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100 Amharic resources in total. These resources are listed in order of the topic they belong to.Victorian resources - 28
Alcohol and other drugs
Title: Safe retrieval and disposal of needles and syringesSummary: This resource provides information on how to dispose of need and syringes safely and what to do in case of a needle stick injury.
Cancer
Title: UV radiation and vitamin D for people with naturally very dark skinSummary: It is important for children with naturally very dark skin to get some sun when outside.
Children's health
Title: Head Lice - Treating and Controlling Head LiceSummary: Information about detection, treatment, control and prevention.
Title: Rubella - Facts, Prevention and Treatment
Summary: This document contains information on Rubella, including Facts, Prevention and Treatment
Disabilities
Title: Companion card - Cardholder handbookSummary:
Title: Disability Act
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Title: Disability Act 2006 complaints brochure
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Title: Disability services Individual Support Package handbook
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Title: Disability Services Respite Support information sheet
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Discrimination
Title: Information on discriminationSummary:
Diseases and conditions
Title: Head Lice - Treating and Controlling Head LiceSummary: Information about detection, treatment, control and prevention.
Environment
Title: Bushfire smoke and your healthSummary: Bushfire smoke can reduce air quality in rural and urban areas and may affect people’s health. This fact sheet provides information on bushfire smoke, how it can affect you and your family’s health, and actions that you can take to avoid or reduce potential health effects.
Title: Power blackouts - using alternative fuel and electricity generation safely
Summary: When power outages occur, usually as a result of severe weather events, people sometimes use alternative sources of fuel or electricity generation for cooking, lighting, heating, or power. Portable generators can allow some normal activities to continue, however it is important to use them with extreme caution.
General health
Title: Bushfire smoke and your healthSummary: Bushfire smoke can reduce air quality in rural and urban areas and may affect people’s health. This fact sheet provides information on bushfire smoke, how it can affect you and your family’s health, and actions that you can take to avoid or reduce potential health effects.
Title: Welcome to your parks
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Health services/patients' rights
Title: Consumer privacy information brochureSummary: Health information is often particularly sensitive, therefore consumers need to be confident that their information will be handled appropriately and confidentially. This makes it critical that at the time of collecting information, the consumer is provided with information about their privacy. The consumer privacy information brochure "Your Information, It's Private" has been developed to assist in this process.
Housing
Title: Public HousingSummary: This guide has information to help new migrants to Victoria to access public housing as quickly as possible. This guide also has information on community organisations that can help to apply for public housing (see Who can help me?).
Title: Tenants' Rights
Summary: This handbook outlines the basic principles of the Residential Tenancies Act and answers the most common tenancies questions.
Immunisation
Title: Rubella - Facts, Prevention and TreatmentSummary: This document contains information on Rubella, including Facts, Prevention and Treatment
Infections
Title: Hepatitis C - The FactsSummary: Information about symptoms, transmission, prevention, management of infection, availability of treatment, testing and discrimination. Harm reduction strategies for people who inject drugs are included.
Title: HIV/AIDS - Your Questions Answered
Summary: Information about HIV/AIDS, its causes, testing, transmission and treatment.
Title: Safe retrieval and disposal of needles and syringes
Summary: This resource provides information on how to dispose of need and syringes safely and what to do in case of a needle stick injury.
Legal Rights and Information
Title: Bushfire smoke and your healthSummary: Bushfire smoke can reduce air quality in rural and urban areas and may affect people’s health. This fact sheet provides information on bushfire smoke, how it can affect you and your family’s health, and actions that you can take to avoid or reduce potential health effects.
Title: Consent to Share Information
Summary: Health information is often particularly sensitive, therefore consumers need to be confident that their information will be handled appropriately and confidentially. This makes it critical that at the time of collecting information, the consumer is provided with information about their privacy. The consumer privacy information brochure "Your Information, It's Private" has been developed to assist in this process.
