Key lessons from the COVID-19 public health response in Australia

JM Basseal, CM Bennett, P Collignon… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Australia avoided the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but still experienced many
negative impacts. Reflecting on lessons from Australia's public health response, an …

An exploration of the political, social, economic and cultural factors affecting how different global regions initially reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic

JW Tang, MA Caniza, M Dinn, DE Dwyer… - Interface …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Responses to the early (February–July 2020) COVID-19 pandemic varied widely, globally.
Reasons for this are multiple but likely relate to the healthcare and financial resources then …

New frontiers in health literacy: using ChatGPT to simplify health information for people in the community

J Ayre, O Mac, K McCaffery, BR McKay, M Liu… - Journal of General …, 2024 - Springer
Background Most health information does not meet the health literacy needs of our
communities. Writing health information in plain language is time-consuming but the release …

Enhancing COVID-19 public health communication for culturally and linguistically diverse communities: an Australian interview study with community representatives

M Karidakis, R Woodward-Kron, R Amorati… - Qualitative Health …, 2022 - tidsskrift.dk
Background: Public health crises present challenges for providing accessible, timely, and
accurate health information to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Aim …

Speaking COVID-19: supporting COVID-19 communication and engagement efforts with people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities

H Seale, B Harris-Roxas, A Heywood, I Abdi… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Since the emergence of COVID-19, issues have been raised regarding the
approach used to engage with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) communities …

Inequalities in Covid-19 messaging: a systematic scoping review

E Kalocsanyiova, R Essex, V Fortune - Health Communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been widely documented. While deaths are now
in the millions and many more have been impacted in other ways, the impact of Covid-19 …

The role of community leaders and other information intermediaries during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the multicultural sector in Australia

H Seale, B Harris-Roxas, A Heywood, I Abdi… - Humanities and Social …, 2022 - nature.com
Community and religious leaders and other natural leaders from culturally and linguistically
diverse (CaLD) backgrounds have been postulated as a gateway into communities. They act …

Ezidi voices: The communication of COVID-19 information amongst a refugee community in rural Australia-a qualitative study

SJR Healey, N Ghafournia, PD Massey… - International journal for …, 2022 - Springer
Background There is growing evidence that government health information related to COVID-
19 has failed to adequately reach culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations in …

Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: can Australia reach the last 20 percent?

J Kaufman, J Tuckerman, M Danchin - Expert Review of Vaccines, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Whilemany countries were battling repeated waves of COVID-19, Australia was relatively
COVID-19 free by early 2021. From March 2020, swift and decisive public health measures …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing refugees' willingness to accept COVID‐19 vaccines in Greater Sydney: a qualitative study

A Mahimbo, M Kang, L Sestakova, M Smith… - Australian and New …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Achieving high vaccination coverage is a critical strategy to reducing the spread
of COVID‐19 infection. This study, undertaken before the Delta variant outbreak, aimed to …