Nutrition

1. Assisting Refugee Mothers New to Australia with Infant Feeding Issues: A guide for health professionals working with refugee mothers from Burundi, DR Congo and South Sudan (August, 2008). This background paper provides information about some of the cultural beliefs, practices and norms that need to be considered when addressing breastfeeding initiation and duration within these refugee communities. Developed as part of the ASeTTS Good food for New arrivals project (see below).


2. Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASeTTS) Good Food for New Arrivals
Provides information on nutrition, food habits and food security, Vitamin D deficiency and cultural food information. Includes cross-cultural resources and Vitamin D deficiency information in Arabic and Vietnamese.
http://nutrition.asetts.org.au/


3. First Foods for Babies is a brochure produced as part of the Food for Everbody project in conjunction with the Maternal Child Health team of the City of Greater Dandenong. The brochure is available in English and a number of community languages including Albanian, Arabic, Sudanese Arabic, Dari, Nuer, Khmer, Mandarin and Vietnamese.


4. Healthy Eating in Brimbank is a food security project  to improve access to, and intake of, healthy foods for all residents of Brimbank. It is a project partnership between Brimbank City Council,  ISIS Primary Care, Migrant Resource Centre North West and WestNet and funded by VicHealth  through their Food For All program.
 
A Welcome Kit for new arrivals and people of a refugee background contains a series of 5 fact sheets translated into 6 community languages (Amharic, Arabic, Somali, Tigrinyan, Khmer, Dari, English) has been developed to assist with familiarisation of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as healthy and safe food practices.
For further information on the project contact Healthy Eating in Brimbank Project Officer on (03) 9249 4030 or email: healthyeating@brimbank.vic.gov.au


5. Healthy Eating in Latrobe Valley is a new nutrition resource addressing the nutritional needs of Latrobe Valley’s local Sudanese community. Adapted from the Healthy Eating in Brimbank resource, it includes 5 fact sheets translated into Nuer and Dinka and maps of the four main towns in the Latrobe Valley. Each map contains the location and contact details of supermarkets, fruit and vegetable stores and butchers in each town. For more information click here. For enquiries or copies of the resource contact Angela Fredericks at Latrobe Community Health Service on (03) 5171 1450 or angela.fredericks@lchs.com.au


6. Healthy Living in Australia: The Migrant Information Centre Eastern Melbourne has produced a 44 page pictorial guide to living healthy in Australia (available in Arabic, Chin (Hakha) Chinese, English and Karen). This resource is based on foods readily available in Australia to assist newly arrived community members make healthy food choices. For information or an order form, contact the MIC on (03) 9285 4888.


7. Healthy Living in Wyndham Karen Community Resource Kit: an initiative of the Wyndham Humanitarian Network's Health and Wellbeing Working Group. It aims to help newly arrived families to live a healthy and safe life in Australia. The 7 health and safety topics included in this resource kit are: Safety in the home; Dental health; Personal health; Healthy food habits; Staying fit and active; Alcohol and Tobacco; Mental health. Each information sheet provides general information as well as referrals for further assistance. For more information please contact the Health Promotion Officer at ISIS Primary Care on (03) 8734 1400. Click on the following titles to access the resources:
The Healthy Living in Wyndham Karen Community Resource Kit (Karen and English) and Front Cover
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8. Healthy Eating Resource Kit for Workers developed by Monash University Dietitian Students, Carol Ho and Kelly He in August 2008 under the supervision of Jenny Trezise (APD, AN) City of Greater Dandenong and Shireen Hii (APD, AN) Greater Dandenong Community Health Service. It is designed to be used by community workers who work with people with low literacy levels. Contains handouts and information intended to be used as a tool for education on general nutrition principles.

