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Immigrant Health Clinical Resources
Clinical guidelines
Initial assessment and screening
Anaemia and iron deficiency
Birth date issues
Clinical practice guideline
(focus on ED presentations)
Developmental assessment
Disability
Education assessment
Growth and nutrition
Helicobacter pylori
Hepatitis B screening
Immunisation catch-up
Malaria screening
Mental health
Oral health
Parasite infections
Schistosomiasis
Strongyloidiasis
STI screening
Syphilis screening
Tuberculosis screening
Vitamin A
Vitamin B12
Vitamin D
,
RCH CPG Vitamin D deficiency
and
vitamin D supplements photoboard
Other guidelines/resources
Adolescent health
Afghan refugees - key issues
(Sep 2021)
Arsenic contamination of traditional Burmese medicines
Arsenic - further information
(
Lead - further information
)
Asylum seekers
(also see
SRSS - summary for clinicians
)
Care of children in immigration detention
(RCH procedure - intranet only)
Caseworker resources
Critical health alerts
Female circumcision resource
- Family Planning Victoria
HAPlite - summary for clinicians
Interpreters
Lead - further information
Refugee policy and timeline
SRSS - summary for clinicians
Syrian refugees - key issues
Ukrainian refugees - key issues
Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility -
Mobility in the time of Covid-19
- including
14 principles of protection
.
Clinical guidelines - external
General refugee guidelines
ASID-RHEANA refugee guidelines
(2016)
Quick guide to screening tests in children
(2022, based on 2016 ASID guidelines - updated for Afghan and Ukrainian arrivals)
Quick guide to screening tests in adults
(2022, based on 2016 ASID guidelines - updated for Afghan and Ukrainian arrivals)
Australian Refugee Health Practice Guide
(2018, primary care guidelines based on ASID guidelines)
Department of Home Affairs -
Panel member instructions - July 2021
(offshore medical examinations)
Canadian guidelines for immigrant health
also see
relevant Cochrane site
CDC domestic health assessment for refugees
Minnesota refugee health provider guide (2013)
Refugee health technical assistance center
(various American guidelines)
Victorian Refugee Health Network - clinical quicklinks
Tuberculosis
Victorian Tuberculosis Guidelines (2015)
,
Victorian Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis screening (2021)
,
Victorian TB Program information
, Victoria
DH - Tuberculosis
.
National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee (NTAC)
, including
policy statements
,
Position statement on the use of IGRA
(2017)
Policy recommendation: latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment in children in immigration detention
(2015)
National position statement for the management of latent tuberculosis infection
(2017)
NTAC: Management of tuberculosis risk in healthcare workers
(2017)
NTAC: Tuberculosis notifications in Australia
(latest 2015-18 as of Nov 2022)
CDC tuberculosis
(various)
NICE tuberculosis
(2016, updated 2019)
WHO
Tuberculosis
- includes consolidated guidelines:
Module 1: Prevention: Tuberculosis preventive treatment
(2020)
Module 5: Management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents
(2022)
Global tuberculosis report (2021)
WHO
Guidelines on tuberculosis infection prevention and control, 2019 update
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - other
CDC - Refugee Health guidelines
including
domestic
and
overseas
and
technical instructions for panel physicians
(multiple guidelines under each link)
CDC lead poisoning refugees
(current as of 2020))
CDC domestic parasite screening guidelines
Immigrant health resources. Updated Nov 2022. Contact:
georgia.paxton@rch.org.au
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