Uses 2021 Census data to compare long-term health conditions, including mental health conditions, by country of birth and language. Overseas-born groups reported similar or lower rates of mental health conditions than the Australian-born.
Topic: Migrants
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Social determinants of health among culturally and linguistically diverse people in Australia
An analysis of how things like income, education and housing relate to long-term health conditions in CALD groups, using Census data. For mental health conditions, adjusting for these social factors changed the picture only a little.
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Reporting on the health of culturally and linguistically diverse populations in Australia: An exploratory paper
This paper tests how linked government data (country of birth, language, ancestry and more) can be used to report on the health of CALD groups. It shows that health differences become clearer when data are broken down into detailed groups rather than one ‘CALD’ category.
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NSW Plan for Healthy Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: 2019–2023 (PD2019_018)
A NSW Health policy directive that sets out how the health system should meet the needs of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. It sets out how the NSW health system should respond to their health needs.
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Diverse Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework 2025–2035 and Blueprint 2025–2028
A ten-year Victorian framework, with a first action plan, to make the mental health system safe and inclusive for multicultural Victorians, LGBTIQA+ Victorians and Victorians with disability. It aims to reduce stigma and discrimination and uses an intersectional approach.
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National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement
The agreement between the Commonwealth and the states and territories on how mental health and suicide prevention will be funded and run. It names culturally and linguistically diverse communities and refugees as priority groups for better outcomes.
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National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025–2035
Australia’s ten-year national plan to reduce suicide. It notes that people who come to Australia as humanitarian entrants have nearly twice the suicide rate of other permanent migrants, and includes actions on safe workplaces and belonging for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.