Health Literacy for CaLD Women: A Research Outline Report

This research outline addresses the critical need for health literacy programs tailored for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) women, specifically focusing on mental health, female reproduction, and sexual health within the Australian context. The outline explores the rationale for such programs, considering the barriers that CaLD women face in accessing health information and services, such as poverty, lack of education, and cultural misconceptions. The research aims to identify and evaluate effective health literacy programs both in Australia and internationally, with the ultimate goal of developing and proposing a suitable program for CaLD women in Western Australia. The methodology involves secondary research, including an annotated bibliography, literature review, and a funding submission proposal. The scope encompasses the importance of health education, barriers, and effective program models, excluding primary research like surveys or interviews. The outline defines key terms and presents a preliminary table of contents, key references, and potential limitations, emphasizing the reliance on secondary sources. The final report is expected to be 5000 words and will provide valuable insights into improving health outcomes for CaLD women.

Running head: HEALTH LITERACY FOR CALD WOMEN
HEALTH LITERACY FOR CALD WOMEN
RESEARCH OUTLINE
Name of the student:
Name of the University:
Author note:

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Research Outline:
Research question(s)  What specific question(s)
will your research address?
i) Why health literacy program
for the CaLD women on
mental health is needed?
ii) What are the barriers that
restrict the CaLD women to
access health literacy for
mental health?
iii) What are the appropriate
health literacy programs for
the CaLD women on mental
health in Australia?
iv) What are the effective health
literacy program in other
countries?
Introduction to the research
topic
 Research topic main points:
Need of health literacy for CaLD
women on mental health
i) Information about elements of
health system.
ii) Access health service
iii) Avail timely care and maintain

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well-being1.
Barriers in accessing mental health
literacy for CaLD women
i) Poverty
ii) Lack of education
iii) Social deprivation
iv) Gender inequality
v) Misconception about mental
health2.
Successful health literacy program
on mental health
i) Rural Australian Mental
Health Literacy: Identifying
and Addressing their
Knowledge and Attitudes.
Evaluation of successful health
literacy programs on mental health.
Comparison of mental health literacy
program with other countries.
Funding submission of suitable
1 Hosking, Sarah M., Sharon L. Brennan-Olsen, Alison Beauchamp, Rachelle Buchbinder, Lana J.
Williams, and Julie A. Pasco. "Health literacy in a population-based sample of Australian women: a
cross-sectional profile of the Geelong Osteoporosis Study." BMC public health 18, no. 1 (2018): 876.
2 Wohler, Yvonne, and Jaya AR Dantas. "Barriers accessing mental health services among culturally
and linguistically diverse (CALD) immigrant women in Australia: policy implications." Journal of
immigrant and minority health 19, no. 3 (2017): 697-701.

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health literacy program for CaLD
women on mental health.
Rationale/need for research:
Why is your host interested in
this topic?
Why it is important?
What gap is it filling? What is it
adding to research on this
topic?
 Host Interest Main Points
ii) The poor health status of
CaLD women affect the overall
health status of the Australian
population.
iii) Due to lack of knowledge
women are unable to access
adequate health service in this
population.
iv) Increase in the health
inequality.
v) Contributing factors such as
substance abuse, domestic
violence and education3.
 Why it is important?
i) Death rate of CaLD women
has increased to 55.8%4.
ii) The main reason behind such
health status is the lack of
3Issel, L. Michele, and Rebecca Wells. Health program planning and evaluation. Jones & Bartlett
Learning, 2017.
4Minas, Harry, Ritsuko Kakuma, Lay San Too, Hamza Vayani, Sharon Orapeleng, Rita Prasad-Ildes,
Greg Turner, Nicholas Procter, and Daryl Oehm. "Mental health research and evaluation in
multicultural Australia: developing a culture of inclusion." International journal of mental health
systems 7, no. 1 (2013): 23.

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knowledge.
iii) It has been found that there is
lack of health literacy program
based on women only.
iv) It would help the CaLD women
in order to understand about
the importance of mental well-
being.
v) It would help to access
adequate mental health
service5.
 Filling the Gap Main Points
i) Techniques for utilizing health
policies and services to
improve the health status.
ii) Introducing an improved
health literacy program on
mental health for CaLD
women in Australia.
iii) Information about mental
health and health literacy of
other countries.
5 Beauchamp, Alison, Rachelle Buchbinder, Sarity Dodson, Roy W. Batterham, Gerald R. Elsworth,
Crystal McPhee, Louise Sparkes, Melanie Hawkins, and Richard H. Osborne. "Distribution of health
literacy strengths and weaknesses across socio-demographic groups: a cross-sectional survey using
the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)." BMC Public Health 15, no. 1 (2015): 678.

