Families getting to know their medicines Young people as a gateway after hours ethnic schooling QUM

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Families getting to know their medicinesYoung
people as a gatewayafter hours ethnic schooling
QUM program and curriculum package

• Jenny Davis - National Prescribing Service
• Doris Kordes - Federation of Ethnic Communities'
  Councils Of Australia
• Barbara Downie - Queensland LOTE Centre

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Aim

• To develop a quality LOTE module that values
  culture, achieves language learning
• whilst increasing the awareness, knowledge and
  skills of multicultural families to manage
  medicines more effectively.
• A shared aim of
• Quality LOTE learning resource reliable health
  information for families

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Who is involved?

• National
• National Prescribing Service (NPS)
• Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of
  Australia (FECCA)
• Community Languages Australia/Australian
  Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations (CLA)
• State
• Queensland LOTE Centre,
• Ethnic Schools Association Queensland (ESAQ),
• School providers, principals and instructors
• Funded by the Australian Government

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Why learn about medicines?

• What is Quality Use of Medicines?
• selecting management options wisely, choosing
  suitable medicines if a medicine is considered
  necessary, and using medicines safely and
  effectively
• What are medicines?
• anything available on prescription, medicines
  bought over the counter and many traditional and
  herbal/natural remedies
• More than 70 of Australians use medicines at any
  one time.
• Around 140,000 hospital visits per year may be
  due to problems with medicines

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Rationale - Why ethnic schools and family?

• Language/culture barriers to health information
• Young people can share information kitchen
  table
• Ethnic schools are valued by family
• Gateway for health information and supports LOTE
  learning

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Key messages

• Common sense issues
• Get to know your medicines
• What is a medicine?
• Medicines include more than just those on
  prescription, or bought over the counter. Plus
• Many herbal and traditional remedies are also
  medicines.
• For reliable information talk with your doctor
  and/or pharmacist. Its OK (and important) to ask
  questions

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Families getting to know their medicines

• LOTE learning prioritised
• Culture and story telling related to QUM
• Quality assurance
• QUM games, quizzes, portfolio
• Targets ages 10-16 yrs

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The curriculum

• Things to consider
• Links medicine messages with language
• Students age 10-16
• Students and parents language skills
• Instruction time
• Supporting kitchen table discussion at home

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Range of activities

• BLMs
• Answer sheets
• optional activities
• Instructors guide
• Take home activities involving family
• Language instruction

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Activities cont

• Portfolio weeks 1-6
• Values students work
• Journal
• Simple and creative
• Decisions game
• Competition
• Exercise book

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Queensland trial

• Which schools - Chinese, Vietnamese and Greek
• Why these languages?
• Media campaign radio/newsletters/spokespeople any
  other?
• Consulting principals and instructors
• Alerting parents
• Term 1 January 2007
• Getting feedback
• Sharing the results

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What feedback do we need?

• How many reached?
• Who took part?
• Did we make a difference?
• What are the views of students/family/schools?
• Any issues?
• How can we do it better?

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Any questions?

• What are your views?
• Thank you
• NPS, FECCA, Queensland LOTE Centre!