CALD medicines fact sheets: To help culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities have better access to important information about medicines, NPS MedicineWise has created a consumer fact sheet on active ingredients available in English and 10 additional languages.
GPs, nurses, pharmacists, other health professionals and carers who work with people who read Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese are encouraged to download the fact sheet to help people understand why the information on their prescription now looks different.
Research has found that people from CALD backgrounds experience higher rates of adverse outcomes from poor medication management, including medication related hospital admissions.
People from CALD backgrounds often find information related to their medicines complex and overwhelming, in part because there is a lack of translated materials to support the safe use of medicines.
The fact sheets are available here.
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