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 Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health (CEH) have updated their Language Services Information Sheets, in response to sector demand and developments in language service policy. These information sheets provide useful information on how to effectively engage with language servic
A series of videos have been produced by Family Planning NSW. Spoken in Arabic, Assyrian, Dari, French, Hindi, Karen, Khmer, Mandarin, Nepalese, Turkish and Vietnamese, the firsthand accounts dispel some common misconceptions about cervical cancer screening and encourage all women to
NSW Refugee Health Service has developed a free online tool which produces an appointment letter in 17 languages. It is simple to use and fast, enabling the letter to be printed off during a consultation and given to patients before they leave your ward or clinic.
Research has been conducted by the University of Adelaide, in conjunction with Monash University, The University of Sydney and the South Australian Department of Health, to investigate the effects of very hot weather on the wellbeing of migrants and refugees. Identified in the study
Universal Stories of Healing from Depression is an audio-visual resource which has been developed to raise awareness of depression in refugee communities. There are three stories from three different communities spoken in English and the languages of Dari (Afghanistan), Karen (Burma)
This document, produced by the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services, provides a useful print out summary of available Australian and international nutrition resources, factsheets and projects for resettled refugee and migrant communties.
This is a series of translated materials developed by the Government of NSW to support people’s oral health care, dental health prevention and health promotion. Lift the Lip is a poster to display in your clinic, showing adults how check their own teeth and their children’s teeth for
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development have a number of translated resources in new arrival community languages. Topics include: Interpreter Service Welcome to Early Childhood Services Children’s Services in Victoria – Information for parents and guard
I Love Kindergarten online videos are a parent resource about getting started at kindergarten. It is available in a number of languages spoken by people who are recent humanitarian entrants such as Arabic, Dari, Karen, Nuer, Somali and others.