LibGuides: Northern Health Library: Refugee & Asylum Seeker Health Resources

ABC Education - How refugees are surprised by Australian life - 2019

Recent refugee and asylum seeker health articles

Offshore detention: cross-sectional analysis of the health of children and young people seeking asylum in Australia, Amarasena L et al. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Mar;108(3):185-191. You can request a copy of this article via the NH Library article supply service.

Practical advice for refugees aspiring to become registered nurses in Australia.Ng Chok H, Lewis P, Mannix J, Wilkes L.. J Adv Nurs. 2023 Jan;79(1):234-243.You can request a copy of this article via the NH Library article supply service.

Experiences of Assyrian refugee women seeking care for chronic pain: a qualitative study, Altun A, Brown H, Sturgiss E, Russell G. Int J Equity Health. 2023 May 8;22(1):83.

Occupational multi-level responsiveness: Describing the skills used by occupational therapists working with children seeking asylum in Australia, Crawford E, Barlott T, Begg H, Mitchelson K, Teo A, Turpin M. Scand J Occup Ther. 2023 Apr;30(3):357-373.

Evaluation of a nutrition education resource for refugees and newly arrived migrants to Australia, Mead C, Tindall R, Charlton K. Health Promot J Austr. 2023 Apr;34(2):536-543.

Ripple effects: integrating international medical graduates from refugee backgrounds into the health system in Australia. Nyanchoga MM, Sackey D, Farley R, Claydon R, Mukandi B. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Apr;7(4):e007911.

Providing Care by Telephone to Refugees and Asylum Seekers: An Evaluation of Telephone Mode-of-Care in Monash Health Refugee Health and Wellbeing Clinic in Victoria, Australia, Kunin M, Ali R, Yugusuk C, Davis A, McBride J. Health Serv Insights. 2022 Nov 14;15

Refugee and asylum seeker health articles written by NH staff

Including migrant oncology patients in research: A multisite pilot randomised controlled trial testing consultation audio-recordings and question prompt lists, Hyatt A, Lipson-Smith R, Gough K, Butow P, Jefford M, Hack TF, Hale S, Zucchi E, White S, Ozolins U, Schofield P. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2022 May 28;28:100932.

Refugee and asylum seeker health information & guidelines

Australian Refugee Health Practice Guide "The Australian Refugee Health Practice Guide can be used by doctors, nurses and other primary care providers to inform on-arrival and ongoing health care for people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum." - ARHPG website
NSQHS Standards User guide for health service organisations providing care for patients from migrant and refugee backgrounds
The Royal Children's Hospital - Immigrant Health Clinical Resources
The Royal Women's Hospital - Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting – Guideline for Care
Victoria Government - Department of Health: Refugee and asylum seeker health services: Guidelines for the community health program

Australian Human Rights Commision - Let's Talk About Refugees - 2022

NH Refugee & Asylum Seeker Subcommittee - book & film recommendations

The Swimmers (Film) "From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use. Based on a true story. Directed by Sally El-Hosaini." - film description
Watandar: My Countryman (Film) 'Watandar: My Countryman is the story of Muzafar Ali, an internationally renowned Afghani photographer who arrived in Australia as a refugee. When Muzafar discovers that Afghans have been an integral part of Australia for over 160 years, he begins to photograph their descendants in a search to define his own new Afghan-Australian identity. Then the Taliban take over Afghanistan and his old country comes calling." - film description
No Friend but the Mountains (Book) "In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani sought asylum in Australia but was instead illegally imprisoned in the country’s most notorious detention centre on Manus Island. This book is the result. Boochani spent nearly five years typing passages of this book one text at a time from a secret mobile phone in prison. Compiled and translated from Farsi, they form an incredible story of how escaping political persecution in Iran, he ended up trapped as a stateless person. This vivid, gripping portrait of his years of incarceration and exile shines devastating light on the fates of so many people, as borders close around the world." book description
Home (Poem) "'Home’ by Warsan Shire is a strikingly horrid poem about the sufferings of refugees. This poem was inspired by Shire’s 2009 piece ‘Conversations about Home (at a deportation centre).’ In this poem, Shire depicts the lived experiences of the refugees and immigrants, who, finding no other way out, had to leave the country they proudly called “home.” Home is not an idea of solace and comfort for them. It is a rather glaring cut on the skin that could not be healed with time." -- poem description

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Refugee and asylum seeker health podcasts

All in the Mind - Refugees, sport, and mental health "The trauma of war and displacement has a negative impact on the mental health of hundreds of thousands of refugees around the world. Australian researchers recently travelled to a large refugee camp in Bangladesh* where around 500,000 Rohingya people are living. The researchers found that sports and exercise programs make a huge difference to these refugees' physical and mental health, and to their well-being." - episode description
RANZCP - Psych Matters - Philosophical and Ethical Issues of Working with Asylum Seekers and Refugees "In this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Kym Jenkins, Dr Jon Jureidini and Dr Sue Lutton discuss the Philosophical and ethical issues of working with asylum seekers and refugees." - episode description

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