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Refugee Health - Australia
Brisbane Refugee and Asylum Seekers Health Network (QLD)
This site provides news, events and resources to assist its voluntary network of doctors, nurses,
dentists, pharmacists and allied health workers.
Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
This site provides the details of the torture and trauma service in each state and territory in Australia.
Refugee & Asylum Seeker Health Resource Centre
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has collected a number of articles, contact
details and links for GPs who are interested in learning more about the health needs of asylum seekers
and refugees in Australia.
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Network (VIC)
The Network's site lists a number of resources and upcoming events.
Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
This site provides information on STARTTS' services, training, research and a selection of articles
from the magazine 'Refugee Transitions.'
Also of interest:
Professional Alliance for
the Health of Asylum Seekers and their Children
Public Health Association of Australia's Refugee Health Policy
Western Australian Refugee Health Network
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Refugee Health - International
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Interantional
This site provides links to basic information regarding a wide range of diseases found in
conflict situations. In most cases, the link will also provide information as to MSF
treatment. Also see Médecins Sans Frontières Australia.
Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Portal (UK)
This site has useful resources for health professionals working with refugees and asylum seekers. While
it focuses on the UK, many of the topics are relevant to health professionals in Australia.
Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium
Provides reproductive health assessments on a range of refugee populations and research on
issues such as gender-based violence; STI and HIV/AIDS; family planning and safe motherhood.
Survivors International
This site lists torture and trauma centres around the world and has a very comprehensive reference
bibliography on the psychological effects of torture and refugee trauma.
Also of interest:
British Refugee Council's Health Information
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CAN)
Centre for Victims of Torture - (USA)
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
The Medical Foundation - UK's Torture and Trauma Service
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Refugee Sites - Australia
Centre for Refugee Research (UNSW)
The Centre's site provides information on many aspects of the refugee experience both here and
overseas, and a range of educational materials for trainers, teachers and students.
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA)
This site provides a range of settlement information for newly arrived people. For service providers
needing statistical data on the refugee and humanitarian program, the "Design your own report"
option is particularly useful - you can compile statistics by locations, gender, age, language, education etc.
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
HREOC's site provides facts on refugees and asylum seekers, reports on visits by the Commissioner to
Australia's Immigration Detention Centres and numerous health-related submissions to the National Inquiry
into Children in Immigration Detention.
Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA)
RCOA is the peak refugee NGO in Australia. This site includes up-coming events, facts and statistics,
and analysis of many aspects of Australia's refugee and humanitarian program.
Also of interest:
Amnesty International Australia
Asylum Seekers Centre (NSW)
Racism? No Way!
Scattered People - Music from refugees and asylum seekers in Brisbane
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Refugee Sites - International
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
One of the most comprehensive sites on refugee issues. It includes country reports, refugee law,
UNHCR standards, statistics and resources relating to international refugee issues, including health care.
US Committee for Refugees
This site includes audio of refugee testimonials, and provides up-to-date information on refugee movements
around the world.
Also of interest:
BBC's The Road to Refuge
Centre for Refugee Studies - York University
Cultural Orientation Resource Centre (formerly Refugee Service Centre) (USA)
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Rescue Committee
Refugee Studies Centre - University of Oxford
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
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Multicultural Health - Australia
Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health (VIC)
Has links to a range of useful resources, multicultural materials, organisations and research. Provides
a register of heath promotion projects and delivers training on many aspects of multicultural health.
Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
This service has over 450 health publications translated into a variety of community languages. They
produce Resources and Translation Guidelines, provide referral, and handle enquires from health staff
about all aspects of multicultural communication.
Queensland Health's Cultural Diversity Site (QLD)
This site includes three on-line guides on designed to help health professionals work with patients
from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Issues covered include: using an interpreter,
culture and health, migration, language, family and society issues, psychosocial stressors, communication
styles, health beliefs and practices, health status, health care utilisation, views on mental health,
suggestions for health care workers, and suggested readings.
Transcultural Mental Health Centre (NSW)
The TMHC site lists translated mental health information, training, a resource catalogue and research.
Also of interest:
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Multicultural Palliative Care Guidelines
Multicultural Centre for Women's Health
Multicultural Mental Health Australia
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Multicultural Health Sites - International
Cross Cultural Health Care Program (USA)
This site contains lists of national resources on cultural competency, interpretation & translation,
health organisations and provides summaries of the health beliefs and practices of a number of refugee populations.
Diversity Rx (USA)
Diversity Rx is a clearinghouse of information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities,
immigrants, refugees and other diverse populations seeking health care.
EthnoMed (USA)
This site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent
to the health care of refugees and migrants.
Refugee Health - Immigrant Health (USA)
This site details the health care practises, refugee health and settlement issues of a number of
refugee communities.
Also of interest:
Racial/Ethnic Healthcare Disparities
Transcultural Nursing Society
Transcultural & Multicultural Health Links (Indiana University)
World Health Organisation: World Health Report
World Health Organization - Publications and Documents on FGM
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Health and Human Rights
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières International
This site provides links to basic information regarding a wide range of diseases found in conflict
situations and information on health and human rights issues. Also
Médecins
Sans Frontières Australia.
Also of interest:
Amnesty International's Health Professional Network Online
Boston Centre for Refugee Health and Human Rights
International Society for Equity in Health
Landmine Action
Medical Association for the Prevention of War - Australia
Physicians for Human Rights
Researching Health & Human Rights
World Health Organisation's 25 Questions and Answers on Health and Human Rights
Istanbul Protocol - Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
World Organisation Against Torture
The UNSW Initiative for Health and Human Rights
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