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Asylum Seekers, Community Detention Health Pathways Presentation
March 12, 2013
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Community detention was introduced in June 2005 and is a form of immigration detention that enables a person to reside in the community without needing to be escorted. Asylum Seekers in Community Detention have special arrangements for recieving health services. This Power Point pre
Continue Reading →Asylum Seekers, Holders of Bridging Visa E Health Pathways Presentation
March 12, 2013
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The Australian Government releases some people from Immigration Detention Centres (IDC) or immigration detention facilities into the community on a Bridging Visa E (BVE). This presentation outlines the health journey of these asylum seekers on Bridging Visa Es who have arrived by
Continue Reading →Caring for Refugee Patients in General Practice: A desktop guide (4th ed.) Tasmania
July 10, 2012
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This desktop guide accompanies the Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors, nurses and other health care providers caring for people of refugee background (3rd edition). The guide contains sections on: identifying patients from a refugee background engaging interpreters consulta
Continue Reading →Caring for Refugee Patients in General Practice: A desktop guide (4th ed.) ACT
June 22, 2012
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This desktop guide accompanies the Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors, nurses and other health care providers caring for people of refugee background (3rd edition). The guide contains sections on: identifying patients from a refugee background engaging interpreters consulta
Continue Reading →Maternal and Child Health Services: Increasing engagement with refugee families forum May 2012
June 08, 2012
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The Victorian Refugee Health Network and the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House) hosted a forum on Thursday 17th May focusing on Maternal and Child Health Services engagement with refugee families. Thirty-five people attended the forum from a range of serv
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An evaluation of the primary healthcare needs of refugees in south east metropolitan Melbourne (SAPCRU, 2011)
May 31, 2012
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In recent years one in every twelve humanitarian entrants to Australia have resettled in Melbourne’s south east, in the Cities of Greater Dandenong and Casey. The region’s Refugee Health Research Consortium commissioned a study to examine whether the primary healthcare needs of local
Continue Reading →Pregnancy and post birth experience of women from refugee backgrounds living in the Outer East of Melbourne: A Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies research report (2011)
May 30, 2012
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The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB) State Government Program aims to reduce the burden of chronic disease by addressing maternal risk behaviours and providing support during pregnancy. It targets pregnant women who are unable to access antenatal care services or require additio
Continue Reading →Healthy Mums Healthy Kids: Evaluation of “Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies” project at the River Nile Learning Centre (Sept 2011)
May 30, 2012
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Western Region Health Centre (WRHC) recieved a Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Innovative grant from the Department of Health (DH) in 2010 to facilitate a program with refugee background mothers. The objectives of the WRHC proposal were: To provide pregnancy and early parenting educati
Continue Reading →Maternity Care Service Provision for Women from Refugee Background in Melbourne (2010)
May 30, 2012
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This report provides an analysis of maternity care services available to women from a refugee background in Victoria. The report is to be used as a briefing document for a Victorian Refugee Health Network which will examine the status of maternity care service provision for women from
Continue Reading →Accessing maternal and child health services in Melbourne, Australia: Reflections from refugee families and service providers (Riggs et al., 2012)
May 30, 2012
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Often new arrivals from refugee backgrounds have experienced poor health and limited access to healthcare services. The maternal and child health (MCH) service in Victoria, Australia, is a joint local and state government operated, cost-free service available to all mothers of childre
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