Chronic Disease

Clinical Guidelines

The Refugee Health Guide provides information
about Chronic non-communicable diseases in adults HERE

Services

• ECCQ – Chronic Disease Program including My Health for Life Program
• My Health For Life CALD Program and in-practice support
• Mater Refugee and Asylum Seeker Cardiovascular Clinic (RASCC)

Translated Resources

• Multicultural Diabetes Portal – provides health professionals with a broad range of translated diabetes resources
• Heart Foundation – Provides resources in your language
• The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (includes serve information) – Pictorial and translated into various languages
• Healthy Lifestyle Resources
• Diabetes Patient Education Materials – Ethno Med

More Information

• Diabetes during Ramadan
• Between health and faith: managing type 2 diabetes during Ramadan
• RACGP
• Australian Heart Foundation
• Diabetes calculator
• Nutritional guidelines (includes patient resources)
• Chronic obstructive airways disease
• Physical activity guidelines
• Physical activity assessment

Education – Refugee Health Chronic Disease (2018)

The evening included presentations from:

• Dr Karam Kostner, Director of Cardiology, Mater Hospital & Refugee and Asylum Seeker Cardiovascular Clinic
• Dr Margaret Kay, GP and Multicultural Health Clinical Lead, Brisbane South PHN
• Ms. Louise Lee, Refugee Health Practice Nurse Clinical Lead Brisbane South PHN
• Ms. Hong Do – Ethnic Communities Council Qld
• Members from the Brisbane Refugee Health Advisory Group

Watch it online here.