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Health needs of CALD people.
Refers to the wide range of cultural groups that make up the Australian population and Australian communities. The term acknowledges that groups and individuals differ according to religion and spirituality, racial backgrounds and ethnicity as well as language. Taken literally, this term includes all Australians it is used however to describe those groups that are different from the English speaking majority.
Australia is classified as a country of migrants. Migrants have arrived in Australia over the past 200 years and there is no doubt that immigration in Australia Has significantly increased post the Second World War. There is also a high possibility that with migration itself, irrespective of the ethnic background will result in problems of settlement, alienation and disadvantage will emerge when moving from one country to another. This is not to deny that health problems may also emerge, particularly those related to mental health. It has been claimed that migration is a drastic change of circumstances, which require a constant process of re interpreting and reconstructing