If you would like to add a research paper that will benefit Tasmanian Transcultural Mental Health Network members, please feel free to contact us.
Where possible, links have been provided however please note some papers may require journal access via subscription.
| Research / Report Title | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Accommodating Cultural Diversity and Achieving Equity | Berry, J. and Sam, D. (2013) Accommodating Cultural Diversity and Achieving Equity, European Psychologist, 18(3), 151-157 | Read Report |
| Ethical issues in Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy | Bowles, R. (2013), ‘Ethical issues in Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy’, CQ: The CAPA Quarterly, May 2013, 14-31 | Read Report |
| Remote Interpreting | Braun, S. (2015), ‘Remote Interpreting‘, in H. Mikkelson & R. Jourdenais (Eds) Routledge Handbook of Interpreting, London/New York Routledge | Read Report |
| Effective CALD community health communication through research and collaboration: an exemplar case study | Macnamara, J. & Camit, M., (2016) Effective CALD community health communication through research and collaboration: an exemplar case study, Communication Research and Practice, pp.1-21 | Read Report |
| Qualitative evaluation of mental health services for clients with limited English proficiency | Patel, S., Firmender, W., & Snowden, L. (2013) Qualitative evaluation of mental health services for clients with limited English proficiency, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 7(1), 27 | Read Report |
| Working with interpreters across language and culture in mental health | Tribe, R. & Lane, P. (2009) Working with interpreters across language and culture in mental health, Journal of Mental Health, June 2009; 18(3); 233-241 | Read Report |
| Aborigines, colonizers and newcomers: The landscape of transcultural psychiatry research in Australia | Zubaran, C., Foresti, K. & de Moore, G. (2013) Aborigines, colonizers and newcomers: The landscape of transcultural psychiatry research in Australia, Transcultural Psychiatry, 50(6), 876-899 | Read Report |
| Bridging the language gap: a co-designed quality improvement project to engage professional interpreters for women during labour | Bridging the language gap: a co-designed quality improvement project to engage professional interpreters for women during labour | Read Report |
| Better Access to Government Services for former Humanitarian Entrants (Tasmania) | Summary report of the Better Access to Government Services for former Humanitarian Entrants Report is a whole-of-government approach to improving access to Tasmanian Government services for former humanitarian entrants. Update: http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/219305/Tasmanian_Multicultural_Policy_2014_-_Action_Plan.pdf | Read Report |
| Civilian perspectives on the conflict in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan State | A report launched by the International Refugee Rights Initiative and the National Human Rights Monitoring Organisation brings the voices of civilians living through the conflict in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan State to the international community. Focusing on the devastating impact of the conflict on every aspect of people’s lives, the report highlights the extraordinary resilience and resistance of the civilian population. | Read Report |
| Freedom from Discrimination 2015 | Launched by the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane, this report reflects the progress of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) on the 40th anniversary of its enactment | Read Report |
| Global Trends – Forced Displacement in 2015 | Published by the UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency. Global forced displacement increased in 2015, with record high numbers. By the end of 2015, 65.3 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, generalised violence, or human rights violations. | Read Report |
| Improving responses to refugees with backgrounds of multiple trauma | A practice monograph which brings together writers who are recognised for their expertise and experience working with refugees who have histories of trauma, including torture, sexual violence and domestic and family violence. This document provides pointers for practitioners in domestic and family violence, sexual assault and settlement services. | Read Report |
| Mapping Social Cohesion Report 2018| Scanlon Foundation | Each Mapping Social Cohesion national survey builds on the previous year and informs the Scanlon-Monash Index (SMI) of Social Cohesion. The surveys have been undertaken since 2007 where the original survey provided the benchmark against which the SMI is then measured. These surveys provide, for the first time in Australian social research, a series of detailed surveys on social cohesion, immigration and population issues. A prime objective of the surveys is to further understanding of the social impact of Australia’s increasingly diverse immigration program. | Read Report |
| Mapping Social Cohesion Report 2019| Scanlon Foundation | Each Mapping Social Cohesion national survey builds on the previous year and informs the Scanlon-Monash Index (SMI) of Social Cohesion. The surveys have been undertaken since 2007 where the original survey provided the benchmark against which the SMI is then measured. These surveys provide, for the first time in Australian social research, a series of detailed surveys on social cohesion, immigration and population issues. A prime objective of the surveys is to further understanding of the social impact of Australia’s increasingly diverse immigration program. | Read Report |
