The Australian government’s recent Migration Amendment Bills have sparked widespread concern among health professionals and human rights advocates, citing risks to refugees’ mental health and access to essential healthcare..
Immunisation Fact Sheet: For case workers working with refugees and asylum seekers
This information sheet is to inform case workers in Victoria about immunisation policy and considerations for people of refugee backgrounds.
Catch up vaccinations for refugees and asylum seekers in Victoria
This resource was designed for refugee and migrant communities in Victoria about catch-up vaccinations.
Mental deterioration of refugees and asylum seekers with uncertain legal status in Australia: Perceptions and responses of legal representatives
In 2014 Australia introduced a ‘fast track assessment’ (FTA) system of processing refugee claims for asylum seekers who arrived by boat, those found to be refugees were only eligible for temporary residence. Legal professionals play a pivotal role in protecting the rights of asylum seekers and gain unique insight into the impact of the legal system has on clients mental health.
Development and validation of a mental health screening tool for asylum seekers and refugees
There is no screening tool for major depressive disorder (MDD) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in asylum-seekers or refugees (ASR) that can be readily administered by non-mental health workers. Hence, we aimed to develop a brief, sensitive and rapidly administrable tool for non-mental health workers to screen for MDD and PTSD in ASR.
Refugees and asylum seekers: Supporting recovery from trauma
This information sheet has been written by Professor Louise Newman and Amanda Harris for the Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network.
Eye Health, Vision and subsidised glasses for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Victoria – 2014
Primary healthcare providers’ knowledge, practices and beliefs relating to preventive sexual and reproductive health care for women from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds in Australia: a national cross-sectional survey
Many refugee women and women seeking asylum arrive in high-income countries with unmet preventive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care needs. Primary healthcare providers (HCPs) are usually refugee and asylum seekers’ first point of care. This study aimed to identify HCP characteristics associated with initiating conversations and discussing SRH opportunistically during other health interactions.
Healthwest- Responding to refugee and asylum seeker mental health
In 2016 HealthWest received a small grant to enhance the work of the public mental health service system in the western metropolitan area of Melbourne in responding to refugees and asylum seekers who have a mental illness, or who are at risk of experiencing an episode of acute mental illness.
Free Ambulance services for people seeking asylum
Emergency ambulance services for community-based asylum seekers with no capacity to pay are free in Victoria. For more information see the Department website.