Croakey - Time to listen: co-designed strategies urgently needed to support diverse communities

The devastating impacts of COVID-19 are being keenly felt in south and south-west Sydney. It’s here that a large proportion of the city’s culturally diverse population live, highlighting the importance of culturally appropriate and well-targeted information and support.

A team of NSW researchers has recently surveyed culturally and linguistically diverse communities to better understand their key challenges and have called for community-led, comprehensive local approaches to give “communities a voice, and the necessary resources to put ideas into action”.

Dr Danielle Marie Muscat, Dr Julie Ayre, Olivia Mac, Dana Mouwad, Dipti Zachariah Una Turalic, Yvonne Santalucia, Gordana Vasic and Professor Kirsten McCaffery outline their findings