Referral organisations and resources

For health professionals

• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD): provides research-based information about the effects of interventions used in health and social care. Includes a number of helpful publications including the Effective Health Care bulletins and the past Effectiveness Matters journal.
• The Cochrane Collaboration: a reliable source of evidence in health care.
  
• The Joanna Briggs Institute: an international collaborative approach to the evaluation of evidence derived from a diverse range of sources.
• Western Australian Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery: undertakes a range of practice-oriented research activities to improve the effectiveness of nursing practice and health care outcomes.

Community support

• Community Builders New South Wales: an initiative of the New South Wales government, the Community Builders site is an electronic clearing house for everyone involved in community level social, economic and environmental renewal including community leaders, community and government workers, volunteers, program managers, academics, policy makers, youth and seniors.
• The Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia (CAFCA): funded by the Department of Family and Community Services through the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2004-2009, it continues the work of the Stronger Families Learning Exchange which supported the 2000-2004 Stronger Families and Communities Strategy.
• The National Father-Inclusive Practice Framework: funded by the Australian Government under the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy, this site presents the principles of father-inclusive practice, and challenges all services supporting families to consider their incorporation to encourage fathers to participate in their services.

Cultural diversity resources

• Cultural Diversity - a guide for health professionals: produced by Queensland Health for the Queensland State Government, this guide presents health and socio-cultural information on ethnic communities (including torture and trauma and issues for children, young people and women). It encourages health professionals to actively explore cultural issues with clients and cautions against stereotyping. It also includes detailed information on many different cultural groups that may be useful to help professionals identify and respond appropriately to cross-cultural issues that they may encounter in their practice.
• Health Care Providers Handbook on Muslim Patients (PDF document, size: 94.7kb): informed by the Islamic Council of Queensland, this document presents information for professionals who deal with the medical, social and welfare needs of Muslims.
• NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service: this site provides information on a wide range of topics in 50 different languages, including English. Topics cover many health issues including information for parents regarding child health care.
• Position Paper on Children of Asylum Seekers and Children of Refugees and Children in Detention: produced by Early Childhood Australia, this paper describes the developmental needs of children of asylum seekers, children of refugees and children who are held in detention. All too often their developmental and psychosocial needs are not met. In particular, refugee children have often experienced trauma associated with being uprooted from their home, separated from parents and held in detention.

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