| Mapping Social Cohesion Report 2020 | Scanlon Foundation | Each Mapping Social Cohesion national survey builds on the previous year and informs the Scanlon-Monash Index (SMI) of Social Cohesion. The surveys have been undertaken since 2007 where the original survey provided the benchmark against which the SMI is then measured. These surveys provide, for the first time in Australian social research, a series of detailed surveys on social cohesion, immigration and population issues. A prime objective of the surveys is to further understanding of the social impact of Australia’s increasingly diverse immigration program. | Read Report |
| Community Development Evaluation Manual Participation of refugee communities in STARTTS service planning, implementation and evaluation | As part of our unique approach to evaluating community development programs, STARTTS has developed a Community Development Evaluation Manual as a reference guide for our staff and other refugee settlement service providers. | Read Report |
| Rebuilding Shattered Lives - First Edition | It has been two decades since the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House) published the first edition of Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Integrated Trauma Recovery for People of Refugee Background. This revised second edition presents a significant reworking of our original publication while retaining the fundamentals of the recovery framework pioneered in that first edition. This new edition is designed to assist those working with and providing services to survivors of torture and other traumatic events from refugee background. Here, the term ‘people of refugee background’ is used in a broad sense to refer to all people who have been forcibly displaced as a result of persecution and human rights violations (including asylum seekers) and their family members. This edition takes into account historical and emerging theoretical perspectives, as well as an increasing literature on intervention approaches and strategies, to assist those who work with refugee-background survivors of persecution and other human rights violations. It is intended to be used to enhance understanding of such survivors and encourage services and practitioners to take a critical approach to implementing interventions to assist refugee survivors in rebuilding their lives. This publication is aimed at individuals and services working with people of refugee background in both specialist trauma recovery settings, such as counselling and rehabilitation services, and mainstream settings with a trauma-informed perspective, such as mental health services, community centres, accommodation services, primary healthcare agencies, language centres and schools. It looks at understanding the impacts of traumatic events associated with persecution and human rights violations and responses to these impacts at three levels: (1) individual (adults and children); (2) family; and (3) community. | Read Report |
| Rebuilding Shattered Lives - Second Edition (2020) | It has been two decades since the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House) published the first edition of Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Integrated Trauma Recovery for People of Refugee Background. This revised second edition presents a significant reworking of our original publication while retaining the fundamentals of the recovery framework pioneered in that first edition. This new edition is designed to assist those working with and providing services to survivors of torture and other traumatic events from refugee background. Here, the term ‘people of refugee background’ is used in a broad sense to refer to all people who have been forcibly displaced as a result of persecution and human rights violations (including asylum seekers) and their family members. This edition takes into account historical and emerging theoretical perspectives, as well as an increasing literature on intervention approaches and strategies, to assist those who work with refugee-background survivors of persecution and other human rights violations. It is intended to be used to enhance understanding of such survivors and encourage services and practitioners to take a critical approach to implementing interventions to assist refugee survivors in rebuilding their lives. This publication is aimed at individuals and services working with people of refugee background in both specialist trauma recovery settings, such as counselling and rehabilitation services, and mainstream settings with a trauma-informed perspective, such as mental health services, community centres, accommodation services, primary healthcare agencies, language centres and schools. It looks at understanding the impacts of traumatic events associated with persecution and human rights violations and responses to these impacts at three levels: (1) individual (adults and children); (2) family; and (3) community. | Read Report |
