Mental health impacts of racial discrimination in Australian culturally and linguistically diverse communities: a cross-sectional survey

Angeline S Ferdinand; Yin Paradies; Margaret Kelaher

Journal article

Mental health impacts of racial discrimination in Australian culturally and linguistically diverse communities: a cross-sectional survey

Angeline S Ferdinand, Yin Paradies, Margaret Kelaher

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH | BMC | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1661-1

University of Melbourne Researchers

Margaret Kelaher Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Angeline Ferdinand Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities' Experiences of Racism surveys were funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), the Lowitja Institute and beyondblue. We would like to thank the research participants for their time and willingness to share their experiences, as well as the community workers for their invaluable support in administering the surveys. We would also like to thank Peter Streker and Pamela Rodriguez from VicHealth for their support and advice throughout the research process.