Refugee Resource List

Prepared by Dr Joanne Gardiner

Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children: a part of the International Rescue Committee. Reports on current refugee populations and issues http://www.womenscommission.org/

United Nations Population Fund: reports and some resources http://www.unfpa.org/

Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org.au/

International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims: reports on current situations
http://www.irct.org/usr/irct/home.nsf

United Nations High Commission for Refugees – background information and reports.
http://www.unhcr.org/

UNICEF also provides excellent reports http://www.unicef.org/

Centers for Disease Control– Lab Identification of Parasitic Diseases http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/

MJA – Screening for conditions of public health importance in people arriving in Australia by boat without authority
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/175_12_171201/king/king.html

MJA – The health needs of asylum seekers living in the community http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/175_12_171201/harris/harris.html

World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/en/

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre http://www.mshc.org.au/

Victorian Infectious Disease Service http://www.mh.org.au/VIDS/Default.htm

Australasian Refugee Health Interest Group: an internet group consisting of medical, nursing and allied health personnel interested in and working with refugees. Focus on infectious disease issues; plus a good forum to discuss experiences and provide some feedback http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ARHIG/

La Trobe University Refugee Health Research Centre http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rhrc

Minnesota Department of Health - Refugee Health Program http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/refugee

Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit http://www.vtpu.org.au/

Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit – Brochures http://www.tmhc.nsw.gov.au/translations/transinfo.htm

WONCA http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/

Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services Homepage
The following sites are from this page:
http://www.brycs.org/
http://www.brycs.org/brycs_topics.htm#practitioners

University of Washington Harbourview Medical Centre http://ethnomed.org/

Policies and cross-cultural reports http://www.diversityrx.org/

New York University of Technology – excellent site, lots of links and articles http://culturedmed.sunyit.edu/

Cross-Cultural Health Care program – resources and materials related to cross- cultural health, interpreter use http://www.xculture.org/

Northwest Mental Health list of resources for mental health workers http://www.mh.org.au/NW_Mental_Health/

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Care http://www.racgp.org.au/folder.asp?id=694

Direct link to Refugee Health Assessment protocol http://www.internationalhealth.unimelb.edu.au/img/pdfs/rhaprotocol.pdf

Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma http://www.fasstt.org.au/

Refugee and General Practice Development Program Desk-top Guide http://www.racgp.org.au/downloads/pdf/20030911refugeevic.pdf

Torture Survivors Network http://www.pacinfo.com/eugene/tsnet/index.html

Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture http://www.survivorsvic.org.au/

Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture - Refugee Publications http://www.survivorsvic.org.au/Publications.htm#refugee

Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Network http://www.rashnmelb.org/about/

Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors WA. Useful articles on the refugee experience and the processes of recovery http://www.asetts.org.au/

Refugee Health-Immigrant Health Website http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/refugees.htm

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