Why public health practitioners and researchers must stop using the term ‘culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)’

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dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.volume35
dc.contributor.authorPourmarzi D
dc.contributor.authorMurray L
dc.contributor.authorZulfiqar T
dc.contributor.authorKaur G
dc.contributor.authorOlsen A
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-26T01:42:58Z
dc.date.available2025-09-26T01:42:58Z
dc.date.issued2025-08-21
dc.description.abstractThe term ‘culturally and linguistically diverse’ (CALD) is used in Australia to describe some groups of migrants. Implicitly, the term defines ‘others’ who are ‘different’ to the dominant normative Australian. The use of the term as standard language in health literature and public discourse has increased dramatically over the past decade. Australians who are labelled as CALD have argued that the term affects their sense of belonging to the Australian community. As public health researchers and practitioners, we must minimise potential risks of harm, maximise health benefits and ensure the rigour of our data collection, analysis and reporting methods. We argue that we must refrain from continuing to use this concept and that there is no need for a new label to categorise some members of our diverse Australian population as ‘others’.
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dc.identifier.citationPourmarzi D, Murray L, Zulfiqar T, Kaur G, Olsen A. (2025). Why public health practitioners and researchers must stop using the term ‘culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)’. Public Health Research and Practice. 35. 3.
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/PU25003
dc.identifier.eissn2204-2091
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.numberPU25003
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/73613
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.publisher.urihttp://publish.csiro.au/PU/PU25003
dc.relation.isPartOfPublic Health Research and Practice
dc.rights(c) 2025 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectdiversity
dc.subjectequity
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectinclusive language
dc.subjectmigrants
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectrefugees
dc.subjectsocial cohesion
dc.titleWhy public health practitioners and researchers must stop using the term ‘culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)’
dc.typeJournal article
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