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La Trobe Refugee Research Centre - Current Projects

Good Starts Study for Refugee Youth - Conference Presentations

Correa-Velez, I. and Gifford, S.M. (September 2008) “Psychosocial determinants of wellbeing among recently-arrived refugee youth in Australia”. From Margins to Mainstream, 5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders. Melbourne, Australia.

Bakopanos, C. (2007) Unpacking the settlement experiences of refugee youth. MRC SE ‘Unpacking the suitcase’ Conference, Melbourne, July.

Bakopanos, C. (2007) Good Starts for Refugee Young People: Contexts and psychosocial factors that support health and wellbeing in the first years of settlement. National Youth Affairs Conference, Melbourne, May.

Bakopanos, C. (2006) The Good Starts Study for Refugee Youth: Determinants of wellbeing and settlement and implications for policy and practice. Australian Sudanese Youth Conference, Melbourne, December.

Bakopanos, C., Correa-Velez, I. & Gifford, S. (2005) Good Starts: Indicators of wellbeing for recently-arrived refugee youth. Diversity in Health 2005, Melbourne, October.

Gifford, S. & Bakopanos, C. (2005) Methodological challenges of longitudinal studies: Good Starts Study of newly arrived refugee youth. Refugee Health Research Centre Conference, Melbourne, June.

Bakopanos, C. & Gifford, S. (2004) Researching the wellbeing of newly-arrived refugee youth during their first five years in Australia. APS International Conflict Resolution Centre Conference - The Health and Wellbeing of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Melbourne, November.

Platt, M., Gifford, S., Bakopanos, C. and Kaplan, I. (2003) 'Connections to People, Places and Self : Innovative methods in Refugee Youth Research'. Diversity in Health 2003, Sydney, October. (Youth Project Poster: pdf - 504 KB)

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