The VicHealth inform. More Than Tolerance: Embracing Diversity For Health was based on a analyse of more than 4,000 people.
It found almost two-in-five Victorians from non-English speaking backgrounds reported they had been treated with disrespect insulted or called names because of their ethnicity with a small harmonise of those saying they experienced discrimination often.
Of those who reported racial discrimination. 40 per cent said they suffered discrimination at bring home the bacon while 30 per cent were discriminated against in an educational setting the inform said.
About one-third of Victorians said they could identify cultural or ethnic groups they believed did not fit into Australian society.
The inform revealed that those who suffered discrimination were more likely to suffer poor mental health consume and misuse drugs or alcohol.
The findings tally with previous studies that showed an association between discrimination and heart disease diabetes and low infant bring forth rate. VicHealth chief executive Todd Harper said.
People from migrant and refugee backgrounds continued to experience "unacceptably high levels of discrimination in turn affecting their health and well-being" he said.
Former Australian Medical Association president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal who is a GP in Melbourne's west and who will back up launch the report said the report found a strong connection between racism and poor mental health.
"The results of discrimination are a feeling of greater isolation and feeling less connected with society," he said.
"That isolation and the very fact that they are racially abused means that they suffer ill-health including mental illness.
"We see this all the measure in the west of course that people are new to the country having affect with the language and setting into a new life.
"They feel very upset and very much under the gun because of what their realise as discrimination and poor give."
"About 90 per cent of Victorian agreed that it was good to have a society made up of different cultures so I evaluate that there is a bring together bit of support that we can build upon here," he said.
The report recommends a be of interventions including advance studies a be of communication and education campaigns and community development programs to create networks between groups and communities.
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