Report

This report outlines current and future opportunities and challenges and provides several strategies to improve the health and well-being of refugees and migrants. It is an advocacy tool for national and international policy-makers involved in health and migration. Citation: World report on the health of refugees and migrants. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.  

Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Commonwealth of Australia. (2012). Access and equity for multicultural Australia: Inquiry into the responsiveness of Australian Government services to Australia's culturally and linguistically diverse population. Belconnen: Author. 

The Multicultural Access and Equity Policy is about ensuring that Australian Government programs and services meet the needs of all Australians, regardless of their cultural and linguistic backgrounds, by the Department of Home Affairs 

This publication was produced by the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA), 2019

Following Polaron's forum on CALD co-design, an impact report has been created which highlights ways of overcoming communication barriers. Read more about how the co-design process can be implemented to better support multicultural communities and help organisations share their message.

  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): This report explores the use of linked data to report on the health of CALD populations, including it’s benefits, challenges and limitations. It investigates each of the available CALD variables individually, using 3 health outcomes to explore differences between CALD groups within each CALD variable.

Mental Health Australia has commissioned research to inform broader stigma and mental health research in CALD communities. This research focuses on Congolese, Arabic-speaking and Mandarin speaking Communities. As part of this research a literature review is available. This research was undertaken by Western Sydney University. 

The unique experiences of refugees and humanitarian entrants prior to their arrival in Australia can have a significant impact on their health outcomes. Understanding the health status, health care needs and health service use of humanitarian entrants can provide vital information to inform policies and services for these diverse populations. This web report presents data on the health outcomes, health service use and causes of death for humanitarian entrants who arrived in Australia from 2000 to 2020.

Stolk, Y., Minas, I.H., & Klimidis, S. (2008). Access to mental health services in Victoria: A focus on ethnic communities.Fitzroy: Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit. 

Published in Australian Family Physician (AFP) Vol.44, No.3, March 2015 by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners