Refugee Health
Hexa Medical Centre offers a comprehensive post-arrival health assessment to every child, adolescent and adult from a refugee background who is new to our care, preferably within one month of arrival. With all of our doctors speaking 4 different languages (English, Pashto, Urdu and Hindi) we are highly equipped to understand and cater towards your health needs.
Our holistic refugee health assessment includes:
- analysis of migration history; a full medical history, including current concerns, developmental history in children and adolescents and psychosocial history;
- physical examination; investigations; and development of a management plan.
For children and adolescents, history may be taken from a parent or carer where appropriate.
In some states and territories, post-arrival health assessments are provided by a specialised refugee health service. In primary care, refugee health assessments can be supported by refugee health nurses or practice nurses. Refugee health nurses provide specialised support and assistance for primary care clinicians and people from refugee backgrounds.
