Do you provide care to young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds? Join the free Adolescent Health and Wellbeing event
Refugee Health Network Queensland invites general practitioners (GPs), practice nurses, and all primary healthcare professionals working with adolescents to attend a free education session focused on supporting young people from refugee backgrounds to thrive.
Date: Tuesday 4 November 2025
Time: 6 pm to 8 pm (registration from 5:30 pm)
Location: Tzu Chi Community Centre, 60 Rosebank Square, Salisbury
Cost: Free. A light dinner will be provided for face-to-face attendees.
About the Adolescent Health and Wellbeing education event
The session will be facilitated by Ms Deka Ahmed of Mater Refugee and Multicultural Health Service.
The evening includes a panel Q&A where guest speakers will discuss:
clinical care and psychosocial support
cultural and community perspectives on adolescents and young adults from refugee backgrounds.
There will also be the opportunity to hear from community members who will provide cultural and community perspectives on:
adolescent health
access to healthcare services
specific challenges for patients who have newly arrived in Australia.
Guest speakers:
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Dr Henry Goldstein |
Adolescent Physician |
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Jacki Howlett |
Head of Student Services (Milpera State High School) |
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Bethany Mahadeo |
Occupational Therapist | Art Psychotherapist | Coordinator of a trauma-informed, school-based mental health service |
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Members from Mater Refugee Health Advisory Group |
Community consultants |
Hear from guest speakers: Dr Henry Goldstein and representatives from Brisbane Refugee Health Advisory Group
Dr Henry Goldstein, an adolescent and young adult physician trained in Queensland, is a foundational member of the Gold Coast University Hospital Adolescent and Young Adult Service.
He has experience in a broad range of adolescent and young adult care, including inpatient and outpatient care, eating disorders, functional disorders, complex medical presentations, support of transition of care, drug and alcohol care, sexual healthcare and First Nations health. Dr Goldstein also co-founded Don’t Forget The Bubbles (DFTB) in 2013. DFTB is a paediatric medical education group, founded on the principle of Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM).
Supported by Mater Refugee Health the Brisbane Refugee Health Advisory Group are 11 Refugee Health Development Consultants who are all regarded as natural leaders in their respective communities from South Sudan, Eritrea, Burundi, Rwanda, Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar.
The group is a mechanism through which health services can have access to the voice of communities and peoples from refugee backgrounds.
Contact the Brisbane South PHN Multicultural Health team
Working in refugee health is a great way to exercise the breadth of your skills. As newly arrived people settle locally, can you and your practice provide the clinical care they need?
For more information on this event, or how we support primary health care providers more generally:
speak with a team member by phone via 3864 7580
email [email protected].