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.