Polish Mental Health Forum Evaluation Report
A collaborative Project between the Migrant Information Centre
(Eastern Melbourne), Maroondah Hospital Mental Health Service,
South East Region Migrant Resource Centre and the Polish Community
Council of Victoria.
The purpose of the forum was to:
· Provide information to people from Polish backgrounds
residing in the Eastern and South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne
on issues related to mental health and well being and community
mental health services.
· Pilot an approach to inform people from culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds on mental health through working
collaboratively with mental health service providers and local
communities.
The aims and objectives of the forum were to:
¨ Increase access to mental health services for people from
Polish background through an increased understanding of:
· What is mental health, what are the symptoms and what
can trigger mental illness?
· Cultural responses to mental illness,
· Mental health services in the Eastern and South Eastern
suburbs of Melbourne; and
¨ Provide an opportunity for community mental health agencies
to promote their services to people from Polish background and
to gain a greater understanding of issues people from Polish background
face in relation to mental illness within the family.
The Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) will negotiate
with community mental health services to identify resources and
projects to develop future programs on mental health for the Polish
community.
The Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) in consultation
with relevant local agencies will plan and facilitate one information
forum per year to meet the information needs of the Polish community
commencing with women's health and aged care.
To download the Evaluation Report, please choose from the formats
below.