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 What is it adding to
research on this topic?
i) The research report will add
the effective way to utilize the
health policies and services in
an effective manner.
ii) Health literacy program only
for the women is lacking. The
report will add information
about the specific health
literacy program for the CaLD
women.
iii) Comparison of health literacy
program of CaLD women of
Australia and other countries.
Research approach:
How are you going to answer
your research question(s)?
Why is the approach that you
are taking appropriate?
Are there any
issues/requirements regarding
research ethics?
 How are you going to
answer your research
question?
i) I am going to answer the
research questions by using
secondary sources such as
journals and books.
ii) I will find out relevant peer
reviewed literature from
effective databases such as

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Google scholar, PubMed,
Science Direct and Research
Gate.
iii) First I will write an annotated
bibliography based on 5 most
relevant articles.
iv) Following the information
provided by the secondary
sources I will write my
research report.
v) I will search some effective
education programs and
identify the best plan that
could be implemented in order
to provide education to the
CaLD women.
vi) In addition I will provide a
funding submission to
implement one of the most
suitable programs for the
CaLD women to literate them
about mental health.
 Why is the approach that
you are taking appropriate?
i) The approach I am taking is

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appropriate for the health
literacy of CaLD women on
mental health.
ii) First, the annotated
bibliography will help to
identify the findings of the
research papers in an effective
manner.
iii) Second, it will help me to
complete my obligation for the
Research Internship course in
ISHAR by writing a report
following the information of
the annotated bibliography.
 Are there any
issues/requirements
regarding research ethics?
There will be no ethical issues
regarding research ethics in the
research process as I will not
conduct any primary research.
Scope of the research:
What will you cover?
What won’t you cover and why?
 What will you cover?
i) The importance of education
of CaLD women regarding the
mental health.

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ii) Barriers for the CaLD women
in accessing health literacy.
iii) Effective programs for the
health literacy of CaLD women
on mental health in Australia.
iv) Effective programs for health
literacy in other countries.
v) Funding submission as well
for implementing the most
suitable program for the
education of CaLd women.
 What won’t you cover and
why?
The study will be based on
secondary research approach, thus I
cannot provide data of any primary
research such as interview or survey
within the CaLD women.
Definition of key terms i) Mental health
ii) Health literacy
iii) CaLD women
iv) Health literacy program
v) Substance abuse
Preliminary report title  What is the preliminary
title for your report?

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i) Health literacy program for
CaLD women.
ii) Research for the importance
of health literacy for CaLD
women.
iii) Developing the knowledge of
CaLD women regarding sexual
mental health.
Preliminary table of contents  Structure
A. Executive summary
B. Introduction
C. Annotated bibliography
D. Report
I. Literature review
i) Need for the
health literacy for
CaLd women on
mental health
ii) Barriers in health
literacy for CaLD
women.
iii) Programs for
health literacy for
CaLd women on
mental health.

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iv) Comparison of
health literacy
program of CaLD
women of
Australia with
other countries.
II. Research question
III. Research aim
IV. Research objective
V. Methodology
VI. Result
E. Funding Submission
F. Limitation
G. Recommendation
H. Future consideration
I. Conclusion
J. References
K. Appendices
Key references and information
sources (five minimum)
Beauchamp, Alison, Rachelle
Buchbinder, Sarity Dodson, Roy W.
Batterham, Gerald R. Elsworth,
Crystal McPhee, Louise Sparkes,
Melanie Hawkins, and Richard H.
Osborne. "Distribution of health

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literacy strengths and weaknesses
across socio-demographic groups: a
cross-sectional survey using the
Health Literacy Questionnaire
(HLQ)." BMC Public Health 15, no. 1
(2015): 678.
Hosking, Sarah M., Sharon L.
Brennan-Olsen, Alison Beauchamp,
Rachelle Buchbinder, Lana J.
Williams, and Julie A. Pasco. "Health
literacy in a population-based sample
of Australian women: a cross-
sectional profile of the Geelong
Osteoporosis Study." BMC public
health 18, no. 1 (2018): 876.
Issel, L. Michele, and Rebecca
Wells. Health program planning and
evaluation. Jones & Bartlett
Learning, 2017.
Minas, Harry, Ritsuko Kakuma, Lay
San Too, Hamza Vayani, Sharon
Orapeleng, Rita Prasad-Ildes, Greg
Turner, Nicholas Procter, and Daryl
Oehm. "Mental health research and
evaluation in multicultural Australia:

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developing a culture of
inclusion." International journal of
mental health systems 7, no. 1
(2013): 23.
Wohler, Yvonne, and Jaya AR Dantas.
"Barriers accessing mental health
services among culturally and
linguistically diverse (CALD)
immigrant women in Australia:
policy implications." Journal of
immigrant and minority health 19,
no. 3 (2017): 697-701.
Concerns and potential
limitations (this could be
personal or practical)
 Personal or practical
concerns/limitations
One of the main limitation is that the
study has used only the secondary
sources, thus information is limited
to the available literatures. The
study is unable to generalize the
result as it could not provide any
survey or interview and it is limited
to the programs for which data is
available in the databases.