Conducting a comprehensive refugee health assessment

Join us for the third webinar in this six-part series, presented in conjunction with WA Health.

This webinar will provide an insight into post-arrival refugee health assessments, commonly screened-for conditions in WA refugee arrivals, and how the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) can support screening and preventative health care for refugees.

Webinar topics:

  • The importance of conducting a comprehensive post-arrival refugee health assessment.
  • WA specific and Australian guidelines and resources for refugee health assessments.
  • Risk factors and migration history when screening for communicable diseases, nutritional deficiencies, non-communicable conditions and other common health conditions.
  • The prevalence of commonly screened-for conditions in WA refugee arrivals (HEHS data).
  • How the MBS can support the delivery of screening and preventive health care for refugees.

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Event Details

June 18
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
General Practice

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