Click the photo above to access the Australian Refugee Health Practice Guide website.

General (asylum seekers and refugees)

• STAR-MH (Screening Tool for Asylum Seeker and Refugee Mental Health)
• Refugee Health Assessment Template 2018 (pdf version, Medical Director and Best Practice template)
• Australian Refugee Health Practice Guide: Primary care for people from refugee backgrounds, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House) (2018)
• Recommendations for comprehensive post-arrival health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) and Refugee Health Network of Australia (RHeaNA) (2016)
• Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) health assessment of refugees and other humanitarian entrants, Department of Health (2014)
• Health assessment for refugees and other humanitarian entrants into Australia: Q & A sheet, Department of Health (2014)
• Free Interpreting for Doctors and Pharmacists (TIS), Department of Social Services
• Critical and potential alerts for new arrivals (Offshore medical records)
• High Dose Vitamin D Information for Medical Practitioners, former Victorian Department of Health (2012)
• Refugee/asylum seeker catch-up vaccine order form, Department of Health and Human Services (2014)
• Additional tools and resources to support general practice, including non-clinical staff (2016)

For a comprehensive list of clinical guidelines visit Royal Children’s Hospital Immigrant Health Services website.

Asylum seeker specific

• Medicare renewal (2015)
• Asylum Seeker Information Sheet for Victorian Health Care Providers (Victorian Refugee Health Network, 2015)
• Asylum seeker identification (redirects to the Royal Childrens Hospital Immigrant Health Services)

For further information visit asylum seeker health service referral page, asylum seeker health page and asylum seeker resource library.