Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Greek and Vietnamese speakers invited to join PCFA CALD Ambassador Program

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) is recruiting speakers nationwide for the Ambassador Program, a volunteer public speaking program. Chinese, Italian, Greek, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking volunteers are needed to give prostate cancer awareness presentations to your communities.

Ambassadors are trained volunteers who present to workplaces and groups on prostate cancer awareness. Speakers undergo a comprehensive training before becoming an Ambassador (All travel ⁄attendance expenses will be covered).

Potential Ambassadors should:

• Feel comfortable with public speaking, and⁄or have a willingness to learn
• Feel comfortable speaking in public about sensitive health issues, and ideally come from a health background
• Be fluent in English and your native language
• Have enthusiasm for promoting men’s health
• Conduct presentations with professionalism, excellence, and respect

Commitment required:

• Attend a training session in Sydney in the latter half of 2015 
• Be prepared to present at least once a month

Benefits:

• Become a valuable member of the PCFA community 
• Encourage awareness in others of prostate cancer 
• Receive training and support in public speaking, and gain valuable skills in health promotion

If you are interested, please email your name, day time phone number, language and your postcode to admin (at) multiculture.com.au.

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia's Arabic information

On January 22, 2015, we posted here about the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia's CALD community awareness research. Since then, their resource materials have been developed into other languages.

Press here to request or view copies. At the top-right, select the language you wish to use. At present, you can selection information in English, Chinese, Italian, Vietnamese, Greek, and Arabic.

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia CALD Community Awareness Report

Prostate cancer is a critical health concern to all men. One in eight Australian men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, and one in four men will be diagnosed by age 85 – yet prostate cancer receives less recognition and less public support than other forms of cancer.

In 2014, MMM was privileged to conduct multicultural surveys and focus groups on behalf of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA). Our topic was "Attitudes of Men From Diverse Cultural Backgrounds About Prostate Cancer” – Chinese, Italian, Greek, Arabic, and Vietnamese men. They are among the largest language groups in Australia next to English. This is the first multicultural community attitude survey ever undertaken by PCFA.

There were some surprising findings:

•  Only 16% of all men surveyed felt they could talk about prostate cancer with a female family member. 
• Among the Vietnamese men surveyed, 86% believe there is not enough information about prostate cancer available in their language. 
• Also, 27% of the Vietnamese men surveyed felt that they had nobody to support them emotionally in respect to health issues. 

Our research contributed to the PCFA’s 2014 Community Attitudes Survey report, which you can obtain by pressing here.

If you love a man, go read about prostate cancer. What you learn may help save his life.