Explore publications authored or co-authored by Dr. Bukola Salami.
Sense of community belonging among immigrants: perspective of immigrant service providers
- Authors
- B. Salami, J. Salma, K. Hegadoren, S. Meherali, T. Kolawole, E. Diaz
- Publication year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-10-28
- Source
- Public Health Volume 167, February 2019, Pages 28-33
- Type
- Journal Article
Objectives: This study examined the barriers and facilitators to community belonging for immigrants in Alberta, Canada. Study design: The study used a qualitative descriptive research design. Methods: A total of 53 immigrant service providers in the…
Transnationalism, parenting, and child disciplinary practices of African immigrants in Alberta, Canada
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- Dominic A. Alaazi, Bukola Salami, Sophie Yohani, Helen Vallianatos, Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika, Christina Nsaliwa
- Publication year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-09-16
- Source
- Child Abuse & Neglect Volume 86, December 2018, Pages 147-157
- Type
- Journal Article
- Topics
- Black Health
Child discipline remains a topic of public health interest across the globe. Despite this enduring interest, very little is known about the child disciplinary practices of African immigrants in Canada. This paper explores the disciplinary practices…
Organisational antecedents, policy and horizontal violence among nurses: An integrative review
- Authors
- Sheila Blackstock RN, BScN, MScN, COHN, Bukola Salami RN, MN, PhD, Greta G. Cummings PhD, RN, FCAHS, FAAN
- Publication year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-08-31
- Source
- Journal of Nursing ManagementVolume 26, Issue 8 pp. 972-991
- Type
- Journal Article
Aim: To explore the organisational antecedents related to horizontal violence among nurses and the extent to which policy initiatives reduce its incidence. Background: Organisational re-engineering initiatives affect registered nurse roles,adding complexity to organisational antecedents related to…
Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees: Perspectives of immigrant service providers
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- Bukola Salami RN, PhD, Jordana Salma RN, PhD, Kathleen Hegadoren RN, PhD
- Publication year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-07-09
- Source
- International Journal of Mental Health NursingVolume 28, Issue 1 pp. 152-161
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- Journal Article
Immigrant and refugee populations experience life stressors due to difficult migration journeys and challenges in leaving one country and adapting to another. These life stressors result in adverse mental health outcomes when coupled with a lack…
Men Become Baby Dolls and Women Become Lions: African Immigrant Men’s Challenges with Transition and Integration
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- Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika, Bukola Salami
- Publication year
- 2018
- Source
- Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Volume 50, Number 3
- Type
- Journal Article
- Topics
- Black Health
Over the past decade, scholars have begun to explore neglected aspects of immigrant family life such as gender relations, domestic violence, parenting, and relationships with service providers. Many of these studies, however, are based on women’s…
Realism and Relativism in the Development of Nursing as a Discipline
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- Hirani, Shela Akbar Ali MScN, RN, BScN, IBCLC; Richter, Solina PhD, RN, DCur; Salami, Bukola Oladunni PhD, RN, MN
- Publication year
- 2018
- Source
- Advances in Nursing Science 41(2):p 137-144
- Type
- Journal Article
In today's era of nursing, the role of a unique disciplinary knowledge that is grounded in philosophy is essential to inform nursing practice, fill knowledge gaps, improve the quality of nursing education, and guide the theoretical…
African immigrant women’s experience in western host societies: a scoping review
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- Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika, Bukola Salami & Aryan Karimi
- Publication year
- 2018
- Source
- Journal of Gender Studies Volume 27, 2018 – Issue 4
- Type
- Journal Article
- Region
- Canada
There is a dearth of literature on new African immigrant populations in Canada, especially women from Sub-Saharan Africa. Much of the sparse literature focuses on men’s experiences. We analyzed the sparse literature on African immigrant women…
‘And when a certain health issue happen, they try to cover it’: Stakeholder perspectives on the health of temporary foreign workers and their families
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- Bukola Salami, RN, PhD, Kathleen Hegadoren, RN, PhD, Anna Kirova, PhD, Salima Meherali, RN, MN, PhD, Christina Nsaliwa, PhD & Yvonne Chiu, LLD
- Publication year
- 2018
- Source
- Social Work in Health Care Volume 57, 2018 – Issue 1 Pages 13-26
- Type
- Journal Article
This study examines stakeholders’ perspectives on the health and well-being of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) and their families in Alberta, Canada. We used a critically informed qualitative methodology. We interviewed 13 stakeholders, including service providers and…
Movilidad ocupacional descendente de enfermeras graduadas, enfermeras internacionalmente preparadas a auxiliares de enfermería
- Authors
- B Salami, S Meherali, CL Covell
- Publication year
- 2018
- Source
- International nursing review en español Vol. 65, Nº. 2, 2018, págs. 188-196
- Type
- Journal Article
Objetivo: Este estudio analizó la experiencia de las enfermeras formadas internacionalmente con un grado que trabajan como auxiliares de enfermería con licencia de práctica en Canadá. Antecedentes/Introducción: Las enfermeras formadas internacionalmente experimentan varias barreras para su…
Obstetric fistula policy in Nigeria: a critical discourse analysis
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- Oluwakemi C. Amodu, Bukola O. Salami & Magdalena S. Richter
- Publication year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-06-27
- Source
- Amodu et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18:269
- Type
- Journal Article
Background: In 2012, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health published its National Strategic Framework for the Elimination of Obstetric Fistula (NSFEOF), 2011–2015. The framework has since lapsed and there is no tangible evidence that the goal of…
One of the family? Familial and professional relationships between migrant live-in caregivers and their employers
- Authors
- Bukola Salami and Salima Meherali
- Publication year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-06-15
- Source
- International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care Vol. 14 No. 2 2018, pp. 174-185
- Type
- Journal Article
- Region
- Canada
Purpose – Many families in the developed world hire live-in caregivers to meet their childcare and elder care needs. Given the spatial arrangements – i.e., that the caregiver lives with her employer – relationships between employers…
Downward occupational mobility of baccalaureate-prepared, internationally educated nurses to licensed practical nurses
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- B. Salami RN, PhD, S. Meherali RN, PhD, C. L. Covell RN, PhD
- Publication year
- 2017
- Publication date
- 2017-08-08
- Source
- International Nursing Review/Volume 65, Issue 2 pp. 173-181
- Type
- Journal Article
- Region
- Canada
Aim: This study explored the experience of baccalaureate-prepared, internationally educated nurses who work as licensed practical nurses in Canada. Background/Introduction: Internationally educated nurses experience several barriers to workforce integration on arrival in destination countries. Given these…





