Journal article
Tertiary paediatric refugee health clinic in Western Australia: Analysis of the first 1026 children
RC Mutch, S Cherian, K Nemba, JS Geddes, DM Rutherford, GM Chaney, DP Burgner
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | Published : 2012
Abstract
Aim: Children account for approximately half of the humanitarian refugees currently resettled in Australia. A multidisciplinary refugee health clinic (RHC) was established at the tertiary paediatric hospital in Western Australia to address burgeoning referrals of refugee children following voluntary post-resettlement health assessment. The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of common conditions in resettled paediatric refugees attending a tertiary multidisciplinary RHC. Methods: Standardised clinical and demographic data were routinely collected during first visit clinical assessment at the RHC. Descriptive analyses of the first 1026 children are presented. Results: One thousa..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Aesen Thambiran, Medical Director of the MHU (now renamed as the WA HEHS), for helpful comments on the manuscript. We thank Professor Deborah Lehman and Hannah Moore (Telethon Institute of Child Health Research, WA) for assistance with database design and Dr Louise Houliston for assistance with data collection. This work was supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.