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Cultural Perspectives and Values from Ten Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Victoria Cultural perspectives and values from ten culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Victoria November 2016 Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 4 Background to the Project ................................................................................................ 4 Peer Education Resource .................................................................................................. 4 Arabic-Speaking Background Community Cultural Profiles ...................................................... 5 Discussing palliative care in the Arabic-speaking background communities ............................ 5 Arabic-speaking background communities in Victoria and Australia ....................................... 5 Arabic-speaking background communities’ Cultural Perspectives and Values.......................... 6 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 10 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 13 Chinese Community Cultural Profile .................................................................................... 14 Discussing palliative care in the Chinese community .......................................................... 14 About the Chinese Community in Australia ....................................................................... 14 Chinese Cultural Perspectives and Values ......................................................................... 15 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 18 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 19 Croatian Community Cultural Profile ................................................................................... 21 Discussing palliative care in the Croatian Community ........................................................ 21 About the Croatian community in Victoria and Australia ..................................................... 21 Croatian Cultural Perspectives and Values ........................................................................ 22 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 26 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 26 Greek Community Cultural Profile ...................................................................................... 28 Discussing palliative care in the Greek Community ............................................................ 28 About the Greek community in Victoria and Australia ........................................................ 28 Greek Cultural Perspectives and Values ........................................................................... 29 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 33 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 33 Italian Community Cultural Profile ...................................................................................... 35 Discussing palliative care in the Italian community ............................................................. 35 About the Italian Community in Victoria and Australia ........................................................ 35 Italian Cultural Perspectives and Values ........................................................................... 36 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 38 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 39 Macedonian Cultural Community Profile ............................................................................. 40 Discussing palliative care in the Macedonian Community ................................................... 40 About the Macedonian community in Victoria and Australia ............................................... 40 Macedonian Cultural Perspectives and Values .................................................................. 41 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 45 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 46 Maltese Community Cultural Profile .................................................................................... 47 Discussing palliative care in the Maltese community .......................................................... 47 About the Maltese Community in Australia ....................................................................... 47 Maltese Cultural Perspectives and Values ......................................................................... 48 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 50 Polish Community Cultural Profile ....................................................................................... 52 Discussing palliative care in the Polish Community ............................................................ 52 About the Polish community in Victoria and Australia ......................................................... 52 Polish Cultural Perspectives and Values ............................................................................ 53 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 57 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 58 Turkish Community Cultural Profile ..................................................................................... 59 Discussing palliative care in the Turkish community ........................................................... 59 About the Turkish Community in Australia ........................................................................ 59 Turkish Cultural Perspectives and Values .......................................................................... 60 Intergenerational Relationships and the Migration Experience ............................................. 64 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 65 Vietnamese Community Cultural Profile ............................................................................... 66 Discussing palliative care in Vietnamese communities ........................................................ 66 About the Vietnamese Community in Australia .................................................................. 66 Vietnamese Cultural Perspectives and Values .................................................................... 67 Intergenerational Perspectives and the Migration Experience ............................................... 69 A note about terminology ............................................................................................... 70 Introduction Cultural perspectives and values from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Victoria Background to the Project The Culturally Responsive Palliative Care Community Education Project formed part of Palliative Care Victoria’s Cultural Responsiveness Strategy. The project was undertaken in partnership with the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria in 2013-2015 and with the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) in 2013-2014. It involved community engagement and peer education to raise awareness of, and access to, palliative care services and focused on ten larger communities: Chinese, Maltese, Italian, Turkish and Vietnamese during 2013-15 and the Greek, Macedonian, Polish, Croatian and Arabic- speaking background communities in 2014-15. In 2013-2015, 33 trained bilingual health educators delivered 150 community education sessions in eleven community languages to 4846 participants. Further information about the Project, and links to the evidence base and summaries of the external evaluation of the Strategy are available here. Peer Education Resource The bilingual peer educators delivered the information sessions using a Peer Education Resource that was tailored for each community in partnership with a Community Reference Group. In 2013-14, this process was coordinated by Maria Hatch and Dr Jasmin Chen from MCWH and in 2014-15 by Mike Kennedy from Palliative Care Victoria. The first part of the Peer Education Resource contained background about the community and its cultural perspectives and values. These community summaries are set out below in this document and can also be accessed as individual PDF files. A community reference group was established for each participating community and provided the project partners with invaluable advice and guidance in preparing the Peer Education Resource documents. When referring to these documents, care needs to be taken to avoid cultural stereotyping and profiling. In undertaking this project, we learned multiple times that there is as much diversity within each ethnic community as there is between them, and that cultural perspectives and values are evolving and changing. However, this information may be useful in
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