and establish a structure that can support people from a NESB with disability. NEDA is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Family & Community Services to provide policy advice to the Australian Government.
Tel: 02 9687 8933
Email: dqian at neda.org.au
Associate Professor Nicholas Procter, University of South Australia has more than 20 years experience in the health sector and is a distinguished mental health nurse and researcher with a strong focus on issues of multicultural mental health care. A key focus of his work is finding effective ways in which health and human service professional can engage with their clients to improve individual and organisational outcomes.
In 1999 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Hawke Institute, (Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre). He has received the University of South Australia Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Community Service (1999, 2001 and 2003) and continues to strive for fresh approaches to clinical and applied scholarship. In 2002 he graduated as a Fellow of the Governor’s Leadership Foundation and during the same year received the prestigious Government of South Australia Nursing Excellence Award for Nursing Education.
Tel: 0417 080 630
Email: Nicholas.Procter at unisa.edu.au