Title: Consumer Privacy Information Brochure
Summary: Health information is often particularly sensitive, therefore consumers need to be confident that their information will be handled appropriately and confidentially. This makes it critical that at the time of collecting information, the consumer is provided with information about their privacy. The consumer privacy information brochure "Your Information, It's Private" has been developed to assist in this process.
Title: Disability Act
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Title: Disability Act 2006 complaints brochure
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Title: Disability services Individual Support Package handbook
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Title: Disability Services Respite Support information sheet
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Title: Do You Have a Legal Problem?
Summary: A general information brochure outlining the services of Victoria Legal Aid.
Title: Information on discrimination
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Title: You have Privacy Rights
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Mental Health/Illness
Title: Tip sheets for carers of people with mental illness and drug use (dual diagnosis)Summary:
Parenting
Title: A baby with down syndromeSummary: A parent's reaction to the news that their baby has Down syndrome can include shock, anger, and grief. Many worry that they will not cope. But most families do cope with support and information.
Physical activity
Title: Playing Team Sport KitSummary: provides a practical step by step guide for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) community groups and interested individuals who wish to access organised sporting activities throughout Victoria.
Title: Welcome to your parks
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Safety
Title: Power blackouts - using alternative fuel and electricity generation safelySummary: When power outages occur, usually as a result of severe weather events, people sometimes use alternative sources of fuel or electricity generation for cooking, lighting, heating, or power. Portable generators can allow some normal activities to continue, however it is important to use them with extreme caution.
Title: Safe retrieval and disposal of needles and syringes
Summary: This resource provides information on how to dispose of need and syringes safely and what to do in case of a needle stick injury.
Settlement Information
Title: A Guide for newly arrived young people. Understanding the Victorian Education and Training SystemSummary: This booklet is designed to meet the information needs of refugee and newly arrived migrant young people who are considering their education and training futures in Australia. The booklet was developed as a response to a perceived need among recently arrived refugee and migrant young people for an introduction to, and overview of, the education and training system in Victoria. Concern had been expressed that while there exists a vast range of educational and training options, there is a lack of information and support available to assist people to 'map out' a structured, clear pathway between courses.
Translation and Interpreting Resources
Title: About ECCVSummary: The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria Inc. (ECCV) is the peak body for ethnic and multicultural organisations in Victoria.
Title: Complaints and Feedback form
Summary: We are committed to providing our clients with quality services and maintaining client privacy and confidentiality. To register a compliment, complaint or suggestion regarding the service or care you have received you may call, email, or write to us.
Welfare benefits and services
Title: Complaints and Feedback formSummary: We are committed to providing our clients with quality services and maintaining client privacy and confidentiality. To register a compliment, complaint or suggestion regarding the service or care you have received you may call, email, or write to us.
Title: Welcome to your parks
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Workplace Safety
Title: Power blackouts - using alternative fuel and electricity generation safelySummary: When power outages occur, usually as a result of severe weather events, people sometimes use alternative sources of fuel or electricity generation for cooking, lighting, heating, or power. Portable generators can allow some normal activities to continue, however it is important to use them with extreme caution.
National resources - 55
Aged care
Title: Aged ProgramSummary:
Alcohol and other drugs
Title: Drugs and their effectsSummary: Fact sheet about different drugs, their common terms, and their potential effects.
Cancer
Title: Pap tests: a way to prevent cervical cancerSummary:
Children's health
Title: A guide for families wanting to find out more about youth services in AustraliaSummary: for families who have migrated to Australia and would like to better understand the role of youth services and how the work with young people.
Title: Childcare in the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)
Summary: The childcare in the AMEP fact sheet outlines the childcare arrangements for AMEP clients who have children under school age and are attending classroom tuition.
Title: Keeping Sport Fun and Safe
Summary: Codes of behaviour for user-friendly junior sports clubs
Title: Studying or training?
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Disabilities
Title: Disability programSummary:
Diseases and conditions
Title: HIV/AIDS service brochureSummary:
Title: Sexual Health and viral hepatitis brochures
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Emergency
Title: Needing help in a crisis?Summary: A one-off payment to help those who have experienced difficult or extreme circumstances.
