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Fact sheets, patient resources and consultation guides to help dietitians provide culturally appropriate care. These resources were developed with our local communities.

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    Dietetic consultation guides

    Use these guides to help structure your clinical consultations and learn about your client or patient's cultural background.

    • Afghan [PDF 1959.74 KB]
    • Burmese [PDF 1832.01 KB]
    • Chinese [PDF 1253.98 KB]
    • Congolese [PDF 1182.33 KB]
    • Indian [PDF 1032.46 KB]
    • Maori [PDF 1701.7 KB]
    • Samoan [PDF 894.33 KB]
    • Somali [PDF 1447.26 KB]
    • Syrian [PDF 2204.61 KB]
    • Tongan [PDF 723.38 KB]

    Clinical tools and nutrition resources for the Samoan community

    Our Working with the Samoan community: a guide for dietitians [PDF 7048.56 KB] has information about Samoan health beliefs, food and culture and communicating health issues.

    • Ready Reckoner of Common Samoan Food [PDF 735.78 KB]
    • Ready Reckoner of Healthy Samoan Swaps [PDF 531.84 KB]

    Resources for patients

    The following fact sheets and guides have information about health issues and healthy alternatives to some popular Samoan meals.

    • Salt [PDF 2869.74 KB]
    • Salt (translated) [PDF 2883.92 KB]
    • Fluid and heart failure [PDF 3310.92 KB]
    • Fluid and heart failure (translated) [PDF 3383.99 KB]
    • Salt and kidney health [PDF 2391.54 KB]
    • Salt and kidney health (translated) [PDF 2427.84 KB]
    • Fluid [PDF 3434.75 KB]
    • Fluid (translated) [PDF 3456.18 KB]

    We have other posters and guides to promote general healthy eating for the Samoan community.

    Last updated: July 2024

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