Guidelines
Refugee Health
Each year many thousands of people setting in Australia as refugees from regions such as the former Yugoslavia and the Horn of Africa, where they have endured conflict and persecution. These people have a high rate of long-term physical and psychological problems, due in large part to their exposure to conflict and oppression. One in four will have been subject to torture or severe human rights violations, with almost three in four being exposed to traumatic events such as forced experiences and loss of or separation from family members in violent circumstances.
This guide has been produced to support GPs in caring for refugee patients by the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc. on behalf of the Western Melbourne Division of General Practice with assistance from the Victorian Infectious Diseases Unit and the University of Melbourne - with funds from the Department of Health and Aged Care (now renamed the Department of Health and Ageing). The RACGP was not involved in the production of these guidelines.
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