This page includes links to talks and resources that are available to provide education in refugee and asylum seeker health. Talks have been developed by a range of staff - they are saved as pdfs, and speaker notes are provided. Additional links to useful information to develop education materials (including demographics and statistics) can also be found on 'Other resources'. Please contact us if you would like further information or a copy of the powerpoint. Please do not use the talks beyond their specified end date.

Content areas

Access to health services

This talk was developed by RCH staff for caseworkers in early 2014 and updated in early 2017 - it provides an overview of service access for refugees and asylum seekers, with a focus on child health.
Access to health services for caseworkers - update pending
Speaker notes

Access to disability services

This talk was developed by RCH staff for caseworkers in early 2017 to provide an overview of development/disability service access
Access to disability services for caseworkers update pending

Parenting - Healthy children

This talk was developed by RCH staff for AMES case workers in late 2013 so case workers could facilitate sessions on parenting for newly arrived communities. The slides are entirely picture based, hence remain current. Resources from the Raising Children website are included with permission.
Healthy children
Speaker notes

Refugee health - background information and demographics

This talk was developed by RCH and updated in 2019 - it provides background demographic information
Refugee health - general resources

Suicide and self-harm - assessing risk

This talk was developed by RCH, RMH, NWMMRML and VFST staff for case workers in mid 2014 - it provides an overview of suicide risk assessment 
Suicide and self-harm - assessing risk
Speaker notes

Other resources

The following resources will provide up to date information on Department of Home Affairs data, immigration detention statistics, health indicators, and global forced migration information and statistics.

• <Department of Home Affairs Annual Reports
• Department of Home Affairs publications -  Humanitarian Program Snapshot 2017-18, 2019-2020 Discussion Paper
• Department of Home Affairs  Immigration detention statistics, Onshore Humanitarian Program Statistics (plane arrivals), Onshore Processing Statistics (IMA on BVE) and Legacy Caseload (TPV processing)
• Eurostat - asylum seeker statistics (Europe)
• Recent policy changes (RCH Immigrant health summary of policy)
• Refugee Council of Australia - Economic migrants or refugees (2015)
  
• Syrian refugees (RCH Immigrant health summary of context and health issues for Syrian refugees)
• UNHCR and annual Global Trends Reports
• UNICEF
• WHO - country information, Global Health Observatory data, immunisation.

Immigrant health service resources, updated July 2019, Contact: georgia.paxton@rch.org.au