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    Multicultural Health Week 2019 – A Focus on New and Emerging Communities & The Winners and Finalists of the Multicultural Health Communication Awards 2019. MULTICULTURAL HEALTH WEEK 2019: A FOCUS ON NEW AND EMERGING COMMUNITIES Addressing the health needs of new and emerging communities is the key focus of Multicultural Health Week to ensure equitable access to health care and health information for these communities. In today’s launch event, NSW Health’s Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant stressed the importance of the 2019 Multicultural Week theme: Health Literacy of new and emerging communities. “Health literacy is recognised as a critical issue for health services. Health literacy refers to how people understand information about health and health care; how they apply that information to their lives; how they use it to make decisions and act on that information”, Dr Chant said. New and emerging communities are defined as communities ...