| Bi-cultural health support for Australians from refugee background | Red Cross Tasmania | In Tasmania, Australian Red Cross works to improve the health of people from refugee backgrounds, and their communities. We do this by providing information, and supporting people to develop their skills and knowledge about the health care system and how to access it. Red Cross support includes providing information and assistance to individuals, families and communities affected by female genital mutilation or cutting. Our aim is to help people make informed decisions about the practice in the context of Tasmanian society and law, and to refer them to relevant health services. We also offer training to health providers in Tasmania to help them understand the health, access and equity issues migrants face, and make them aware of cultural sensitivities involved in providing care to this group. | Read Report |
| Rethink Mental Health Tasmania Report | Rethink 2020 | As part of its election commitment A long-term plan for mental health, the Minister for Health has launched Rethink Mental Health Better Mental Health and Wellbeing – A Long-Term Plan for Mental Health in Tasmania 2015-25. It brings together action to strengthen mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, action to improve care and support for people with mental illness, their families and carers and sets a path for integrating Tasmania’s mental health system. Rethink 2020 is Tasmania’s mental health plan, representing a shared approach to improving mental health outcomes for all Tasmanians. It evolves and strengthens the State Government’s initial Rethink plan, released in 2015, to keep pace with mental health reforms happening on a national and state level. Rethink 2020 takes stock of key achievements over the past five years and highlights new areas of focus for the years ahead. These new areas include: -suicide prevention -improving coordination of services for people with severe and complex mental illness -improving the physical health of people with mental illness -providing mental health services across a ‘continuum of care’. | Read Report |
| Recently arrived in Australia? | Services Australia | This brochure contains information that might be useful to you if you’ve recently moved to Australia. Settling in can be a challenging experience. As a new arrival, you may be able to get some payments and services from the Australian Government. Brochures are available in Arabic, Assyrian, Chaldean, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Kurmanji, Nepali, Persian, Punjaboi, Swahili, Tigrinya, Vietnamese العربية / Arabic – هل وصلت إلى أستراليا مؤخراً؟ ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ / Assyrian – ؟ܐ ܵ ܝܠܵܪܬܣܿܘܐ ܘܵܓܠ ܢܿܘܬܝ ܐ ܹ ܝܛ ܸ ܡ ܬ ܝܐܵܬܕܚ سورث / Chaldean – ؟ܐܹ̈ ܝܵܪ ܵܚ ݉ܐ ܐܹ̈ ܬܵܢ ܵܕ ܸܥܒ ܐܵܝܠܵܪܬܣܿܘܐܠ ܢܿܘܬܝ ܐܹ̈ ܝܛܡ 简体中文 / Chinese – 最近移民到澳大利亚？ دری / Dari – آیا اخیراً وارد آسترالیا شده اید؟ हिंदी / Hindi – क्या आप हाल ही में ऑस्ट्रेललया आए/आई हैं? Kurdî Kurmancî / Kurdish (Kurmanji) – Gelo tu vê dawiyê hatiye Awstralyayê? नेपाली / Nepali – हालै अष्ट्रेललया आईपुग्नु भएको? فارسی / Persian (Farsi) – به تازگی وارد استرالیا شده اید؟ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / Punjabi – ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੀ ਵ ਿੱਚ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਪਹ ੁੰਚੇ ਹੋ? Kiswahili / Swahili – Umefika hivi karibuni nchini Australia? ትግርኛ / Tigrinya – ኣብ ቐረባ እዋን ናብ ኣውስትራሊያ ዝኣተ’ዲኻ? Tiếng Việt / Vietnamese – Mới đến Úc gần đây? | Read Report |
| Talking about health and experiences of using health services | This report presents the process and the findings from a project conducted by the Victorian Refugee Health Network from July 2015 to July 2016. The project aimed to consult with people from refugee backgrounds, including people seeking asylum, about health and experience of using health services in Victoria. 115 consultations were conducted with individuals and groups from refugee backgrounds. Eight main themes were identified in the consultation responses: 1. Healthy eating and food security 2. Social connectedness 3. Physical exercise and sport 4. Health information and knowledge about health service systems 5. Communication with health providers 6. Accessibility and appropriateness of services 7. Mental health 8. Income and employment The report makes recommendations for a range of stakeholders in each of the key theme areas. | Read Report |
| Tasmanian Multicultural Policy 2014 | The Tasmanian Multicultural Policy seeks to achieve the vision of a strong, confident and inclusive society where all people in Tasmania are treated fairly, with respect and without discrimination; and have an equal opportunity, and responsibility, to engage in Tasmanian life. | Read Report |
| Settlement Sector Quality Framework – Self-Assessment Tool | Settlement Council of Australia | This self-assessment tool has been developed to assist settlement service providers in Australia to better understand and implement the Settlement Sector Quality Framework. The Framework was launched by the Settlement Council of Australia (SCoA) in 2020, and builds on the National Settlement Services Outcomes Standards, which were launched in 2015 and revised in 2020. The overarching purpose of the Framework is to establish a consistent set of best practice bench-marks that reflect the work of settlement services, outlining the desired client outcomes and indicators of best practice (NSOS), and the Key Settlement Sector Principles and Practices (KPPs) that underpin these. | Read Report |
| The Settlement Journey | A simple pictograph resource which provides a guide to the settlement steps of many people from refugee backgrounds settling in Australia. | Read Report |