More than 13,750 people from refugee backgrounds settle in Australia each year. Their prolonged experiences of poverty, displacement, torture and trauma have resulted in a range of health inequalities.
Australian health and community services have made many achievements to date in addressing these inequalities. This stream will provide the opportunity to explore some of these achievements and to identify emerging issues. In particular, we will ask:
- What issues are emerging in refugee health and wellbeing?
- What health promotion approaches are most effective in working with refugee communities?
- What are the most effective ways to provide health services, especially in regard to early intervention?
The Refugee Health and Wellbeing stream will engage health practitioners, health service managers, policy-makers and academics in a multidisciplinary discussion on the range of issues associated with the health and wellbeing of refugee communities living in Australia.
Conference content
Plenary session: Tuesday 8 June
Perspectives on refugee health and wellbeing
Paper presentations
Refugee perceptions of health and health services (8 June)
Refugee young people and transitions (8 June)
Refugee health: engagement and access (9 June)