Health assessment of immigrants and refugees - Revision history

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	== Further Reading ==		==Further Reading==

	* The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline. ''Med J Aust''. 2017;207(7):310-315. doi: [https://doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00826 10.5694/mja16.00826]		*The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline. ''Med J Aust''. 2017;207(7):310-315. doi: [https://doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00826 10.5694/mja16.00826]
	** Australian guidelines; easy-to-implement		**Australian guidelines; easy-to-implement
	* Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees. ''CMAJ''. 2011;183(12):E824-E925. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090313 10.1503/cmaj.090313]		*Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees. ''CMAJ''. 2011;183(12):E824-E925. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090313 10.1503/cmaj.090313]
	** Canadian guidelines; possibly more rigorous, but also older and not as clearly laid out		**Canadian guidelines; possibly more rigorous, but also older and not as clearly laid out

			[[Category:Immigrants and refugees]]

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{| class="wikitable"
!Test
!Notes
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! colspan="2" |Routine Screening
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|CBC
|[[anemia]], [[iron deficiency]], and [[eosinophilia]]
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|[[Hepatitis B serology]] (HBsAg)
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|[[Strongyloides]] serology
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|[[HIV]] serology
|≥15 years old or unaccompanied minor
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|TST or IGRA for [[LTBI]]
|if planning to treat; for most ≤35 years
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|Varicella serology
|immunize if not immune
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|Visual acuity
|
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|Glaucoma assessment
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|Dental review
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|-
|Hearing review
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|Social and emotional wellbeing and mental health
|to diagnose mental health conditions and trauma
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|Develeopmental delay
|children and adolescents
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! colspan="2" |Risk-Based Screening
|-
|[[Rubella]] IgG
|women of childbearing age; vaccinate if non-immune
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|Ferritin
|all women and children, men if risk factors for [[iron deficiency]]
|-
|Vitamin D, Ca, PO<sub>4</sub>, ALP
|risk factors for [[vitamin D deficiency]] or [[rickets]]
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|Vitamin B12
|if recent arrival <6 months, food insecurity, or vegan diet
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|[[Gonorrhea]] and [[chlamydia]] urine NAAT
|if risk factors for [[Sexually-transmitted infection|STIs]]
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|[[Syphilis]] serology (RPR)
|if risk factors for [[Sexually-transmitted infection|STIs]], or unaccompanied minor
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|[[Helicobacter pylori]] stool antigen or breath test
|if [[gastritis]], [[peptic ulcer disease]], [[dyspepsia]], or family history of [[gastric cancer]]
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|Stool microscopy for ova and parasites
|if no predeparture [[albendazole]], or persistent [[eosinophilia]]
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! colspan="2" |Country-Based Screening
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|[[Schistosoma]] serology
|Burma, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria; but recommended against in Canadian guidelines
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|[[Malaria]] thick-and-thin smears
|Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Congo, Eritrea, India, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan
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|[[Hepatitis C]] serology
|Congo, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan
|}

== Further Reading ==

* The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline. ''Med J Aust''. 2017;207(7):310-315. doi: [https://doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00826 10.5694/mja16.00826]
** Australian guidelines; easy-to-implement
* Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees. ''CMAJ''. 2011;183(12):E824-E925. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090313 10.1503/cmaj.090313]
** Canadian guidelines; possibly more rigorous, but also older and not as clearly laid out