• Front cover
• Introduction
• Contents page
• Section 1: General Healthy Eating, Basic Food Preparation and Food Safety
  • 1.1 The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating: 
    •  Enjoy a variety of foods every day A4 poster 
  • 1.2 The Food Pyramid (Available in 37 languages. See section 7)
  • 1.3 Every day eating for health
  • 1.4 One day meal plan
  • 1.5 Servings per day
  • 1.6 Healthy Foods and Drinks
  • 1.7 Healthy Drinks
    Available languages: Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Karen, Kurdish-Kurmanji, Kurdish-Sorani, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya. See section 7.
  • 1.8 Healthy Family Food
  • 1.9 Healthy Food Healthy Family (Arabic only)
  • 1.10 Healthy Food Makes Us Grow (Farsi only)
  • 1.11 We Need Healthy Food (Somali only)
  • 1.12 Caring For Teeth
  • 1.13 Take Care of Your Teeth
  • 1.14 Diabetes: Making Healthy Food Choices 
    • Healthy eating for Diabetes
    • Carbohydrate foods 
    • Lower fat protein foods 
    • High fat protein foods 
    • Fats 
    • High fat and high sugar foods
    • Other foods 
    • Alcohol
      Available languages: Italian, Chinese and Arabic. See section 7.
  • 1.15 Calcium and Vitamin D for strong bones
  • 1.16 Iron for strong blood and muscles
  • 1.17 Anaemia is not having enough iron in your blood
  • 1.18 Melbourne Markets 
    • Vegetable guide
    • Fruit Guide
  • 1.19 Watch out for drinks with hidden sugars. VFST (Foundation House), 2000. Funded by VicHealth
  • 1.20 Watch our for foods with hidden sugars. VFST (Foundation House), 2000. Funded by VicHealth
  • 1.21 Watch out for foods with hidden fats. VFST (Foundation House), 2000. Funded by VicHealth
  • 1.22 The Welcome Kit 
    • Buying fruit and vegetables - English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya 
    • Preparing vegetables - English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
    • Cooking vegetables - English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
    • Preparing fruit - English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
    • Keep your food safe - English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
  • 1.23 Five keys to safer food – Available in 48 languages. See section 7
  • 1.24 Safe Food, Safe Kitchens – Available languages: English, Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Karen, Kurdish- Kurmanji, Kurdish-Sorani, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya. See section 7
  • 1.25 Food safety brochure – How You Cook Can Make You and Others Crook
  • 1.26 Food ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates 
  • 1.27 This = That (life-size food portion pictures book) order form details
  • 1.28 Healthy living in Australia. (Due to file size please see item 6 above for further information).
• Section 2: Healthy Eating for Babies and Toddlers
  • 2.1 Start Them Right – A Parent’s Guide to Healthy Eating for under Fives
  • 2.2 First foods for babies brochure - English, Arabic, Albanian, Dari, Khmer, Mandarin, Nuer, Vietnamese
  • 2.3 Snacks for children aged 1 year and over
  • 2.4 Appetite
  • 2.5 When its time to eat (Feeding your baby from birth to 3 years / food pyramid for infants) Heinz poster     
  • 2.6 When it’s time to eat – feeding your baby from birth to 3 years Heinz brochure
  • 2.7 Finger Foods A4 poster
• Section 3: Healthy Eating for Children – Lunch Boxes and Snacks
  • 3.1 School lunch posters 1, 2, 3, 4
  • 3.2 Healthy School Lunch - African food, Asian food, Middle Eastern food  -  Available languages: English, Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Karen, Kurdish-Kurmanji, Kurdish-Sorani, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya. See section 7 
  • 3.3 Melbourne Markets – Kids Snacks and Lunches recipe leaflet
  • 3.4 Photos of school lunch ideas
  • 3.5 Photos of unhealthy and healthy school lunch choices
  • 3.6 Ideas to increase essential food groups in the lunchbox
• Section 4: Food Budgeting
  • 4.1 Spend Your Money Wisely
  • 4.2 House brand products
  • 4.3 Eat cheap for the week – Food for $40 - $50
  • 4.4 Food for $35 for the week
  • 4.5 Food for $70 for the week
• Section 5: Fast Easy Recipes
  • 5.1 Fast Easy Tasty Budget Meals
    • Bolognaise Hot Pot
    • Leek and Potato Soup
    • Pancakes
    • Tuna and Vegetable Pasta
    • Vegetable Frittata
    • Lamb and Barley Stew
    • Mediterranean Tuna Pasta
    • Vegetable Barley Pilaf
    • Porridge
  • 5.2 Easy Cook Book series – order form details
  • 5.3 Melbourne Markets 
    • Winter recipe leaflet
    • Autumn recipe leaflet
    • Spring recipe leaflet
    • Summer recipe leaflet
    • Healthy kids and growing bodies recipe leaflet
    • Eating well with low GI recipe leaflet
    • High energy and sports performance recipe leaflet
    • Women’s health and well-being recipe leaflet
    • Low fat lifestyles recipe leaflet
    • Fresh family favourites #1
    • Fresh family favourites #2
    • Fresh Asian flavours See section 7 for order form
  • 5.4 Healthy Budget Bites recipe book (Electronic version only)
  • 5.5 The Step by Step Cook Book (Visual cook book)
• Section 6: Emergency Food Relief Agencies, Cheap Eats and Specialty Food Stores
  • 6.1 Emergency Food Relief agencies in the City of Greater Dandenong 2009 - Days open; Services provided
  • 6.2 Victorian Emergency Relief providers
  • 6.3 Halal butchers, restaurants and groceries in Greater Dandenong
  • 6.4 VLGA Food Security Network Information
  • 6.5 City of Greater Dandenong Courtesy Bus
• Section 7: Where to get extra information and copies of resources listed in this kit
  • 7.1 Where to download more copies
  • 7.2 Useful Websites
  • 7.3 Centre for Health Promotion publications
  • 7.4 CALD parenting resources from the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues