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Uwarunkowania społeczno-ekonomiczne osadnictwa uchodźców bułgarskich w latach 20. XX wieku

Jędrzej Paszkiewicz

Balcanica Posnaniensia Acta et studia > 2017 > 24 > 61-82

Socio-economic conditions of refugees’ settlement in Bulgaria in the 1920s. The influx of immigrants into Bulgaria during the first two decades of 20th century was aresult of the two lost armed conflicts and border shifts between 1913 and 1918. These changesin turn resulted in disruption of the socio-political and economic situation within the country.The government was unable to efficiently overcome...

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Personal Parish As An Element Of The Organizational Structure Of The Pastoral Care Of Polish Immigrants By The Missionary Oblates Of Mary Immaculate In The Archdiocese Of Toronto

Wojciech Kowal

Annales Missiologici Posnanienses > 2016 > 21 > 151-167

The article offers a particular perspective on the organizational structure of the pastoral care of Polish immigrants in Toronto, Canada. The scope of the presentation is limited to the Polish personal parishes in the Archdiocese of Toronto presently entrusted to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Assumption Province). The author’s starting point is an analysis of the implementation of the...

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Środkowoeuropejska koalicja niechętnych wobec kryzysu migracyjnego 2015–2016

Anna Potyrała

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne > 2016 > 1 > 25-50

Presja migracyjna, jakiej państwa członkowskie Unii Europejskiej doświadczają od początków 2015 r. skutkuje pogłębiającymi się różnicami w podejściu do problemu imigrantów, dotyczącymi zwłaszcza tzw. systemu kwotowego uzgodnionego we wrześniu 2015 r. Niniejszy artykuł prezentuje argumenty państw Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej uzasadniających konieczność odejścia od nieograniczonego przyjmowania imigrantów,...

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Association of immigrant generational status with asthma

Anne Philipneri, Steven Hanna, Piush J. Mandhane, Katholiki Georgiades

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2019 > 110 > 4 > 462-471

Objective We sought to examine whether asthma risk is lower in second-generation immigrants (i.e., Canadian-born children with at least one foreign-born parent) and first-generation immigrants (i.e., foreign-born children) compared with non-immigrants (i.e., Canadian-born children to Canadian-born parents). Methods Data were obtained from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and...

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Migration and social determinants of mental health: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey

Bukola Salami, Maryna Yaskina, Kathleen Hegadoren, Esperanza Diaz, more

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2017 > 108 > 4 > 362-367

OBJECTIVES: Studies worldwide point to increased risk of mental health problems among immigrants. However, the data on Canadian immigrants’ mental health are ambiguous. To address this, we examined the relationship of both self-perceived mental health and reported diagnosis of mood disorders with age, gender, migration status, time since migration, and social determinants of health factors.METHODS:...

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High‐skilled immigrants—low‐skilled jobs: Challenging everyday health

Rajendra Prasad Subedi, Mark Warren Rosenberg

The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien > 60 > 1 > 56 - 68

A significant number of foreign‐trained skilled immigrants are employed in low‐skilled service sector jobs in major Canadian cities. However, there is no study to understand their physical and mental health status. We hypothesized that most of these immigrant workers have elevated physical and mental health problems because of lowered self‐esteem, job dissatisfaction, and work‐related stress. A survey...

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Immigrants' perceptions of quality of life in three second‐ or third‐tier Canadian cities

Allison M. Williams, Peter Kitchen, James Randall, Nazeem Muhajarine, more

The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien > 59 > 4 > 489 - 503

There has been a call for further research regarding immigrant experience in second‐ and third‐tier Canadian cities. This study examines perceptions of immigrant quality of life (QOL) in three smaller urban areas: 1) Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; 2) Hamilton, Ontario; and, 3) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The underlying objective is to further our knowledge of immigrants' perceptions of QOL in these...

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Review of child maltreatment in immigrant and refugee families

Annie LeBrun, Ghayda Hassan, Mylène Boivin, Sarah-Louise Fraser, more

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2015 > 106 > 7 > eS45-eS56

Objectives Study results on child maltreatment based on general population samples cannot be extrapolated with confidence to vulnerable immigrant or refugee families because of the specific characteristics and needs of these families. The aims of this paper are 1) to conduct an evidence review of the prevalence, risk factors and protective factors for child maltreatment in immigrant and refugee populations,...

