Clinical Guidelines

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Guidelines developed by the Refugee Health Clinical Advisory Group in partnership with the Refugee Health Partnership Advisory Group Qld (RH – PAGQ):

• • Recommendations for post arrival screening pathology (Aug 25) – (including children)
  • Immunisation
  • Hepatitis
  • ​Strongyloides (Oct 2021)
  • Schistosomiasis (Oct 2021)
  • Tuberculosis Information
  • Tinea Capitis (Oct 2021)
  • Chagas disease (Nov 2025)
  • Vitamin D

• The Australian Refugee Health Practice Guide – for  primary care providers to inform on-arrival and ongoing health care for people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum.
• Recommendations for Comprehensive Post-Arrival Health Assessment for people from Refugee-like backgrounds (2016 Ed) – Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) and Refugee Health Network of Australia Refugee Health Guidelines
• Competency Standards Framework for Clinicians: Culturally responsive clinical practice: Working with people from migrant and refugee backgrounds (2019) includes the Guide for Clinicians Working with Interpreters in Healthcare Settings  – Migrant and Refugee Women’s Health Partnership
• Working with people from refugee backgrounds – A guide for Social Workers 2nd Ed (STARTTS) 2022

Palestinians

• Palestinian refugee guidelines – A summary of background and health issues for newly arriving Palestinian refugees from Gaza (Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne).
• Queensland Health will recognise people fleeing the conflict in Israel and Gaza as asylum seekers and provide them access to public hospitals and health services free of charge. More information.