A guide for healthcare workers and their community partners on how to establish trauma-informed and culturally-safe health services for refugee communities in regional NSW.
How to use this resource
Health professionals and local health services in regional NSW can use this resource to:
- discover key facts about refugee communities in NSW
- explore the key elements that contribute to a positive healthcare experience for people from refugee backgrounds
- learn how to respectfully engage with people from refugee backgrounds
- gain insight from local health districts that have established local refugee health services in regional NSW
- access practical resources to help you establish a new regional refugee health service.
Refugee health in regional areas is more specialised because there are more complexities to deal with. Guidance for LHDs is really important to provide appropriate and sensitive healthcare.
— Mitchell Smith, Director of NSW Refugee Health Service
Four local health districts have shared their experience establishing and delivering regional refugee health services in NSW. This has informed the development of this resource. Thank you to Hunter New England, Illawarra Shoalhaven, Mid North Coast and Murrumbidgee local health districts.
Published: October 2022