Title: Tracing Service Information
Summary: Australian Red Cross provides an International Tracing Service that assists families to regain contact when they have become separated as a result of war or disaster.
Environment
Title: Life In AustraliaSummary: Information regarding Australian history, culture, society and values
General health
Title: Cue CardsSummary: ‘Cue Cards’ is a new resource developed by Eastern Health Transcultural Services to assist health professionals and clients / carers who primarily have English language difficulties, or problems communicating with each other.
Title: Pap tests: a way to prevent cervical cancer
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HIV/AIDS
Title: HIV An IntroductionSummary: 1.1 Did you know? 1.2 How can I avoid becoming infected with HIV? 1.3 What's the difference between HIV and AIDS? 1.4 How can I find out if I have HIV? 1.5 How is HIV transmitted? 1.6 How do I know if someone has HIV/AIDS? 1.7 Traveling overseas 1.8 Using interpreters
Legal Rights and Information
Title: All about usSummary:
Title: AMEP Client's Rights and Responsibilities
Summary: This document informs AMEP clients on their rights and responsibilities whilst attending the AMEP.
Title: Are you a parent or guardian?
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Title: HIV/AIDS service brochure
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Title: Information about DNA testing for visa and citizenship applicants
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Title: Needing help in a crisis?
Summary: A one-off payment to help those who have experienced difficult or extreme circumstances.
Title: Parent Consent Forms
Summary: Generic consent forms can be adapted for workers seeking to get parental permission for young people to be involved in activities.
Title: Personal Information Advice
Summary: This advice informs AMEP clients on how information collected by AMEP service providers may be disclosed to other agencies or organisations for the purpose of administering other government programs and services.
Title: Studying or training?
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Title: We Help Asylum Seekers
Summary: We are an independent human rights organization. We don’t work for the government. Our help is free. We work to protect and uphold the human rights of people seeking asylum in Australia. We believe all people should be free.
Medical Procedures
Title: Information about DNA testing for visa and citizenship applicantsSummary:
Mental Health/Illness
Title: Consumer rights and responsibilities in the mental health systemSummary:
Title: Cultural identity and mental health
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Title: Getting help for mental health through a doctor
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Title: Helping someone at risk of suicide
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Title: Mental health and coronary heart disease
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Title: Mental health in a changing world - the impact of culture and diversity
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Title: Mental Health program
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Title: Post traumatic stress disorder
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Title: Psychosis and drug and alcohol issues
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Title: Recovering from a mental illness
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Title: Supporting parents and families: the mental health and well-being of children and young people
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Title: Understanding mental illness
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Title: What is an anxiety disorder
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Title: What is bipolar mood disorder
Summary: This brochure talks about bipolar mood disorder, its symptoms and possible causes, treatment options and where to go for help.
Title: What is challenging behaviour
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Title: What is depressive disorder
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Title: What is eating disorder
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Title: What is mental illness
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Title: What is personality disorder
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Title: What is schizophrenia
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Parenting
Title: Are you a parent or guardian?Summary:
Title: Parent Consent Forms
Summary: Generic consent forms can be adapted for workers seeking to get parental permission for young people to be involved in activities.
Physical activity
Title: Keeping Sport Fun and SafeSummary: Codes of behaviour for user-friendly junior sports clubs
Title: Women: Get Active in Sport & Recreation
Summary: Practical tip sheet for women on how to get active in sport. Includes: How should I start? Where to find out more about sport and recreation; and Hints for maintaining physical activity.
Settlement Information
Title: A guide for families wanting to find out more about youth services in AustraliaSummary: for families who have migrated to Australia and would like to better understand the role of youth services and how the work with young people.
