Medical Guidelines
Trauma & Torture
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The Vulnerability Screening Tool was developed by the Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST) for use by mental and primary health professionals, settlement and social service providers, private sponsors, and other community members who are supporting refugees on arrival in British Columbia. This document is not a diagnostic tool, but rather a screening tool for vulnerability.
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Landing and Settling: A Group Therapy Program for Refugees in British Columbia, by Kirby Huminuik, MA, RCC, PhD (Cand.), is designed to provide mental health practitioners with a structured, yet flexible approach to early intervention with refugee populations who have recently arrived in British Columbia.
- Istanbul Protocol from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Printable anatomical drawings for the documentation of torture and ill-treatment.
Print Resultssearch refugee health
Patient Handouts
Translated educational handouts on health issues.
Other Patient Handout Catalogues
Settlement (Orientation, Screening, Legal)
Child Health & Parenting, Other Patient Handout Catalogues
Anemia
Mental Health
Women's Health & Pregnancy
General Medical
Diabetes, Nutrition & Lifestyle
Child Health & Parenting
Diabetes, Nutrition & Lifestyle, Anemia
Infectious Disease
Community Resources
Dentists, physiotherapists and other community resources who speak other languages, accept IFH or offer reduced fees.
Cultural Profiles
An overview of the main countries from which Canada receives refugees, with a focus on political and health issues.