Refugee Health Flexible Fund resources

Project websites

• Delivering healthcare to refugee communities in regional NSW - Agency for Clinical Innovation
• Refugee Cancer Screening Project - Cancer Institute NSW
• Translated Health Resources for Refugee Communities

Project evaluations and reports

• Armidale Refugee Health Program, Evaluation Report
• Transcultural Mental Health Centre - Final Project Report
• Refugee Cancer Screening Project, Cancer Institute NSW - Final Summary Report
• Circle of Security Evaluation Report, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health Dsitrict

Guides and tools

• Delivering healthcare to refugee communities in regional NSW - Agency for Clinical Innovation
• Developing health resources for people from refugee backgrounds: Best practice guide for NSW Health Staff
• Other resources are being finalised.

Literature reviews

• Increasing Digital Health Literacy in Refugee Communities, Literature Review
• Harmony and Healing Project Literature Review, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
• Refugee and Asylum Seekers’ Engagement with Health Services During Pregnancy: A Systematic Scoping Review [under review]
• Other resources are being finalised.

Journal articles

• Refugee and Asylum Seeker Trauma Informed Care Training for Oral Healthcare Professionals in NSW, Australia
• The Natural Helper approach to culturally responsive disease management

Conference posters

• Improving the oral health of people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference 2023
• The Digital Health Literacy and Refugee Project: Laying the foundations for refugee health literacy mediators using media and social networks, National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference 2023
• PEACH Project for Refugee Mental Health: ​Improving access and shared care for children experiencing complex medical and mental health difficulties, 3rd Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference 2023 (FASST)
• Co-Designing a physical activity service for people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, 3rd Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference 2023 (FASST)
• Developing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Health Resources for Refugee Communities, Settlement Services International (SSI) and Multicultural Health Communication Services (MHCS), National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference 2023

New translations in refugee languages

Translated health resources for refugee communities, Multicultural Health Communication Service

NSW Health would like to thank all the staff from local health districts and networks, partners and communities, for the important work you are doing to improve health services for people from refugee backgrounds.