Title: Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)
Summary: The AMEP is a program which provides basic English as a second language (ESL) tuition to help migrants and refugees from non-English speaking backgrounds settle successfully in Australia. This resource provides information about the scheme, who can apply and how and what it can offer. PLEASE NOTE: The English version of this resource is available over a series of web pages. Please click on the relevant links on the first page to download the required section. The translated versions are available as a single PDF file. There are two Chinese versions of this resource, one in Chinese simplified script and one in Chinese traditional script.
Title: Beginning a life in Australia
Summary: The Beginning a Life in Australia booklet welcomes newly-arrived migrants and humanitarian entrants to Australia. It provides useful national, state/territory and local settlement information for migrants, humanitarian entrants, their sponsors and service providers. This information is available to download in English and 37 community languages.
Title: Childcare in the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)
Summary: The childcare in the AMEP fact sheet outlines the childcare arrangements for AMEP clients who have children under school age and are attending classroom tuition.
Title: Compliments and Complaints Brochure
Summary: The department is interested in receiving information from the public relating to suspected offences against Australian immigration and citizenship law. Your information may help the department to maintain the integrity of Australia’s borders and its immigration and citizenship programs.
Title: Life In Australia
Summary: Information regarding Australian history, culture, society and values
Title: Personal Information Advice
Summary: This advice informs AMEP clients on how information collected by AMEP service providers may be disclosed to other agencies or organisations for the purpose of administering other government programs and services.
Title: Settlement information for migrants to Australia
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Title: We can help you learn English
Summary: The We can help you learn English brochure contains information about how the AMEP delivers English language classes to eligible migrants.
Title: We Help Asylum Seekers
Summary: We are an independent human rights organization. We don’t work for the government. Our help is free. We work to protect and uphold the human rights of people seeking asylum in Australia. We believe all people should be free.
Sexual Health
Title: Sexual Health and viral hepatitis brochuresSummary:
Title: SHine SA services
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Welfare benefits and services
Title: Are you a parent or guardian?Summary:
Title: Are you a Seasonal,Contract or Casual (intermittent) worker?
Summary: Information on the preclusion period for Seasonal, Contract or Casual workers.
Title: Centrepay - Manage Your Bills
Summary: Centrepay is a free direct bill-paying service offered to customers receiving Centrelink payments.
Title: Childcare in the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)
Summary: The childcare in the AMEP fact sheet outlines the childcare arrangements for AMEP clients who have children under school age and are attending classroom tuition.
Title: Crisis Payment
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Title: Crisis Payment for Humanitarian Entrants
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Title: Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program
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Title: Looking for work?
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Title: Needing help in a crisis?
Summary: A one-off payment to help those who have experienced difficult or extreme circumstances.
Title: Studying or training?
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Title: Tracing Service Information
Summary: Australian Red Cross provides an International Tracing Service that assists families to regain contact when they have become separated as a result of war or disaster.
Title: We can help you learn English
Summary: The We can help you learn English brochure contains information about how the AMEP delivers English language classes to eligible migrants.
Title: We Help Asylum Seekers
Summary: We are an independent human rights organization. We don’t work for the government. Our help is free. We work to protect and uphold the human rights of people seeking asylum in Australia. We believe all people should be free.
Women's Health
Title: Women: Get Active in Sport & RecreationSummary: Practical tip sheet for women on how to get active in sport. Includes: How should I start? Where to find out more about sport and recreation; and Hints for maintaining physical activity.
Other State and Territories - 17
Abuse
Title: Domestic violence hurts the whole familySummary: This brochure explain what domestic violence is and provides a list of services available for people experiencing domestic violence.
Alcohol and other drugs
Title: Drug information for ParentsSummary: Whether your child chooses to use drugs or not, he or she could be aware of the issue of drugs through the media or peers.
Title: Drug Information for Parents (NSW)
Summary: This pamphlet is designed to help parents to talk with their children more confidently about drugs. It provides you with information and answers to questions asked by many parents. It is based on a harm minimisation philosophy.
Title: Drugs and their effects
Summary: A drug is any substance that brings about physical or psychological changes. A drug can be a solid (khat), liquid (alcohol) or gas (inhalants).
