Health services utilisation and barriers for settlers from the Horn of Africa

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-335

  Neale, Andrea ^a,b   Ngeow, Joanne Y Y ^a,c   Skull, Susan A ^a,d   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Victorian Public Health Training Scheme   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa, eastern; Health services accessibility; Immigrants; Refugees; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; SOMALIA; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VICTORIA;

EID: 34548039061     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00081.x     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. York B. Australia and Refugees, 1901-2002: An Annotated Chronology Based on Official Sources [publications page on the Internet]. Canberra (AUST): Information and Research Services; Department of the Parliamentary Library, 2003 [cited 2007 June 14]. Chronology No. 2 2002-03. Available from: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/ 03chr02.pdf
2. Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Settlement Database: Settlement Reports [publications, research and statistics page on the Internet]. Canberra (AUST): Commonwealth of Australia; 2007 [cited 2007 June 14]. Available from: http://www.settlement.immi.gov.au/settlement
3. Grove NJ, Zwi AB. Our health and theirs: forced migration, othering and public health. Soc Sci Med. 2006;62(8):1931-42.
4. Sheikh-Mohammed M, Macintyre CR, Wooo NJ, Leask J, Isaacs D. Barriers to access to health care for newly resettled sub-Saharan refugees in Australia. Med J Aust. 2006;185(11-12):594-7.
5. Lipson JG, Meleis AI. Issues in health care of Middle Eastern patients. The Western Journal of Medicine. 1983;139(6):854-61.
6. Omeri A, Leanings C, Raymond L. Beyond asylum: implications for nursing and health care delivery for Afghan refugees in Australia. J Transcult Nurs. 2006;17(1):30-9.
7. Wu Z, Penning MJ, Schimmele CM. Immigrant status and unmet health care needs. Can J Public Health. 2005;96(5):369-73.
8. Bischoff A, Bovier PA, Rrustemi I, et al. Language barriers between nurses and asylum seekers: their impact on symptom reporting and referral. Soc Sci Med. 2003;57(3):503-12.
9. Harris M, Zwar N. Refugee health. Aust Fam Physician. 2005;34(10):825-9.
10. Department of Health and Ageing [the Hon Tony Abbott MHR media releases page on the Internet]. Canberra (AUST): Commonwealth of Australia; 2005 Nov [cited 2007 June 14]. New MBS Health Check for Refugees. Available from: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/ publishing.nsf/content/ health-mediarel-yr2005-ta-abb142.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2005&mth=11
11. Tiong AC, Patel MS, Gardiner J, Ryan R, Linton KS, Walker KA, et al. Health issues in newly arrived African refugees attending general practice clinics in Melbourne. Med J Aust. 2006;185(11-12):602-6.
12. Davidson N, Skull S, Chaney G, Frydenberg A, Jones C, Isaacs D, et al. Comprehensive health assessment for newly arrived refugee children in Australia. J Paediatr Child Health. 2004;40(9-10):562-8.