Promoting Refugee Health Guides
09-May-2008Promoting 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:
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
