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Title	Achieve Better Health
Publication no.	OTH - 8295
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Information about how being overweight can increase the risk of chronic disease; how lifestyle changes can help to reduce weight and improve health.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), Dari (pdf), Dinka (pdf), English (pdf), Farsi (pdf), Greek (pdf), Indonesian (pdf), Italian (pdf), Korean (pdf), Macedonian (pdf), Maltese (pdf), Polish (pdf), Samoan (pdf), Serbian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	Health Checks
Publication no.	AHS - 8770
Last update	10/02/2011
Summary	Information for community members using clinics at the NSW Refugee Health Service
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Dari (pdf), Dinka (pdf), English (pdf), Farsi (pdf), Swahili (pdf)

Title	Health Fact Sheets for Refugees
Publication no.	AHS - 8560
Last update	13/10/2009
Summary	Information on health checks on arrival in Australia, sickle cell disease, hepatitis B & C, viitamin D deficiency; schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis. Recognises the complex health needs of many newly arrived refugees who have little understanding of health systems, and low levels of general health literacy.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Burmese (pdf), English (pdf), French (pdf), Kirundi (pdf)

Title	Health checks on arrival
Publication no.	AHS - 8265
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Health checks information on arrival in Australia
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Burmese (pdf), English (pdf), French (pdf), Kirundi (pdf)

Title	NSW Health Care System Information Booklet
Publication no.	AHS - 7760
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Guide to the NSW health care system for newly arrived migrants and refugees.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Assyrian (pdf), Burmese (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Dari (pdf), Dinka (pdf), English (pdf), Farsi (pdf), Karen (pdf), Korean (pdf), Kurdish (pdf), Serbian (pdf), Somali (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Thai (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	The NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
Publication no.	NGO - 7265
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Includes information about STARTTS, a free service providing support for people from a refugee background who may have experienced torture or trauma in their home country.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), English (pdf), Kurdish (pdf)