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2024

Understanding key priority areas of mental health among queer asylum seekers and refugees in Australia through the lens of structural violence: A modified Delphi method study – Satrio Nindyo Istiko, Andrian Liem, Edwin Adrianta Surijah, Ignacio Correa-Velez – Journal of Refugee Studies, 13 August 2024
Responding to health literacy of refugees in Australian primary health care settings: a qualitative study of barriers and potential solutions – Prince Peprah, Jane Lloyd & Mark Harris 2024, BMC Health Services Research, vol. 24.
Improving access to catch-up immunisations for humanitarian arrivals: a qualitative study Shamila Ginige, Holly Seale and Kate Alexander 2024, Public Health Research & Practice, A Journal of the Sax Institute, vol. 34, no.2.
Improving rates of immunisation in refugee populations in Australia Abela Mahimbo 2024, Public Health Research & Practice, Vol. 34, no. 2.
Saving FACE Sector Guide – Muslim Women Australia
Stronger starts, brighter futures – SSI research on multicultural children education, 2024

Australian Institute of Family Studies (2024)

2023

2022

The M-CHooSe pilot: the acceptability and utilisation of the nurse-led, general practice clinic co-located `Mater CALD Healthcare Coordinator Service’ for patients from multicultural backgrounds David Chua, Donata Sackey, Meryl Jones, Michelle Smith, Lauren Ball and Tracey Johnson (Dec 2022). Watch a video about M-CHooSe
Telehealth, COVID-19 and Refugees and Migrants in Australia: Policy and Related Barriers and Opportunities for More Inclusive Health and Technology Systems – Int J Health Policy Manag 2022, 2022, 11(10), 2368–2372
Effect of an Australian community-based caseload midwifery group practice service on maternal and neonatal outcomes for women from a refugee background (Nov, 2022) – Mpho Dubea, Yu Gaoa, Michelle Steel, Angela Bromley, Sarah Ireland & Sue Kildea – Journal of the Australian College of Midwives – Women and Birth, Science Direct
Stories of survival and the importance of resilience in the face of increasing environmental, geopolitical, economic, social and health challenges Dr Paul Harris , John Bosco Ngendakurio, John Bosco Ngendakurio Volume 13, Issue 1 (2022) Journal of Social Inclusion
The Practices and Processes of Foreign Aid to Africa: A Kenyan Case Study – John Bosco Ngendakurio
Australasian Review of African Studies, 2022, 43(1)
Reporting on the health of culturally and linguistically diverse populations in Australia -An exploratory paper Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022)
POLICY PAPER: Healthcare and the health-related harms of Australia’s refugee externalisation policies. S Dehm, C Loughnan, S O’Donnell & J Silverstein. July 2022
WHO – World report on the health of refugees and migrants (20 July 2022) – Global report
Epidemiology of hearing health in the refugee population in Logan, Queensland Australia. Sally Bourne, Associate Professor Wayne J. Wilson, Logan Hospital – Metro South, Queensland Health, The University of Queensland
Ripple effects: integrating international medical graduates from refugee backgrounds into the health system in Australia. Mercy Moraa Nyanchoga, Donata Sackey, Rebecca Farley, Rachel Claydon, Bryan Mukandi – BMJ Global Health, Volume 7, Issue 4
Interview with British Journal of Social Work, with the authors of the Editor’s Choice Article Navigating the Politics and Ethics of Hospitality: Inclusive Practice with Forced Migrants in Volume 52, Issue 1: Ravinder Sidhu and Donata Rossi-Sackey – Watch it here.
Promising Practices in the Provision of Essential Services to Migrants (Jan, 2022) United Nations Network on Migration
Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants is a major longitudinal study that examines how humanitarian migrants settle into a new life in Australia.

2021

Health perspectives of the Yazidi community in Toowoomba, TRAMS, CatholicCare (2021)
Encampment of Refugees in Kenya and the Failure of Economic Integration (2021)– John Bosco Ngendakurio – Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 20 (2021) 529–550
The experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability Issues paper Disability Royal Commission
The Refugee Co-Location Model may be useful in addressing refugee barriers to care. What do refugees think? Michael Au, Robyn Preston, Robin A. Ray and Meg Davis – Australian Journal of Primary Health (Nov 2021)
Mental Health Report 2021 – QACC Beyond Barriers of the Community BBC Project Report
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards – User Guide for Health Service Organisations Providing Care for Patients from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds (August, 2021) Published by Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Exploring electronic health records to estimate the extent of catch-up immunisation and factors associated with under-immunisation among refugees and asylum seekers in south east Queensland – Mercy Moraa Nyanchoga, Patricia Lee and Gaery Barbery (26 September, 2021)
Regional Interpreting Internship Model (2021)- CatholicCare Social Services
Promoting Oral Health for Refugees: An Advocacy Guide (2020) – FDI World Dental Federation
Refugee healthcare perceptions in regional northern Australia: transition through engagement, access, trust, privacy, the old, and the new.; Michael Au, Robyn Preston, Meg Davis. Australian Journal of Primary Health (June 2021)
Refugee health nursing – Kath Desmyth, Sandy Eagar, Meryl Jones, Leeanne Schmidt, Jan Williams (10 June 2021) – Wiley Online library
Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration Lab COVID-19 report (March 2021)
Power and Globalization in Africa: Perceptions of Barriers to Fair Economic Development in Kenya, Perspectives on Global Technology and Development, Volume 20, Issues 1-2, 2021, John Bosco Ngendakurio
The experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability – Royal Commissioninto Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability – Issues Paper (March, 2021)
Enhancing and supporting the COVID-19 vaccination program – focusing on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities – Holly Seale, Anita Heywood, Lisa Woodland, Ben Harris-Roxas, Abela Mahimbo, Ikram Abdi
Communicating COVID-19 health information to culturally and linguistically diverse communities: insights from a participatory research collaboration – Abigail Wild, Breanne Kunstler, Denise Goodwin, Saturnino Onyala, Li Zhang, Marama Kufi, Wudad Salim, Faduma Musse, Mohamed Mohideen, Molina Asthana, Mohammad Al-Khafaji, Mary Ann Geronimo, Daniel Coase, Erin Chew, Eddie Micallef, Helen Skouteris (Public Health Research and Practice, March 10, 2021)

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