Asian Health Services



	Page last updated: 30 November, 2011

Asian Health Support Services provides the following

services to Asian Clients/Patients see more

Information Line
Breast Screening Support
In Patient Support
Mental Health Support
Health Promotion

Icare Information Line

Mon to Fri 10:00 am -3:30 pm

This service provides information and advice about health services/system and assist with GP appointment bookings.
Phone: 09-4423232

Asian Breast screening Support Service

Mon to Fri 08:30 am to 5:00 pm

This service promotes, recruits, enrols and supports 45-69yrs Chinese and Korean non-English speaking women who lives in the region to access free Breast screening
Phone: Chinese 09-4868314 / Korean 09-4884663

Asian Patient Support Service

Mon to Fri 08:30 am to 5:00 pm

This service provides cultural, emotional support and coordination service to Chinese and Korean patients of North Shore & Waitakere hospital services.
Click here to find out more about the services, contact details and referral process
Click here to make an online referral
Website: www.asianhealthservices.org.nz

Asian Mental Health Cultural Support Coordination Service

Mon to Fri 08:30 am to 5:00 pm

This service provides psycho education, communication and social-cultural assessment support to Asian people experiencing mental health issues who is currently under the care of Waitemata DHB mental health clinical team.
Click here to find out more about the services, contact details and referral process
Click here to make an online referral
Website: www.amhcs.org.nz

Health Promotion

Health Promotion
CADS Asian counselling service click here for more information

Chinese/Korean Diabetes Support Education
Health Promotion activities at community events
Asian Smoke Free Services click here for more information

services to WDHB's Health Practitioners see more

	For Primary Care Services (GPs & Pharmacy	For Secondary Care Services (Hospital staff)
How to Access the Service Guide
How to work with interpreters
Patient Information Sheet (in English, Chinese, Korean, Hindi & Burmese)
WDHB Interpreting and Translation Policy
WATIS Job Request Form

WATIS provides interpreting services to Waitemata DHB secondary and primary care service providers.

Click here to find out more about the services, service guidelines, contact details and referral process.

Click here to make an online booking
Website: www.watis.org.nz

Online toolkit to WDHB's staff and practitioners see more

Aims

To provide communication (language) support to Waitemata DHB staff and Asian patients/clients and their families using WDHB services
To provide cultural, emotional and communication support to Asian patients/clients
To improve access to health services and health information for the Asian population
To provide cultural training and resources to WDHB staff to enhance cultural competence working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) population
To improve access to primary health services for non-English speaking patients