Promoting Refugee Health Guides

09-May-2008
Promoting Refugee Health: A Guide for doctors and other health care providers caring for people from refugee backgrounds (292pp, 2nd edn).

Caring for Refugee Patients in General Practice: A Desk Top Guide - Victorian edition (21pp, 3rd edn).

In 2007 these two key national resources were expanded and updated.

They include information about:
  • the changing profiles and health needs of refugee communities
  • the MBS items on refugee health assessment
  • approaches to consultation, assessment and management
  • the impact of torture and war-related trauma
  • specific health concerns of adults, children & adolescents
  • humanitarian and resettlement policy changes
  • web links for country information, community profiles and refugee health websites
  • service and referral directories for each state & territory

These resources, including Desktop Guides for each state/territory are now available to download on the Foundation House website: www.foundationhouse.org.au/publications.php  
The on-line versions will be updated with new information as required.

A limited number of hard-copy editions and CD Roms of both resources are also available. If there is information you would like to update, or would like to order a hard-copy or CD version of the guides, contact us at info@foundationhouse.org.au