Welcome to the Victorian Refugee Health Network.
We work to develop responsive health service systems that meet the needs of people from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers.
This report was informed by consumer focus groups undertaken by the Refugee and Migrant Women’s Working Group to understand the specific needs of refugee and migrant women and families accessing maternity care.
This background paper was produced as part of the Good Food for New Arrivals Project at ASETTS in 2008. The paper outlines some common pre and post arrival factors affecting refugee health, and also outlines issues identified as nutritional problems by refugee community groups in Pert