Accessing maternal and child health services in Melbourne, Australia: Reflections from refugee families and service providers

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Cultural background of participants	Site of recruitment	No. of participants	Mean time in Aus. (yrs)	No. of children (A: born in Australia, O: born overseas)	Who was the interpreter for focus group?
Karen	Playgroup organised by refugee mentor	14	5.6	A: 15	Bilingual refugee mentor (also an accredited interpreter)
Burmese				O: 26
Karen	Playgroup organised by refugee mentor	29	5.5	A: 32	Bilingual refugee mentor (also an accredited interpreter)
Burmese				O: 50
Karen	Kindergarten	4	3.3	A: 4	Accredited Interpreter
Burmese				O: 7
Iraqi	Playgroup organised by refugee mentor	18	8.5	A: 38	Bilingual refugee mentor
Assyrian Chaldean				O: 12
Iraqi	Studying English at an adult English language centre organised by an cultural welfare agency	8	4.3	A: 11	Bilingual community representative
Assyrian Chaldean				O: 11
Lebanese
South Sudanese	Playgroup organised by refugee mentor	7	6.3	A: 16	Bilingual refugee mentor
				O: 17
Bhutanese	Peer education program at community health service	7	1.6	A: 4	Accredited Interpreter
				O: 6

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