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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.

The Teach-back technique is a best practice communications method for addressing health literacy, and can be used with all patients to reduce misunderstanding and better engage them in their care. The technique focuses on the use of clear, simple language when speaking with patients a

The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health, in partnership with St. Vincent’s Hospital and the Melbourne Primary Care Network has developed a short video that demonstrates the use of Teach Back in a Hepatitis B context. Teach back is a technique clinicians can use with clients to re

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

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. 

This report details the ECCV forum on Sexual Health, Cultural Diversity and Young.  The paper provides background information regarding sexual health and health literacy among young people of culturally diverse backgrounds; outlines the questions and panel responses covered in the que

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 desktop guide accompanies the Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors, nurses and other health care providers caring for people of refugee background (3rd edition). The guide contains sections on: identifying patients from a refugee background engaging interpreters consulta

This desktop guide accompanies the Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors, nurses and other health care providers caring for people of refugee background (3rd edition). The guide contains sections on: identifying patients from a refugee background engaging interpreters consulta

The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB) State Government Program aims to reduce the burden of chronic disease by addressing maternal risk behaviours and providing support during pregnancy. It targets pregnant women who are unable to access antenatal care services or require additio