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Housing for health: asylum seeker and refugee experiences – A Southgate Policy Club Event

Forming part of the Anti-Poverty Week program this Southgate Institute Policy Club is held in conjunction with AnglicareSA and the Australian Centre for Community Services Research. 

The Policy Club will explore the links between housing and health and wellbeing for asylum seekers and refugees, in the context of high levels of poverty, and will consider the key policy and research questions in this area to help support successful housing experiences and promote health and wellbeing.

Chair: Professor Paul Worley, Dean, School of Medicine, Flinders University

Guest Speakers include:
The Rev’d Peter Sandeman, CEO AnglicareSA
Brad Chilcott, National Director, Welcome to Australia
Dr Alice Clark, Executive Director, Shelter SA
Luci Lovelock, Case Worker, Red Cross
A/Prof Anna Ziersch, Senior Research Fellow, Southgate Institute

To register for this event please visit http://www.flinders.edu.au/events/show/event/housing-for-health-asylum-seeker-and-refugee-experiences

For further information on the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity please call 7211 8411 or 8305 4222 or visit http://www.flinders.edu.au/medicine/sites/southgate/southgate_home.cfm

 

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Date: 
Wednesday, 15 October 2014 - 5:45pm to 7:15pm