A Delphi study with 138 experts, service users and carers that set research priorities for suicide among people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds. Top priorities were access to services, risk and protective factors, and culturally appropriate risk assessment.
Topic: Data and measurement
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Suicide and mortality following self-harm in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities in Victoria, Australia: insights from a data linkage study
Linked Victorian hospital and death data for people admitted after self-harm. Overall, CALD patients had lower risk of later suicide and death, but risk varied by region of birth and was as high as non-CALD patients for people with Asian backgrounds.
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Suicide in first-generation Australian migrants, 2006-2019: a retrospective mortality study
A national study of suicide deaths among first-generation migrants from 2006 to 2019. Migrants from Oceania and Africa were more affected than other migrant groups, and suicide among African-born women rose over time.
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Is it time to retire the label “CALD” in public health research and practice?
A short Medical Journal of Australia commentary asking whether the broad ‘CALD’ label is still useful in public health research and practice.
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Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD): terminology and standards in reducing healthcare inequalities
A commentary on how the term ‘CALD’ is used in Australian health. It argues that clearer terms and data standards are needed to find and reduce health inequalities.
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Definitions of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD): A Literature Review of Epidemiological Research in Australia
A review of how Australian health research defines ‘CALD’. It found definitions were very inconsistent and recommends using country of birth (non-English-speaking) and/or language spoken at home, with Indigenous peoples counted separately.
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Mental health research and evaluation in multicultural Australia: developing a culture of inclusion
A key paper arguing that people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are often left out of Australian mental health research. It sets out steps to make research and evaluation more inclusive.
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Understanding the patterns and predictors of elevated psychological distress among humanitarian migrants compared to the host population: comparative matched analysis using two national data sources from Australia
Compared serious psychological distress in BNLA humanitarian migrants with matched Australian-born adults from the National Health Survey. It identifies which factors predict high distress in each group.
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Trends and determinants of mental illness in humanitarian migrants resettled in Australia: Analysis of longitudinal data
Used five waves of BNLA data to track PTSD and psychological distress among humanitarian migrants over time and to find the factors linked to them. It helps show who remains at risk years after arrival.
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Cohort Profile: Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA): the longitudinal study of humanitarian migrants
Describes the design of the BNLA study, which recruited 2,399 humanitarian migrants in 2013–14 and followed them over several yearly waves. It explains what was measured, including health, mental health, English and settlement.