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.
“The Development of a sustainable nutrition education session promoting healthy eating amongst Afghan refugee women within Mildura” was a partnership project produced by Flinders University, Bedford Park SA and Sunraysia Community Health Services, Mildura VIC in collaboration with the
This background paper was developed as part of the Good Food for New Arrivals project, led by ASETTS from 2008-2010. The background paper highlights issues of food insecuirty for people of refugee background in Australia and identifies strategies to address these issues.
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
This background paper was produced by the Victorian Refugee Health Network in 2007. The intention of the paper is to provide an overview of the key presenting issues, available data and key service responses relating to initial health assessment and ongoing care of people of refugee b