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 - NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS)

Project evaluations and reports

• Armidale Refugee Health Program, Evaluation Report - Hunter New England LHD
• Transcultural Mental Health Centre - Final Project Report - Western Sydney LHD, TMHC
• Refugee Cancer Screening Project, Cancer Institute NSW - Final Summary Report
• Circle of Security Evaluation Report, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

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 - MHCS

Literature reviews

• Increasing Digital Health Literacy in Refugee Communities, Literature Review - South Western Sydney LHD (SWSLHD)
• 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]

Journal articles

• ​A Qualitative Exploration of Refugee Experiences of Access to a Dedicated Multi-Disciplinary Refugee Health Team in an Australian Context: Implication for Future Care - Hunter New England LHD - Armidale
• Co-designing a Physical Activity Service for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Using an Experience-Based Co-design Framework - Mental Health Branch - Addi Moves
• Refugee and Asylum Seeker Trauma Informed Care Training for Oral Healthcare Professionals in NSW, Australia - NSW Centre for Oral Health Strategy (COHS)
• The Natural Helper approach to culturally responsive disease management - SWSLHD

Conference posters

• Improving the oral health of people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference 2023 - COHS
• 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 - SWSLHD
• 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) - Sydney Children's Hospital Network
• 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) - Addi Moves
• 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 - MHCS

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.