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Antenatal DVD: for African communities living in NSW

In recent years, an increasing number of small and emerging communities from Africa have settled in Sydney West. Refugee women from these communities have been identified as having specific needs in regard to maternity and women's health services in particular.

A free DVD offered in Somali, Dinka and Arabic was developed to inform and encourage women to present early for antenatal care and make full use of services offered by antenatal clinics. This resource aims to improve antenatal health and subsequent birth outcomes of women and their babies from small and emerging African communities.

The DVD is designed for use with groups, at home with friends and family or at community centres such as Migrant Resource or Language centres or anywhere members of African communities are gathered and /or are accessing settlement services.

This was a collaborative project of SWAHS, NSW Refugee Health Service, Multicultural Health Communications Service, Auburn and Blacktown Migrant Resource Centres and South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service.

 

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