SEEC project
Strengthening Emergency Engagement & Communication for Multicultural Communities
About us
The SEEC project aims to explore ways to enhance the capacity of community and religious leaders and other stakeholders who support people from multicultural communities, to assist their respective communities during health crises events and other emergencies. Working closely with the multicultural sector, we aim to develop and evaluate a new training package. Our project has been funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Overall aims
To enhance the role of information intermediaries during crisis periods through the development and validation of a strategy and training package.
Specific aims
- To understand the factors that impact the communication and engagement efforts of information intermediaries during crisis periods
- To co-design the communication strategy and training package (intervention) aimed at enhancing the role of information intermediaries during crisis periods
- Test the feasibility of the intervention in two areas: acceptability and efficacy
Meet the team
The SEEC Project team has approximately 14 investigators, one professional staff and one PhD candidate. See below for links to more information about the team.
Co-Investigator, South Western Sydney Local Health District & University of Technology Sydney
Co-Investigator, NSW Multicultural Health Service SESLD
Major funders
NHMRC – Ideas Grant
The expected outcomes are:
- innovative and creative research
- funding of researchers at all career stages
- funding any area of health and medical research from discovery to implementation.
