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Improving Refugee Outcomes Demographic Indicators For Sharing May 2 2013. Information Sharing – General. Department has committed to providing more information about populations in general Medical health profiles now becoming available for some large resettlement populations
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Improving Refugee Outcomes Demographic Indicators For Sharing May 2 2013
Information Sharing – General • Department has committed to providing more information about populations in general • Medical health profiles now becoming available for some large resettlement populations • Need to have common understanding of what general information is available and necessary
Type of Information Available • Demographic information about country of origin • Socio-cultural: religion, education, age, gender, literacy rates • Health: major infectious diseases, HIV and malnutrition rates for children • Demographic information about refugees being referred from the country of asylum • Socio-cultural: religion, access to education, age of refugee population, gender breakdown • Health: major health conditions within specific refugee population • Settlement Issues: major issues within refugee experience that may impact settlement \ post arrival experience
For discussion purposes only – stats are fictitious except for Canada Population Characteristics in Country of Origin
For discussion purposes only – stats are fictitious except for Canada Population Characteristics in Country of Origin
For discussion purposes only – information is fictitious Population Characteristics in Country of Asylum-Group B
For Discussion purposes only – information is fictitious Group B continued – in country of asylum
Questions for Discussion • Are the indicators listed useful? • What other indicators for general population would be useful? • Where would information go? Which ministries in PTs? Which branches? • How is information used by service providers?