Discrimination
Title: Fair Treatment - Your rightsSummary: This sheets provides a brief overview of what equal opportunity means and includes contact details for the South Australian Commission.
Diseases and conditions
Title: Meningococcal diseaseSummary: Meningococcal disease is a rare but very serious illness that usually appears as meningitis or septicaemia. 'Meningitis' means an inflammation of the protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord. ‘Septicaemia’ means blood poisoning, which is a more widespread infection throughout the body.
Title: Meningococcal group C disease
Summary: Meningococcal disease is a rare but very serious illness that usually appears as meningitis or septicaemia. ‘Meningitis’ means an inflammation of the protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord. ‘Septicaemia’ means blood poisoning, which is a more widespread infection throughout the body.
Title: Rubella Information (with special emphasis for women of childbearing age
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Title: Safe sex - The best protection against sexually transmissible infections, including HIV/AIDS
Summary: What is safe sex? How can I practise safe sex? What is a sexually transmissible infection (STI)? Can I tell if my partner has an STI? Is withdrawal safe? Is oral sex safe? Why use condoms? How do I choose condoms? How do I use condoms correctly? What other protection is available? Can I have safe sex with a partner who has an STI, including HIV? Where can I get further information or help?
Title: Sexually transmissible infections - treatment is good, prevention is best
Summary: Everyone who is sexually active needs to know about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and how best to protect against them. The consequences of STIs can be very serious for ourselves and anyone we have sexual contact with.
General health
Title: Meningococcal group C diseaseSummary: Meningococcal disease is a rare but very serious illness that usually appears as meningitis or septicaemia. ‘Meningitis’ means an inflammation of the protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord. ‘Septicaemia’ means blood poisoning, which is a more widespread infection throughout the body.
Title: Rubella Information (with special emphasis for women of childbearing age
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Health services/patients' rights
Title: Queensland Ombudsman brochureSummary: This brochure provides an overview of the role and services provided by Queensland Ombudsman.
Legal Rights and Information
Title: How Legal Aid NSW can help youSummary:
Title: Information about Restraining Orders
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Title: Joint agencies 'It's OK to complain' brochure
Summary: There are a number of different complaint agencies in Queensland that can help you solve your problems.
Title: Queensland Ombudsman brochure
Summary: This brochure provides an overview of the role and services provided by Queensland Ombudsman.
Title: Rubella Information (with special emphasis for women of childbearing age
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Title: Welcome
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Mental Health/Illness
Title: Does someone you know have a mental illness?Summary: This pamphlet explores some of the myths about mental illness.
Title: Help Tip 6 - For Carers of People with Mental Illness and Drug Use (Dual Diagnosis)
Summary: When we talk about drugs, we mean legal (alcohol, tobacco, prescription medication) and illegal (cannabis, speed, heroin) drugs. Studies have shown that up to 80% of people with mental illness are using drugs. When a person has both mental illness and misuses drugs, we call this ‘Dual Diagnosis’. Families and carers play a central role in the lives of people with dual diagnosis. It is very important that family members do not blame themselves for their loved one’s drug use.
Settlement Information
Title: WelcomeSummary:
Sexual Health
Title: Safe sex - The best protection against sexually transmissible infections, including HIV/AIDSSummary: What is safe sex? How can I practise safe sex? What is a sexually transmissible infection (STI)? Can I tell if my partner has an STI? Is withdrawal safe? Is oral sex safe? Why use condoms? How do I choose condoms? How do I use condoms correctly? What other protection is available? Can I have safe sex with a partner who has an STI, including HIV? Where can I get further information or help?
Title: Sexually transmissible infections - treatment is good, prevention is best
Summary: Everyone who is sexually active needs to know about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and how best to protect against them. The consequences of STIs can be very serious for ourselves and anyone we have sexual contact with.
Welfare benefits and services
Title: Joint agencies 'It's OK to complain' brochureSummary: There are a number of different complaint agencies in Queensland that can help you solve your problems.
