Acknowledgements

With thanks to:

Stakeholders
Sue Lim (WDHB Asian Health Support Services) and Annette Mortensen (NDSA), for their vision, enthusiasm, support and input into shaping this resource for New Zealand health practitioners.

Cultural Expertise
Patrick Au for his continued support, interest and expertise. To Dr. Sai Wong and Sue Wong for the forum Cross-cultural Interest Group, from which some invaluable material for working with Asians has been sourced.

Actors
To all the actors who so enthusiastically stepped into a new venture, some in their professional capacity, some to offer cultural expertise, and all to lend authenticity to the scenarios. Special thanks to those migrants who's English is a second language and who were nevertheless willing to take on learning scripts or speaking in front of a camera!

Funders
Waitemata DHB (WDHB) Asian Health Support Services (AHSS) funded development of this resource with funds provided by the New Zealand Ministry of Health through the Northern DHB Support Agency (NDSA). It was developed to assist the three Auckland region DHBs to implement the Auckland Regional Settlement Strategy Health Action Plan.

Producers
Written, scripted and produced by Victoria Camplin-Welch (Clinical Psychology, Resource Design and Cross-Cultural Productions), with assistance from Tanya Wolstencroft.

Filming and CD Rom authoring by the Centre for Academic Development (CAD), The University of Auckland.

Actors

Nerissa Cui, Arlene Gill, Renu and Trinayan Krishnan, Maria Stewart, Eiei Thein, Candy Vong.

Readers for audios
Chengbo Cheng, Renu Krishnan, Grace Ryu, Tomoko Tokuhiro.

Actors and readers in all scenarios are playing roles. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the views and practices of all people from each of the cultures.

Disclaimer
Information within the report may be freely used provided the source is acknowledged. Every effort has been made to ensure the information in this report is correct. Waitemata District Health Board and the author will not accept any responsibility for information which is incorrect and where action has been taken as a result of the information in this report.