Canada

Sense of community belonging among immigrants: perspective of immigrant service providers

October 28, 2018

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 province of Alberta participated in interviews and focus groups. The sample was purposively recruited through immigrant service organizations in…
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Genotyping and whole-genome sequencing to identify tuberculosis transmission to pediatric patients in British Columbia, Canada, 2005-2014

October 1, 2018

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) in children is often an indicator of recent transmission. Genotyping and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can enhance pediatric TB investigations by confirming or refuting transmission events. Method(s): Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from all pediatric patients <18 years with culture-confirmed TB in British Columbia (BC) from 2005 to 2014 (n = 49) were genotyped by…
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Transnationalism, parenting, and child disciplinary practices of African immigrants in Alberta, Canada

September 16, 2018

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 of African immigrant parents in Alberta, a Canadian province with a recent surge in the population of African immigrants.…
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Late diagnosis, delayed presentation and late presentation among persons enrolled in a clinical HIV cohort in Ontario, Canada (1999-2013)

September 14, 2018

Objectives: Timely HIV diagnosis and presentation to medical care are important for treatment and prevention. Our objective was to measure late diagnosis, delayed presentation and late presentation among individuals in the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study (OCS) who were newly diagnosed in Ontario. Methods: The OCS is a multi-site clinical cohort study of people…
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Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees: Perspectives of immigrant service providers

July 9, 2018

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 of adequate support-enhancing resources. One area of support is access to and use of mental health services to prevent…
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Men Become Baby Dolls and Women Become Lions: African Immigrant Men’s Challenges with Transition and Integration

July 1, 2018

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 experiences. As an equally crucial starting point in building sustainable and resilient immigrant communities, our study focuses on the…
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Post-secondary pathways among second-generation immigrant youth of Haitian origin in Quebec.

July 1, 2018

The aim of this article is to develop a better understanding of the educational pathways experienced by Haitian youth in Montreal when it comes to their post-secondary studies. The qualitative analysis of their life stories within the educational and learning pathways framework (Doray, 2011) reveals an assortment of pathways. Many are characterized by various sources…
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‘And when a certain health issue happen, they try to cover it’: Stakeholder perspectives on the health of temporary foreign workers and their families

July 1, 2018

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 policy makers. Stakeholders involved in providing services to TFWs perceived that the workers experience (1) barriers in accessing mental…
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“Bridging several worlds”: The process of identity development of second-generation Ethiopian and Eritrean young women in Canada.

July 1, 2018

This paper explores the social and cultural experiences of second-generation Ethiopian and Eritrean young women in relationship to expectations surrounding identity continuity by way of maintenance of traditional culture. From the analysis of ten in-depth interviews, complexities in family relationships emerged as a major category with interrelated concepts that particularize the social and cultural experiences…
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‘I feel something is still missing’: leisure meanings of African refugee women in Canada

July 1, 2018

This research explored the leisure meanings of three African women, former refugees resettled in Canada. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach, this study revealed that leisure meanings were tightly bound in the women’s Christian faith, church, and faith community in affording them solace, socialisation, and community bonding. Furthermore, learning for leisure emphasised leisure for educational advancement,…
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