Thursday, March 11, 2010

Supporting GPs working with Refugees

Caring for Refugee Patients in General Practice 3rd Ed
A desktop guide for GPs caring for Refugee patients in general practice.

Promoting Refugee Health
A guide for doctors and other health care providers caring for people from refugee backgrounds.

Making a healthy start in Australia
A guide for refugees in navigating the health system. Also available in other languages.

Refugee/Humanitarian Entrant Catch Up Vaccine Order Form and Eligibility Criteria 
The form provides a guide for additional vaccines for Refugees and Humanitarian entrants and has recently been updated.

Translating and Interpreting Services (TIS)

TIS Doctors Priority Line
The Doctors Priority Line 131 450 is a free telephone interpreting service which assists GPs in their communication with non-English speaking patients.

Request form for TIS National Client Code (paper-based)
Complete this form to register for free interpreting services

Department of Immigration and Citizenship
This site is for people who need help understanding the English language

Health Translations Directory
The directory links to online multilingual health resources from government departments, peak health bodies, hospitals, community health centres and welfare agencies.

Eastern Health Transcultural Services
‘Cue Cards’ is a new resource developed by Eastern Health Transcultural Services to assist health professionals and clients / carers who primarily have English language difficulties, or problems communicating with each other.

Cultural Diversity

Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants: What's the Difference?
Factsheet - Refugee settlement in Maroondah

Cultural Diversity in Maroondah
Factsheet - Cultural diversity in Maroondah

Local services and groups for newly-arrived migrants and refugees in Maroondah
The 34-page booklet contains the contact details of around 60 local services and community groups, and briefly describes the ways in which they may assist newly-arrived refugees and migrants to settle in Maroondah.