Useful services

Refugee Health Queensland

• Senior Medical Officer - Ph 07 3163 2880 or refugeehealthqld@mater.org.au

Zillmere Refugee Health Assessment Clinic 

• Ph 1300 366 039. Community Child Health Service for newly arrived refugees. Initial health assessment and vaccinations.
• Zillmere Community Centre, 54 Handford Road, Zillmere.

Translation service

• Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) -  Ph 131 450. National free translation service 24 hours 7 days. Medical practitioners must register for free services.
  - See Templates and Referral Guidelines for electronic booking forms

Translated health information

• Health Translation Directory (Victorian Government)
• Health information in your language (Queensland Health)
• NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW Health)
• Medicare info kits

MBS items

Health assessment for refugees and other humanitarian entrants (Dept of Health and Ageing)
See Templates and Referral Guidelines

Immunisation

Refugee immunisations (Queensland Health) 
Refugee Immunisation Data Capture - VIVAS and ACIR

Resources

Caring for refugee patients in general practice: A desk –top guide (3rd edition)
Diagnosis, management and prevention of infections in recently arrived refugees (Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases)
Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors and other health care providers caring for people from refugee backgrounds (2nd edition)
Providing Care to Patients From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: Guidelines to Practice (Refugee Health Qld)
Queensland Multicultural Resource Directory 
Queensland Health Multicultural Health website

Last updated: 5 July 2010