Hello everyone!
Here at BCNA we are excited to have been busily working on the development of our new Cultural Diversity strategy. This is an exciting area of work for us through which we hope to i...
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Thanks for sharing your experience with us Saxyjo. It seems that you have a few challenges that you are facing at the moment. I wish you all the best and hope that you are able to find good support to help you get through your treatment. You may well find that the online network is a great avenue for you to link in with other women with breast cancer where you can chat with women from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Our Cultural Diversity program is very new. It has been planned based on research that we did in 2012 where we identified the areas of greatest need amongst women from diverse cultural backgrounds. There is also a strong need for information and support specifically for Aboriginal women with breast cancer. This is an area that we will investigate in more detail in the future.
You may be able to access more information from Cancer Australia. They have a new unit within their Aboriginal Health Worker training called: 'Providing Information and Support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with breast cancer'. They may be able to put you in contact with an Aboriginal Health Worker who has completed the training.
Cancer Australia are also currently funding a Cancer Council Victoria project: Having Yarn - Supporting Aboriginal Communities affected by Cancer. However this is not breast cancer specific. You might like to contact them to see if they have more specific programs that they can suggest for you.
There is also a fabulous site and DVD, produced by Bosom Buddies NT that you can watch here (I believe it has subtitles): http://listenyouwomen.com/
I hope that this information will lead you onto something or a program that is really helpful for you Saxyjo, I am sorry I could not be more specific.
I wish you all the best.
Mikayla