Integration and social determinants of health and wellbeing for people from refugee backgrounds resettled in a rural town in South Australia: a qualitative study

A Ziersch, E Miller, M Baak, L Mwanri - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background There has been a recent focus on resettlement of migrants and refugee in rural
settings in Australia and elsewhere. Rural resettlement is seen as an opportunity to revitalise …

A scoping review on the barriers to and facilitators of health services utilisation related to refugee settlement in regional or rural areas of the host country

JVF Coumans, S Wark - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Healthcare access and equity are human rights. Worldwide conflicts, violence,
and persecution have increased the number of people from refugee or refugee-like …

Individuals of refugee background resettled in regional and rural Australia: A systematic review of mental health research

C Hawkes, K Norris, J Joyce… - Australian Journal of Rural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction The Australian Government aims to increase the number of individuals
on humanitarian resettlement visas allocated to regional locations to 50% by the year 2022 …

The impact of housing on refugees: an evidence synthesis

P Brown, S Gill, JP Halsall - Housing Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Housing has always had a close association with refugees but despite this, the knowledge
base about housing and its impact in the lives of refugees lacks cohesion. The …

Professional mental health help-seeking amongst Afghan and Iraqi refugees in Australia: Understanding predictors five years post resettlement

AM Tomasi, S Slewa-Younan, R Narchal… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The current longitudinal study sought to identify predictors of professional help seeking for
mental health problems amongst Afghan and Iraqi refugees five years post-settlement …

The prevalence and correlates of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among resettled Afghan refugees in a regional area of Australia

MS Hamrah, H Hoang, J Mond… - Journal of Mental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among resettled refugee
populations and may be particularly problematic for refugees who have resettled in rural and …

Resettlement stressors for women of refugee background resettled in regional Australia

C Hawkes, K Norris, J Joyce, D Paton - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Women of Refugee Background (WoRB) have been repeatedly identified as an extremely
vulnerable population. Within an Australian context, WoRB are increasingly resettled to non …

Promoting healthy futures in a rural refugee resettlement location: A community-based participatory research intervention

C Nunn, R Wilding, K McKinnon, HG Ku… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The resettlement of refugees in rural areas is presenting new challenges for healthcare. This
article reports on a community-based participatory research project that explored …

Asset-based community development approaches to resilience among refugees and recent migrant communities in Australia: a scoping review

H Lester, Y Ryakhovskaya… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Resilience is an increasingly important concept that contributes to sustainability
and wellbeing of a community. Asset-based community development (ABCD) may offer …

Policy implementation and refugee settlement: The perceptions and experiences of street-level bureaucrats in Launceston, Tasmania

I James, R Julian - Journal of Sociology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The roles played by professional frontline service providers in the implementation of refugee
settlement policy in Australia have not been researched in depth. Australia plays a leading …