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Journal articles
2024, 'Health of refugees settled in Australia over time and generations: a transformative mixed methods study protocol', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083454
,2023, '‘Fragmented care’: Asylum seekers’ experience of accessing health care in NSW', Health Promotion International, 38, pp. daad123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad123
,2022, 'Factors influencing refugees’ willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines in Greater Sydney: a qualitative study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46, pp. 502 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13252
,2022, 'Exploring the Use of Hospital and Community Mental Health Services among Newly Resettled Refugees', JAMA Network Open, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12449
,2022, '“Lived the Pandemic Twice”: A Scoping Review of the Unequal Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, pp. 6624, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116624
,2022, 'Twelve tips for engaging students and community partners in medical education', Medical Teacher, 44, pp. 1340 - 1346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2021.1986625
,2021, 'OPTIMISE: a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of an intervention to improve primary care for refugees in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 215, pp. 420 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51278
,2021, 'Differences in school factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination initiation and completion coverage in three Australian states', Vaccine, 39, pp. 6117 - 6126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.076
,2020, 'Improving the mental wellbeing of Arabic speaking refugees: an evaluation of a mental health promotion program', BMC Psychiatry, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02732-8
,2019, 'The OPTIMISE project: Protocol for a mixed methods, pragmatic, quasi-experimental trial to improve primary care delivery to refugees in Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 19, pp. 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4235-6
,2019, 'Prevalence of chronic disease risk factors in 35- to 44-year-old humanitarian arrivals to New South Wales (NSW), Australia', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25, pp. 19 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY18042
,2019, 'Quality audit of an early childhood nurse program for resettled refugees', Collegian, 27, pp. 185 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2019.06.007
,2018, 'Transition from an asylum seeker–specific health service to mainstream primary care for community-based asylum seekers: a qualitative interview study', Public Health Research and Practice, 28, pp. e2811805 - e2811805, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp2811805
,2018, 'Blood screen findings in a 2-year cohort of newly arrived refugees to Sydney, Australia', Public Health Research and Practice, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp2811804
,2018, 'Refugee health – collaborating for better outcomes', Public Health Research and Practice, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp2811800
,2017, 'Challenges in immunisation service delivery for refugees in Australia: A health system perspective', Vaccine, 35, pp. 5148 - 5155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.002
,2017, 'The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: An abridged outline', Medical Journal of Australia, 206, pp. 310 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00826
,2017, 'Improving access to immunisation for migrants and refugees: recommendations from a stakeholder workshop', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41, pp. 118 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12602
,2017, 'Causes of and risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder: The beliefs of Iraqi and Afghan refugees resettled in Australia', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-016-0109-z
,2016, 'The contribution of travellers visiting friends and relatives to notified infectious diseases in Australia: state-based enhanced surveillance', Epidemiology and Infection, 144, pp. 3554 - 3563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816001734
,2016, 'Improving the uptake of pre-travel health advice amongst migrant Australians: Exploring the attitudes of primary care providers and migrant community groups', BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1479-1
,2016, 'Psychological distress is influenced by length of stay in resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-016-0036-z
,2015, 'Summary of position statement on refugee and asylum-seeker health', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51, pp. 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12950
,2015, 'Psychological trauma and help seeking behaviour amongst resettled Iraqi refugees in attending English tuition classes in Australia', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-9-5
,2014, 'Mental health literacy of resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia: Knowledge about posttraumatic stress disorder and beliefs about helpfulness of interventions', BMC Psychiatry, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0320-x
,2014, 'Improving ethnocultural data to inform public health responses to communicable diseases in Australia', Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR, 5, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/WPSAR.2014.5.1.011
,2013, 'A narrative synthesis of the impact of primary health care delivery models for refugees in resettlement countries on access, quality and coordination', International Journal for Equity in Health, 12, pp. 179 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v9i3.6301
,2013, 'Hepatitis B', New South Wales public health bulletin, 24, pp. 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB12094
,2013, 'Prescribing for refugees', Australian Prescriber, 36, pp. 146 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2013.060
,2013, 'Australian population cohort study of newly arrived refugee children: How effective is predeparture measles and rubella vaccination?', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 32, pp. 104 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31827075c2
,2013, 'Evaluation of a multilingual oral health DVD for newly arrived refugees', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 24, pp. 159 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/HE13070
,2012, 'The NSW refugee health service: Improving refugee access to primary care', Australian Family Physician, 41, pp. 147 - 149
,2011, 'The refugee health network of Australia: Towards national collaboration on health care for refugees', Medical Journal of Australia, 195, pp. 185 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03276.x
,2011, 'Access to primary health care services by community -based asylum seekers', Medical Journal of Australia, Aug 15 195 (4), pp. 188 - 191, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/195_04_150811/spi10544_fm.html
,2010, 'Refugee health.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 21, pp. 101 - 102
,2009, 'A polio intervention in East African refugees to NSW', NSW Public Health Bulletin, 20, pp. 77 - 80
,2007, 'Towards better health for refugee children and young people in Australia and New Zealand: The Royal Australasian College of Physicians perspective', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 43, pp. 522 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01152.x
,2007, 'Early health assessment of refugees.', Australian family physician, 36, pp. 41 - 43
,2007, 'Bug Breakfast in the Bulletin: Refugee Health', NSW Public Health Bulletin, 18, pp. 26 - 27
,2007, 'The impact of the refugee decision on the trajectory of PTSD, anxiety and depressive symptoms in asylum seekers: a longitudinal study', American Journal of Disater Medicine, 2, pp. 321 - 329, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18297952
,2006, 'Refugees in Australia: Changing faces, changing needs', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 587 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00718.x
,2006, 'Torture,Mental Health Status and the Outcomes of Refugee applications among recently arrived asylum seekers in Australia', International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 2, pp. 4 - 14, http://pierprofessional.metapress.com/content/u8j532185248045l/
,2004, 'An issue of access: Delivering equitable health care for newly arrived refugee children in Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 40, pp. 569 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00466.x
,2004, 'Comprehensive health assessment for newly arrived refugee children in Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 40, pp. 562 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00465.x
,2003, 'Operation safe haven: The needs of nurses caring for refugees', International Journal of Nursing Practice, 9, pp. 183 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-172X.2003.00422.x
,2002, 'Problems refugees face when accessing health services.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 13, pp. 161 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb02065
,2001, 'Asylum seekers in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 175, pp. 587 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143738.x
,1998, 'Probable human infection with a newly described virus in the family Paramyxoviridae.', Emerging Infectious Diseases, pp. 273 - 275
,Conference Papers
2014, 'Screening and early engagement in health care: improving primary health care outcomes for newly arrived refugees', in Screening and early engagement in health care: improving primary health care outcomes for newly arrived refugees, Canberra, presented at 2014 Primary Health Care Research Conference, Canberra, 23 July 2014 - 25 July 2014, http://phcris.org.au/conference/abstract/7780
,2014, 'Coordinated primary health care for refugees: a best practice framework for Australia', in Coordinated primary health care for refugees: a best practice framework for Australia, Canberra, presented at 2014 Primary Health Care Research Conference, Canberra, 23 July 2014 - 25 July 2014, http://phcris.org.au/conference/abstract/7780
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