Recent data from Australia, the United States and Europe show increased self-reported energy intake associated with obesity, in contrast to earlier suggestions that the obesity epidemic has occurred despite minimal or no increase in per capita energy intake from food. The effect of increased energy ...
(2012). Regionalizing Immigration, Health and Inequality: Iraqi Refugees in Australia. Administrative Sciences, 2, 47-62. doi:10.3390/admsci2010047Vasey K, Manderson L. Regionalizing Immigration, Health and Inequal- ity: Iraqi Refugees in Australia. Adm Sci 2012; 2: 47-62. doi:10.3390/ ad...
including Australia, regarding capacity and capability [9,10]. PHC systems and services remain entry-level to the mainstream health care systems in many parts of the world, including Australia. It is usually the first encounter
This is the first in a series of articles looking at refugee health in Australian general practice. Each year approximately 13,000 refugees settle in Australia, mostly from countries with minimal public and personal health resources. They may present in a very different manner to the rest of the...
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This study uses a unique longitudinal panel from Australia, the Building a New life in Australia (BNLA cohort) to understand the relationship over time between the social determinants of health, health, and financial hardship in refugees and asylum seekers. We employ a longitudinal; dynamic ...
16 1.1 Definition of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Displaced Persons ... 16 1.2 Background History of Afghanistan's Ethnic Hazara Population ... 19 1.2.1 Hazara (Shiite) ... 20 CHAPTER TWO: THE MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES ... 26 2.5 Pre-displacement Factors ......
We conducted a qualitative study in 11 drought-affected rural and regional communities of New South Wales, Australia. Seventeen semi-structured (14 group; 3 individual) interviews were held with 42 year 9 and 10 high school students, 14 high school staff, and 2 parents, exploring participants’...
A cross-sectional survey of the mental health needs of refugees and asylum seekers attending a refugee health clinic: a study protocol for using research t... Background Refugees and asylum seekers have high rates of risk factors for mental disorders. In recent years, Australia has experienced ...
[65]. Substantial proportions of Burmese refugees in Australia experienced mental health problems including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [66], while Vietnamese refugees had lower prevalence of mental disorders than the Australian-born sample. Similar prevalence of PTSD ...