HIV among immigrants living in high-income countries: a realist review of evidence to guide targeted approaches to behavioural HIV prevention

Immigrants from developing and middle-income countries are an emerging priority in HIV prevention in high-income countries. This may be explained in part by accelerating international migration and population mobility. However, it may also be due to the vulnerabilities of immigrants including social exclusion along with socioeconomic, cultural and language barriers to HIV prevention. Contemporary thinking on effective HIV prevention stresses the need for targeted approaches that adapt HIV prevention interventions according to the cultural context and population being addressed. This review of evidence sought to generate insights into targeted approaches in this emerging area of HIV prevention

More than 650 refugees arrived in this regional town. Locals' welcoming attitudes flipped the stereotype

Over four years, we examined a regional town's attitudes before and after hundreds of refugees settled in the area. Our surveys found residents of Armidale, in northeastern New South Wales, started out reasonably positive about the settlement program, and became even more so.Over time, they had fewer concerns about the impact of refugees on the town, more contact with the refugees, and more positive attitudes towards refugees and the settlement program

Asian Gay Men in Sydney December 1999 - January 2000

The Sydney Asian Gay Men's Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men of Asian background recruited through a range of gay community sites in Sydney. It provides a snapshot of sexual and HIV-related practices among gay and homosexually active men of Asian background

Setting an agenda for disability research in Australia: organisation-led and targeted consultation report

This report presents the results of the Phase 2b consultation conducted with 974 individuals from 21 non-government organisations (NGOs), including service providers and disabled peoples’ organisations (DPOs), the First Nations-focused National Disability Research Agenda survey and online focus groups and in-depth interviews with people with augmentative and alternative communication needs. It is part of multi-phase research agenda setting exercise that has been conducted to understand existing disability research in Australia and consult with the disability sector to understand their priorities for disability research. This research was funded by the National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) to underpin their development of an agenda for Australian disability research over the next decade

HIV, diversity and cultural competence

Cross-cultural issues are a reality and a challenge for public sector agencies seeking to meet their responsibilities in an increasingly diverse Australia. ‘Cross-cultural training’ of various kinds has been part of the ‘tool box’ to address these challenges. Here we report briefly on the more comprehensive framework of ‘cultural competence

Monitoring community attitudes toward refugee settlement in Armidale, NSW

In recent years, successive federal governments have turned to regional areas to offer a home for people who arrive in Australia under our humanitarian program, fleeing conflict or persecution.The NSW city of Armidale is Australia’s newest regional settlement location, with around 300 refugees arriving in the region between March 2018 and February 2019.When the Federal Government announced Armidale as a new settlement location in 2017, many community members responded positively with offers of donations and volunteering to assist the new arrivals. However, community concerns were also evident on social media and through calls to Armidale Regional Council

Research Update - Monitoring community attitudes toward refugee settlement in Armidale, NSW, 2018-2020

In 2017, Armidale NSW became a new refugee resettlement location under the Humanitarian Settlement Program. Around 650 Ezidis settled in Armidale from March 2018 to March 2020, when new arrivals were paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Armidale refugee resettlement program offers an opportunity to study a regional community’s response to refugee resettlement in Australia. While there have been many studies of refugees’ resettlement in Australia’s major centres and regional communities, very few studies have closely examined the receiving community’s response. However, the success of refugee resettlement goes both ways. It requires mutual positive relations between refugees and the receiving community, and the receiving community’s responses to the newcomers form an important contextual element of refugee resettlement. The well-being of both is entwined as refugees become part of the fabric of the receiving community

Using HIV notification data to identify priority migrant groups for HIV prevention, New South Wales, 2000-2008

Non-Australian-born people comprise a third of HIV notifications in Australia. With increasing numbers of immigrants in Australia, public health and health promotion programs will need to adapt to the emerging epidemic of HIV among people from culturall