Research
2023
- Chronic health conditions among culturally and linguistically diverse Australians, 2021 – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
- Australian doctor Rose McGready needs help to keep her life-saving clinics in Myanmar open – ABC News 11.05.2023
- “Born too soon in a resource-limited setting: A 10-year mixed methods review of a special care baby unit for refugees and migrants on the Myanmar-Thailand bderor” – Refugee Health Journal Abstracts
- Engagement and job satisfaction of Queensland Spoken and Sign language interpreters – AUSIT/ASLIAQ Survey report
- Communicable Diseases Prevalence among Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis –
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
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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)
2020
- Navigating the Politics and Ethics of Hospitality: Inclusive Practice with Forced Migrants – Ravinder K Sidhu, Donata Rossi-Sackey – The British Journal of Social Work Dec 21, 2020 Access the full article here (FREE)
- The COVID-19 vaccines rush: participatory community engagement matters more than ever– multiple authors- The Lancet (Dec 2020).
- Communicating with migrant and refugee communities during COVID 19: Learnings for the future– Settlement Council of Australia (Nov 2020)
- Reconceptualising specialisation: integrating refugee health in primary care – Donata Sackey, Meryl Jones and Rebecca Farley – Australian Journal of Primary Health (Sept, 2020)
- If we don’t count it…It doesnt count – Towards Consistent National Data Collection and Reporting on Cultural, Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity – Issues Paper by FECCA (Oct, 2020)
- Overcoming cultural difference in end-of-life planning – Advance Care Planning Australia (Aug, 2020)
- Developing interprofessional collaboration between clinicians, interpreters, and translators in healthcare settings: outcomes from face-to-face training – Claire Xiaochi Zhang, Emma Crawford, Jeanne Marshall, Anne Bernard & Katie Walker-Smith (July 2020)
- Using Evidence to Improve Refugee Resettlement: A Monitoring and Evaluation Road Map – A Ahad, C Le Coz, H Beirens Migration Policy Institute (June 2020)
- Effective consultation: a strategy to enhance Queensland Health’s Patient Experience data collection from people of a refugee background – Findings arising from the Patient Experience Project (April, 2020)– Mater Centre for Integrated Care and Innovation
- Development and evaluation of interprofessional e-learning for speech pathologists, interpreters and translators by Claire Xiaochi Zhang, Jeanne Marshall, Anne Bernard, Katie Walker-Smith The International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research Vol 12, No.1 (2020).
- Perceptions of mental health and perceived barriers to mental health help-seeking amongst refugees: A systematic review (Feb, 2020) Byrow, Pajak, Specker and Nickerson