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This article, written by Amanda Lyons, focuses on the role GPs can play in supporting refugee background patients to navigate an unfamiliar healthcare system.

Recommends all people from refugee-like backgrounds, including children, should be offered a tailored comprehensive health assessment and management plan, ideally within one month of arrival in Australia.

This report details a two year project that aimed to document, develop and trial an approach to engaging and supporting general practices in the delivery of accessible and appropriate health care to people from refugee backgrounds, including those seeking asylum.  A suite of resources

Many health professionals prepare and provide written health plans, summaries, reports, letters and referrals (hereon in ‘health information’) for asylum seekers. This information sheet aims to: give an overview about who may request these documents, explain who may have access to the

The Refugee Health General Practice Engagement Tools can be used by anyone wanting to engage and support general practices to deliver accessible and appropriate healthcare to people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum. The Tools can be modified to suit your needs

Communication with a person from a refugee background may be affected by language and cultural differences as well as social, economic and political experiences.  It is important for an accredited interpreter (i.e. not a family member) to be offered to ensure ethical, safe and high qu

People from refugee backgrounds, including those seeking asylum, experience a number of barriers to accessing health and other services, including difficulties understanding and navigating the health system.  Knowledge of local support services for people from refugee backgrounds and

People from refugee backgrounds may have unique clinical needs as a result of poor or interrupted access to healthcare. Person centred care is central to all clinical work with people from refugee backgrounds, and therefore the health concerns and priorities of the patient must be add

Dr Karen Kiang, Refugee Health Fellow at the Royal Children’s Hospital presented a webinar on 4th February  2016 about on-arrival health assessments for children, with a focus on the needs of people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. This webinar was sponsored by the Victo

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