The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales; and Centre for Primary Healthcare and Equity, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales; and Corresponding author. Email:
Centre for Primary Healthcare and Equity, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales.
Aust J Prim Health. 2020 Oct;26(5):367-373. doi: 10.1071/PY20045.
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.
生活在悉尼坎特伯雷-班克斯敦市的罗兴亚社区被确定为具有复杂健康需求的优先人群。作为正在进行的工作的一部分，通过“坎特伯雷的能获得健康”计划向社区提供了 10000 澳元，以解决重要的、自主确定的健康优先事项。项目工作人员与社区成员合作，支持两个社区主导的活动的规划和实施：足球（足球）锦标赛和野餐日。本文探讨了这种资金模式的潜力以及该项目对社区和卫生服务的影响。使用项目内的一系列数据源对数据进行了定性分析。这些数据源包括出席表、会议记录、定性现场记录、工作人员的反思以及焦点小组和个人讨论的记录。这项分析确定，该项目：（1）使社区能够获得权力，并对与他们健康相关的资金决策进行集体控制；（2）支持澳大利亚罗兴亚社区之间的社会联系；（3）增强了缅甸罗兴亚社区澳大利亚社区福利组织的能力；（4）使反思性实践和学习成为可能。本文提出了一种与难民社区接触的创新模式。尽管该项目是坎特伯雷社区的试点项目，但它提供了有关澳大利亚难民社区与卫生系统接触的知识和经验教训。
