Research Archive

• A model explaining refugee experiences of the Australian healthcare system: a systematic review of refugee perceptions – Michael Au, Athire Debbie Anandakumar, Robyn Preston, Robin A. Ray & Meg Davis BMC International Health and Human Rights volume 19, (2019)  Read the full article here
• Pharmacy practitioners’ lived experiences of culture in multicultural Australia: From perceptions to skilled practice – Jasmina Fejzic,  Michelle Barker June, 2019
• Experiences of Health Care among Refugee and Asylum Seeker Residents in Regional Victoria – University of Melbourne
• Migrant and Refugee Women’s Health Partnership (Jan, 2019): Competency Standards Framework for Clinicians – Culturally responsive clinical practice 
• The Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA); Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA); the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA); and the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) released a new report outlining the significant obstacles faced by refugees with disabilities who are living in Australia (Feb 2019).
• Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants– National Centre for Longitudinal Data

2018

• Enhancing health literacy strategies in the settlement of migrant and refugee women (Feb 2018) – Migrant and Refugee Women’s Health Partnership
• Intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities – Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) – Intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities: Scoping review of issues and responses Alissar El-Murr (Dec, 2018) Watch the video here
• Cultural responsiveness in a paediatric hospital setting People, processes, and practice environment. Claire Xiaochi Zhang & Emma Crawford, Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language  Pathology, Vol 20, No. 3, 2018
• Seizing the opportunity: Making the most of the skills and experience of migrants and refugees – A research report for Multicultural Affairs Queensland (November 2018)
• Congolese Men and Women of Good Hope: The Legacies of Refugee Camps for Work Market Readiness in Hyper-Diverse Cities (2018) Ngendakurio, John Bosco – Masters Thesis
• DEALING WITH DIVERSITY: Aged care services for new and emerging communities  (August 2018) – National Seniors Australia
• Intergovernmental collaboration for the health and wellbeing of refugees settling in Australia (March, 2018) Belinda Martin, Paul Douglas
• Supporting the Mental Health & Wellbeing of Resettled Refugees – THE WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA. Report by Greg Turner – 2017 Churchill Fellow
• An unnecessary penalty: Economic impacts of changes to the Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) – FULL REPORT (Sept, 2018)

2017

• Supporting the Mental Health & Wellbeing of Resettled Refugees – Greg Turner (2017)
• Access and Equity to feedback and complaints for multicultural communities – FECCA
• Working Together to improved health literacy of women from refugee backgrounds (Aug 2017) – Health Issues Centre and Victorian Refugee Health Network

2015

• The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health
  Position Statement (May 2015)

2013

• Coordinated Primary Health Care for Refugees: A Best Practice Framework for Australia – Russell G, Harris M, Cheng I, Kay M, Vasi S, Joshi C, Chan B, Lo W, Wahidi S, Advocat J, Pottie K, Smith M, Furler J (2013). Report to the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute.

Other Research links

• The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne Immigrant Health Service has a webpage intended as a clearing house for refugee health research in Australia. Information available in the published peer reviewed literature has been compiled, and links to the relevant PubMed or ERIC abstract are shown.
• The Victoria Refugee Health Network library contains resources, policy documents, reports, weblinks and pages relating to refugee health.