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The Talking about health and experiences of using health services with people from refugee backgrounds project conducted 115 consultations with people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum, in Victoria in March and April 2016. The consultations asked people about t

This report presents the process and the findings from a project conducted by the Victorian Refugee Health Network from July 2015 to July 2016. The project aimed to consult with people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum, about health and experience of using heal

This report provides a summary of diverse community perspectives relating to the accessibility and quality of Australian Government service delivery, highlighting gaps, key issue areas, models of good practice and opportunities for continued development and reform. Click the button be

This report assesses the accessibility and equity of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and makes recommendations for ensuring the equity of access and equity of experience for these groups. Click th

Young people from refugee backgrounds who had accessed mental health services were interviewed about their experiences of doing so in a research study by Foundation House. Suggested guidelines for mental health practitioners have been compiled based on the young people’s comment

The Early Childhood Access and Participation Project was conducted in 2011 in the Western Metropolitan Region of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.  The project was a partnership between the Department, the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture, Chin

The Victorian Auditor General has published the findings of an audit into how effectively the Departments of Education and Early Childhood, Health, and Human Services, and the Victorian Multicultural Commission and Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, are meeting the needs

The Victorian Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Action Plan 2014-2018 was launched by the Hon. David Davis, Victorian Minister for Health, on 19 June 2014.  The plan was the result of a collaboration between the Department of Health and the Victorian Refugee Health Network, and involve

This report, developed as a three-year project between members of the Karen community, Gambler’s Help Western, the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health and HealthWest Partnership, explores the strengths, opportunities and challenges for the Karen community settling in the we

The Having a baby in a new country project was undertaken to address the gap in available evidence about how women and men of refugee-background experience health services during pregnancy, birth and in the first months following birth.