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Most (82.6%) were part of an intact family unit, 11.5% were unaccompanied minors. At first clinic visit, more than half held a temporary humanitarian visa with variable medicare access, and 51.4% were in hotel quarantine or short\u2010term accommodation due to the Covid\u201019 pandemic. Only 17.4% children reported offshore healthcare related to travel. While 65.1% children were linked with a general practitioner, 90.8% still required refugee health screening and 92.7% required catch\u2010up vaccinations. The most common health issues were dental caries (28.4%), sleep concerns (17.0%), infections (14.2%) and developmental concerns (15.1%). Twenty children (9.2%) required hospital admission in the early post\u2010arrival period, 10.1% had intellectual disability and 8.7% had complex physical disability. Refugee health screening identified high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (64.7%),\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">B12<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      deficiency (44.7%), iron deficiency (29.5%) and anaemia (25.5%), and a range of rare diagnoses and communicable diseases.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Refugee health screening remains essential in post\u2010arrival healthcare, allowing early identification and treatment of infections and micronutrient deficiencies and support for complex cases. Fragmented systems for refugee health screening in Melbourne are not meeting this need, and there is a strong case for specialist paediatric screening given the range of medical, developmental, disability, educational and social needs identified.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jpc.70442","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,30]],"date-time":"2026-05-30T11:34:52Z","timestamp":1780140892000},"page":"1403-1410","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Health Screening and Post\u2010Arrival Services for Refugee Children From Afghanistan"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"62","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-1638-8348","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amy","family":"Williamson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine Royal Children's Hospital  Melbourne VIC Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eva","family":"Sudbury","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine Royal Children's Hospital  Melbourne VIC Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rija","family":"Khanal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine Royal Children's Hospital  Melbourne VIC Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0560-0673","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jade","family":"Woon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine Royal Children's Hospital  Melbourne VIC Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Schaefer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine Royal Children's Hospital  Melbourne VIC Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Georgia","family":"Paxton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine Royal Children's Hospital  Melbourne VIC Australia"},{"name":"Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne  Melbourne VIC Australia"},{"name":"Murdoch Children's Research Institute  Melbourne VIC Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","unstructured":"Australian Government Department of Home Affairs Australia's Offshore Humanitarian Program: 2023\u201324. 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