Health in a New Home: Why Prevention & Early intervention Matters

Join the Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) across two lunch sessions presenting findings from the Health in a New Home study funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). It is the word's first multigenerational study of health and healthcare use among people from refugee backgrounds.

First join our webinar to hear the latest evidence on child and family health, cancer screening, end-of-life and palliative care, and community health assets. Then join our workshop to decide with us how to shape future refugee health priorities.

Webinar:

Wednesday 11 November, 12-1 PM AEDT

Findings from research on the health and well-being of people from a refugee background to inform health prevention and early intervention.

The long-term health and well-being of refugees, their families and subsequent generations is unknown in Australia. We lack an evidence-based plan to address needs. 

Health prevention and early intervention are essential because they reduce avoidable illness, disability, premature death and health inequalities, while improving quality of life and reducing pressure on health and social services.

The Health in a New Home study is the world’s first study to examine multi-generational health and health service use of people from a refugee background. The project involves a data-linkage study, a cross-sectional survey with individuals and participatory research with communities. The findings provide important information to help plan health policy, services and programs for people of refugee background in Australia.

This webinar will share findings on child and reproductive health, cancer screening, end-of-life and palliative care, and health assets—the resources that help individuals and communities maintain well-being and reduce health disparities.

This one-hour webinar will be followed by a priority setting exercise on the 18th of November 12-1:15pm. We invite you to share your thoughts on the findings in a facilitated online exercise that will inform the development of a policy brief to be presented to policy makers.

Priority Setting Workshop for Early Intervention:

Wednesday 18 November, 12-1:15 PM AEDT

This one-hour workshop invites you to develop priorities for health programs to improve refugee health and well-being. It involves discussing the findings of the data that was presented previously and brainstorming ways forward.

Access link to join both events (via Zoom) will be included on the order confirmation email.

If you're having any issues registering please contact: iga.morzynska@scoa.org.au

We hope to see you there!

Binyam Birhane is a PhD candidate at the UTS  with over a decade of experience in maternal and child health research. His work uses linked national data to investigate health and developmental inequities among refugee and migrant children in Australia.

Dr Anna Noonan is a postdoctoral researcher focused on health equity and sexual and reproductive health. She works on the Health in a New Home project, supporting the health and wellbeing of people from refugee backgrounds in Australia.

Dr Cho Yat Wong is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Health at the UTS. His research uses large-scale linked data to examine migrant integration, internal migration and health inequalities, with a particular focus on humanitarian migrants in Australia.

Dr Peter Lekkas is a social epidemiologist whose work centres on the intersecting role of individual, social, and structural factors in shaping population-levels of health and wellbeing to promote public health action.

Dr Sheila Ngoc Pham is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UTS focused on refugee health and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Laureate Centre for History and Population at UNSW. For more information

Fantu Aragaw is a PhD candidate in Public Health at UTS, researching cancer screening disparities among migrant and non-migrant populations in Australia using linked population data. Her interests include cancer care and health equity for underserved communities

Prof. Angela Dawson is a Professor of Public Health at UTS and a Principal Investigator on the Health in a New Home project. Her research focuses on improving maternal and reproductive health outcomes for underserved populations in Australia and globally.

Temesgen Muche is a PhD candidate in public health at the University of Technology Sydney. His research focuses on individual health assets among refugees resettled in Australia.