The Rohingya Little Local: exploring innovative models of refugee engagement in Sydney, Australia Bestman, Amy, Lloyd, Jane, Hawkshaw, Barbara, Kabir, Jawat and Harris, Elizabeth 2020, The Rohingya Little Local: exploring innovative models of refugee engagement in Sydney, Australia, Australian journal of primary health, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 367-373, doi: 10.1071/PY20045. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The Rohingya Little Local: exploring innovative models of refugee engagement in Sydney, Australia Author(s) Bestman, Amy orcid.org/0000-0003-1269-2123 Lloyd, Jane Hawkshaw, Barbara Kabir, Jawat Harris, Elizabeth Journal name Australian journal of primary health Volume number 26 Issue number 5 Start page 367 End page 373 Total pages 7 Publisher CSIRO Publishing Place of publication Clayton, Vic. Publication date 2020 ISSN 1448-7527 1836-7399 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services Primary Health Care Public, Environmental & Occupational Health General & Internal Medicine co-design community engagement health promotion refugee health Summary The Rohingya community living in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown in Sydney have been identified as a priority population with complex health needs. As part of ongoing work, AU$10000 was provided to the community to address important, self-determined, health priorities through the Can Get Health in Canterbury program. Program staff worked with community members to support the planning and implementation of two community-led events: a soccer (football) tournament and a picnic day. This paper explores the potential for this funding model and the effect of the project on both the community and health services. Data were qualitatively analysed using a range of data sources within the project. These included, attendance sheets, meeting minutes, qualitative field notes, staff reflections and transcripts of focus group and individual discussions. This analysis identified that the project: (1) enabled community empowerment and collective control over funding decisions relating to their health; (2) supported social connection among the Australian Rohingya community; (3) built capacity in the community welfare organisation –Burmese Rohingya Community Australia; and (4) enabled reflective practice and learnings. This paper presents an innovative model for engaging with refugee communities. Although this project was a pilot in the Canterbury community, it provides knowledge and learnings on the engagement of refugee communities with the health system in Australia. Language eng DOI 10.1071/PY20045 Indigenous content off Field of Research 11 Medical and Health Sciences 16 Studies in Human Society 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30143642 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Population Health Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open-access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 09 Oct 2020, 07:16:30 EST Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 04:01:30 EST Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 01:30:14 EST Sat, 14 Nov 2020, 01:33:29 EST Tue, 24 Nov 2020, 05:08:04 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 09:24:35 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 09:26:10 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 09:27:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 24 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 09 Oct 2020, 07:16:30 EST

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