Resources to Increase Access to Information and Services: Syrian and Iraqi people with disability from refugee backgrounds and service providers
Partners: Settlement Services International (SSI); NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS); Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House); NSW Refugee Health Service; Migrant Resource Centre North West, Victoria; The Disability Trust, NSW and Victoria; Milparinka, Victoria; Black Dog Institute; and Deakin University.
Funded by: National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) 2021 grant (Category 1)
FMRN members: Maree Higgins and Caroline Lenette
Project description: This Victorian and NSW action research project is co-designing a suite of resources to increase access to information and services with Syrian and Iraqi people with disability from refugee backgrounds, a growing yet under-engaged group with limited access to disability, community and settlement supports and services that address their needs.
Resources:
Women marginalised by mental health, disability or refugee status
Partners: Settlement Services International (SSI); Black Dog Institute; Genu; South Eastern Sydney LHD; NSW Health; and Western Sydney University.
Funded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project
FMRN member: Caroline Lenette
Project description: This project explores embodied experiences of stigma and marginalisation with women affected by disability, mental health, or with refugee status to enable expression of difficult-to-verbalise experiences and feelings. Body mapping will identify how women construct, experience and negotiate stigma, as well as opportunities to challenge or resist stigma.
Resources:
Embodied experiences of Syrian and Iraqi refugees living with disability through a lived experiences lens
Partners: Settlement Services International (SSI); NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS); NSW Refugee Health Service; Black Dog Institute; and Deakin University.
Funded by: South West Sydney Health Small Grant Scheme 2018
FMRN members: Maree Higgins and Caroline Lenette
Project description: This research is an exploratory study on service use experiences from the perspectives of family members of people with disability from Iraqi and Syrian refugee backgrounds, community leaders, and settlement sector service providers.
Resources:
Refugee mental health and wellbeing
Partner: Big Anxiety Research Centre
Funded by: UNSW Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture (in kind)
FMRN member: Caroline Lenette
Project description: Setting up initiatives with diverse partners on developing trauma-informed research and practice strategies to support the mental health and wellbeing of refugee-background individuals, families and communities.