The RACGP John Murtagh Library
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Please find below links to useful web resources in Refugee and Migrant Health.
The Cultural Dictionary
A resource to increase cultural understanding for service-providers in
the ACT. Produced by the Migrant Resource Centre of Canberra and
Queanbeyan.
Diagnosis, management and prevention of
infections in recently arrived refugees.
Report by the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases.
An evaluation of the primary healthcare needs of refugees
in south east metropolitan Melbourne : a report by the Southern Academic
Primary Care Research Unit to the Refugee Health Research Consortium,
Dandenong.
Report produced by the Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit.
Free Interpreting Services
The Australian Government, through TIS National, provides free
interpreting services to non-English speaking Australian citizens and
permanent residents communicating with private medical practitioners
providing Medicare-rebateable services and their reception staff to
arrange appointments and provide results of medical tests.
Health Issues Centre: Cultural
diversity
Links provided by the Health Issues Centre.
Health Translations Directory
This Victorian directory links to online multilingual health resources
from government departments, peak health bodies, hospitals, community
health centres and welfare agencies.
Immunisation: quick guide: catch-up
immunisation.
The Quick Guide: Catch-Up Immunisation has been developed for Victorian
immunisation providers to create a catch-up immunisation schedule for
people presenting with no immunisation history ensuring that they are
immunised appropriately and recalled in a timely manner for their next
immunisations.
Immunise Australia Program
The Immunise Australia Program aims to increase national immunisation
rates by funding free vaccination programs, administering the Australian
Childhood Immunisation register and communicating information about
immunisation to the general public and health professionals.
National Cultural Competency Tool (NCCT)
for Mental Health Services
The NCCT resource pack is designed to enhance the capacity of
Australia’s mental health workforce to work with people from culturally
and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
The NSW Multicultural Health Communication
Service
The NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (Multicultural
Communication) is funded by the NSW Ministry of Health to provide
information and services to help health professionals communicate with
non English speaking communities throughout NSW.
Publications & Resources Available for
download: Refugee Health
Publications and resources links provided by Foundation House: The
Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture.
Refugee Council of Australia: resources -
Australian research on refugees and resettlement
This resource list on refugees and resettlement was produced by the
Refugee Council of Australia in consultation with the Settlement Council
of Australia.
Refugee Health Assessment form
Includes guide to usage from the General Practice Divisions of Victoria.
Resources for General Practitioners:
Refugee Health
Links to guides and resources from GP South.
There are alternatives: a handbook for
preventing unnecessary immigration detention
Introducing CAP: The Community Assessment and Placement model for
working with refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants. Published
by the International Detention Coalition, 2011.
The Tortured patient: a medical dilemma
From the Hastings Center report, a comprehensive work on the role of the
medical professional in torture.
United Nations High Commission for
Refugees: basic facts.
UNHCR, the United Nations refugee organization, is mandated by the
United Nations to lead and coordinate international action for the
world-wide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee
problems.
Victorian Refugee Health Network
The Victorian Refugee Health Network was established in June, 2007 to
facilitate greater coordination and collaboration amongst health and
community services to provide more accessible and appropriate health
services for people of refugee backgrounds.
Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry
Unit
This webpage comprises a compilation of links to profiles on more than
160 immigrant and refugee communities in Australia available on various
Australian (and some international) websites. Information provided by
each profile varies and is briefly described in the Contents of site
column. Content may include demographic information about the
communities in Australia, cultural information such as religious beliefs
and traditional practices, mental health information where available,
and historical and economic background in the home country.