Canada

Discourse/Discours-Workforce Integration of Philippine-Educated Nurses Who Migrate to Canada Through the Live-in Caregiver Program

December 15, 2014

Nurses who migrate through the Canadian Live-in Caregiver Program face significant barriers to their subsequent workforce integration as registered nurses in Canada. This study applies the concept of global care chains and uses single case study methodology to explore the experiences of 15 Philippine-educated nurses who migrated to Ontario, Canada, through the Live-in Caregiver Program.…
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Sociodemographic correlates of fecal immunotesting for colorectal cancer screening

December 11, 2014

Objectives: Community fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) screening programs are important for detecting early disease and can be effective when promoted by primary care physicians. Screening rates remain low across Canada and may be associated with sociodemographic factors. Design and methods: Fecal immunochemical testing results for a new community-based screening program were obtained from Calgary Laboratory…
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Motivations of nurses who migrate to Canada as domestic workers

August 27, 2014

Background: While some trained nurses migrate to destination countries to work as domestic workers, little is known about their migration motivations. Aim: This study explores the motivations of Philippine educated nurses who migrated to Canada through the Live-in Caregiver Program from 2001 to 2011 (a Canadian domestic worker programme). Methods: A single case study qualitative…
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“All for the Family”: A Case Study on the Migration of Philippine Educated Nurses to Ontario through the Live-in Caregiver Program

August 26, 2014

Despite evidence that suggests that nurses migrate to Ontario through the Live-in Caregiver Program, no research has been conducted on this group of nurses in Ontario. This study addresses that gap utilizing the transnational feminist concept of “global care chains” in a single holistic case study design to explore the experience of nurses who migrate…
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Association of sociodemographic factors and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing

August 14, 2014

Objectives: There are conflicting recommendations regarding the use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a screening test. Integral to this debate is an understanding of who is currently being tested. The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed account of PSA testing practices in a major Canadian city (Calgary, Alberta) and to identify…
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Challenges Faced by Refugee New Parents from Africa in Canada

July 3, 2014

This study examines challenges faced by refugee new parents from Africa in Canada. Refugee new parents from Zimbabwe (n= 36) and Sudan (n= 36) were interviewed individually about challenges of coping concurrently with migration and new parenthood and completed loneliness and trauma/stress measures. Four group interviews with refugee new parents (n= 30) were subsequently conducted.…
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Neighborhood Social Capital, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Change of Neighborhood as Predictors of School Readiness

July 1, 2014

Neighborhood income and social capital are considered important for child development, but social capital has rarely been measured directly at an aggregate level. We used Canadian data to derive measures of social capital from aggregated parental judgments of neighborhood collective efficacy and neighborhood safety. Measures of neighborhood income came from Census data. Direct measures of…
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Association of Health-Related Quality of Life in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Ethnicity: Results From a Multiethnic Multicenter Canadian Cohort

July 1, 2014

Objective: To evaluate the influence of ethnicity on self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in the Canadian childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) population. Methods: Patients with cSLE at 4 pediatric centers were consecutively enrolled. Sociodemographics and multiple disease activity measures were collected. The Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) was administered and analyzed by ethnicity. Results: We…
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Becoming a mother: The meaning of childbirth for African-Canadian women.

July 1, 2014

Increasingly, with globalization, various countries including Canada are becoming ethno-racially and culturally diverse. Health professionals face the challenge of working effectively across these ethno-racial and cultural boundaries. In acknowledgement of the need to generate knowledge that informs the development of effective health care policies, this paper discusses the findings of a qualitative study that examined…
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The experiences of making infant feeding choices by African, Caribbean and Black HIV-positive mothers in Ontario, Canada

July 1, 2014

Mothers in HIV-endemic countries are advised to exclusively breastfeed their babies until six months because of lack of resources and better chances for child survival, while in developed countries, replacement feeding is advised. What are the experiences of HIV-positive women who migrate from HIV-endemic countries to developed countries, when making infant feeding choices? Methods: In-depth…
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