Croakey - Engage and empower: ensuring culturally diverse communities aren't left behind on the road out of COVID

Governments and policymakers need to do better at engaging culturally diverse communities with public health responses to the pandemic as Australia moves towards easing COVID-19 restrictions, according to leading experts.

Researchers from the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney recently held an online Think Tank forum to hear from community leaders, health service providers, government agency representatives and health researchers about what strategies have worked to date and to ensure best practice is followed going forward.

For effective engagement, it was critical to put community leaders at the centre of consultations, keep messaging simple and timely, provide information in multiple formats, and avoid a one-size-fits all, the webinar was told.