abstract: 'Objective: This paper examines whether Australian regional primary

  health care organisations - in this case, Medicare Locals (MLs) and

  Primary Health Networks (PHNs) - have engaged with migrant and refugee

  health, and what factors encourage work in this area.

  Methods: The study used mixed methods with surveys of ML (N=210) and PHN

  staff (N=66), interviews with ML (N=50) and PHN (N=55) staff, national

  consultations with migrant and refugee organisations (N=8 groups with 62

  participants), and analysis of ML and PHN documents.

  Results: Needs assessment documents identified migrant and refugee

  health issues in 46\% of MLs and 74\% of PHNs. However, 48\% of MLs and

  55\% of PHNs did not report any activities on migrant health, and 78\%

  and 62\% did not report any activities for refugees, respectively. Key

  factors identified by participants as associated with whether ML and PHN

  focus on migrant and refugee health were the determination of local

  priority areas, policy context and funding, collaboration with migrant

  and refugee organisations and communities, and mechanisms for

  engagement.

  Conclusions: Despite the importance of primary health care for migrants

  and refugees, there was relatively little attention paid to these

  population groups in MLs and PHNs, with a small number of notable

  exceptions.'
affiliation: 'Ziersch, A (Corresponding Author), Flinders Univ S Australia, GPO Box
  2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

  Ziersch, Anna; Freeman, Toby; Javanparast, Sara; Mackean, Tamara; Baum, Fran, Flinders
  Univ S Australia, Southgate Inst Hlth Soc \& Equ, Adelaide, SA, Australia.'
author: Ziersch, Anna and Freeman, Toby and Javanparast, Sara and Mackean, Tamara
  and Baum, Fran
author-email: anna.ziersch@flinders.edu.au
author_list:
- family: Ziersch
  given: Anna
- family: Freeman
  given: Toby
- family: Javanparast
  given: Sara
- family: Mackean
  given: Tamara
- family: Baum
  given: Fran
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12965
earlyaccessdate: FEB 2020
eissn: 1753-6405
files: []
issn: 1326-0200
journal: AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
keywords: primary health care; migrant; refugee; asylum seeker; policy
keywords-plus: 'HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES; MENTAL-HEALTH; ASYLUM SEEKERS; MIGRATION;

  COMMUNITY; BARRIERS'
language: English
month: APR
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '38'
orcid-numbers: 'Baum, Fran/0000-0002-2294-1368

  Ziersch, Anna/0000-0001-6600-2568'
pages: 152-159
papis_id: 980995bfdf4a4275460a736045e8aaa9
ref: Ziersch2020regionalprimary
researcherid-numbers: 'Ziersch, Anna M/A-8457-2008

  Baum, Fran/AAJ-1896-2021

  Baum, Fran/AGN-4014-2022

  Freeman, Toby/GXV-3652-2022

  '
times-cited: '9'
title: 'Regional primary health care organisations and migrant and refugee health:
  the importance of prioritisation, funding, collaboration and engagement'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000512875600001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '3'
volume: '44'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2020'