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Caring Communities Report

October 21, 2016
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The Caring Communities project aimed to establish and embed a culturally responsive sexual and reproductive health service system and educative program for newly arrived refugee and migrant women in Shepparton and Cobram. Some of the key findings included the need for sensitive sexual
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Migration: An Opportunity for Rural and Regional Australia

October 28, 2015
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The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) has produced a short report outlining the opportunities and challenges of refugee and migrant settlement in rural and regional Australia. Drawing on the case studies of Karen refugee settlement in Nhill, the settlemen
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Community Perspectives on Settlement Issues Affecting New and Emerging Communities in Rural and Regional Australia

October 28, 2015
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This case study contributes to the discussion on rural and regional settlement by providing community perspectives on how access to government services and community attitudes impact new and emerging communities’ economic participation, social integration, sense of belonging, and sett
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Refer – specialist refugee health clinics table (rural and regional)

August 28, 2012
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This table details specialist refugee health outreach services in rural and regaional areas of high refugee settlement. These services are available through Community Health Centres and public hospital outpatient services. This document was last updated in August 2012 and will be regu
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Healthy Eating in Latrobe Valley

August 27, 2012
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This nutrition resource addresses the nutritional needs of Latrobe Valley’s local Sudanese community. Adapted from the Healthy Eating in Brimbank resource, it includes 5 fact sheets translated into Nuer and Dinka and maps of the four main towns in the Latrobe Valley. Each map contains
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Refugees and regional settlement: Balancing priorities

May 11, 2012
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A simple equation is sometimes presented, that regional areas need population and workers and that refugees need jobs and therefore the refugees should go to regional areas. Our research suggests the equation is not necessarily simple. Both the Australian Government and the Victorian
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Refugee Resettlement in Regional and Rural Victoria: Impacts and Policy Issues

May 11, 2012
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“VicHealth, the Refugee Health Research Centre, the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and the McCaughey Centre  worked together to identify and synthesise national and international research on the impacts of (rural and regional humanitarian settlement). This work in
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Refugee and asylum seeker health in rural and regional areas 2012 roundtable notes

May 10, 2012
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These notes are from a roundtable discussion in March 2012 between rural health and settlement service providers, state and federal government.  The roundtable consisted of a mixture of presentations and workshops.  The notes contain a summary of the presentation and notes from the wo
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Rural Forum Report 2008

April 26, 2012
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This is a report from a Rural Forum Hosted by the Victorian Refugee Health Network.  The aim of the forum was to bring together service providers to discuss service development to respond to the health and wellbeing needs of people of a refugee background in rural areas. The discussio
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Rural Refugee Health Forum Report 2010

April 26, 2012
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The Rural health Forum was held on Friday October 8th 2010 at Foundation House in Brunswick. This was a one-day forum to discuss the particular issues facing regional health service providers in developing appropriate services and support to respond to the health and well-being needs
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