Acknowledgements

With thanks to:

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

Cultural support
Im Soo Kim, Isse Yusuf, Siraj Salarzi, Dr. Mushfiq Ahmad, Yasmeen Qazi, Gerard Chow, Lauren Wang, Amy Chu for their interest, support and assistance with clarifying cultural information from research, and in providing their professional experiences and expertise.

Health professionals
To Susan Peters, Catherine Wightman and Samantha Dalwood for their generous time and invaluable networks.

Dr. Ahmad and Yasmeen Qazi from the Otahuhu Medical Clinic for their cultural expertise, support and assistance with filming at the clinic.

Actors
To all the actors who stepped bravely 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 are still learning English and were willing to take on speaking in front of a camera or microphone!

Funders
Development of this resource was funded by Waitemata DHB (WDHB) Child Women and Family Services with funding 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. It is written and produced for Asian Health Support Services (AHSS) by Victoria Camplin-Welch.

Producers
Written and produced by Victoria Camplin-Welch (Clinical Psychology, Resource Design and Cross-Cultural Productions).

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

Actors:

• Gerard Chow
• Lauren Wang
• Mahabat Rasoul
• Grace Ryu
• Ayumi Shibata
• Ifrah Sahal
• Gurjig Kaur
   

Actors in Multimedia 7 & 8 are playing scripted roles. The cultural perspectives offered by other actors are relevant at the time this resource was created - September 2011. All actors are migrants and work in some professional capacity with other migrants in the health system. 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.