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“If they tell me to get it, I’ll get it. If they don’t....”: Immunization decision-making processes of immigrant mothers

Stephanie P. Kowal, Cynthia G. Jardine, Tania M. Bubela

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2015 > 106 > 4 > e230-e235

Objective To understand information-gathering and decision-making processes of immigrant mothers for scheduled childhood vaccines, vaccination during pregnancy, seasonal flu and pandemic vaccination. Methods We conducted 23 qualitative semi-structured interviews with immigrated mothers from Bhutanese refugee, South Asian and Chinese communities. Participants lived in Edmonton, Alberta and had at...

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The inclusion of migrants in health impact assessments: A scoping review

Maria Benkhalti Jandu, Bruno Canuto de Medeiros, Ivy Bourgeault, Peter Tugwell, more

Environmental Impact Assessment Review > 2015 > 50 > Complete > 16-24

This article reports the findings of a scoping review assessing the extent and ways in which migrants have been included in health impact assessments (HIAs) and HIA evaluations worldwide. A total of 117 HIAs and two HIA evaluations were included. Only 14% of hand-searched HIAs mentioned migrants, 5% analysed migrants and only 2% included them in their recommendations. Nonetheless, migrants would be...

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Neighbourhood immigrant concentration and hospitalization: A multilevel analysis of cardiovascular-related admissions in Ontario using linked data

D. Walter Rasugu Omariba, Nancy A. Ross, Claudia Sanmartin, Jack V. Tu

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2014 > 105 > 6 > e404-e411

Objective To assess the influence of neighbourhood immigrant concentration on cardiovascular-disease-related hospitalizations in Canada (CVDH), while adjusting for individual-level immigrant status and socio-economic indicators at individual and neighbourhood levels. Methods Data were from the 2006 Canadian Census linked to the hospital Discharge Abstract Data (DAD) for the province of Ontario....

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Determinants of the variations in self-reported health status among recent and more established immigrants in Canada

Rajendra Prasad Subedi, Mark Warren Rosenberg, R.P. Subedi, M.W. Rosenberg

Social Science & Medicine > 2014 > 115 > Complete > 103-110

Studies have shown that immigrants are normally in better health on arrival compared to their Canadian-born counterparts. However, the health conditions of new immigrants deteriorate after a few years of their arrival in Canada. This phenomenon is popularly termed the ''healthy immigrant effect'' (HIE) in the immigrant health literature. Although different hypotheses have been proposed to understand...

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Duration of residence and disease occurrence among refugees and family reunited immigrants: test of the ‘healthy migrant effect’ hypothesis

Marie Norredam, Charles Agyemang, Oluf K. Hoejbjerg Hansen, Jørgen H. Petersen, more

Tropical Medicine & International Health > 19 > 8 > 958 - 967

ObjectivesThe ‘healthy migrant effect’ (HME) hypothesis postulates that health selection has a positive effect on migrants' health outcomes, especially in the first years after migration. We examined the potential role of the HME by assessing the association between residence duration and disease occurrence. MethodsWe performed a historical prospective cohort study. We included migrants who obtained...

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Living on the “edge of the suburbs” of Vancouver: A case study of the housing experiences and coping strategies of recent immigrants in Surrey and Richmond

Carlos Teixeira

The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien > 58 > 2 > 168 - 187

This study examines the housing experiences and coping strategies of low‐income recent immigrants in Richmond and Surrey, two fast‐growing outer suburbs of Vancouver where the immigrant population has increased rapidly in the last two decades and where there is a limited supply of affordable rental housing, including public and social housing. The study draws on data from seven focus groups with 88...

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Chlamydia trachomatis epidemiology in Canadians of Chinese ethnicity: A population-based study

Brian E. Ng, Jat Sandhu, Réka Gustafson, James Lu

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2014 > 105 > 2 > e116-e120

OBJECTIVES: To compare the rates of Chlamydia trachomatis infection between those of Chinese ethnicity and non-Chinese ethnicity in a large Canadian urban setting.METHODS: We examined rates of Chlamydia among residents of Vancouver and Richmond, Canada, by Chinese and non-Chinese ethnicity, from 2006 to 2010. We stratified cases by age group, sex and ethnicity. We analyzed 12,555 cases of Chlamydia...

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“What matters most:” A cultural mechanism moderating structural vulnerability and moral experience of mental illness stigma

Lawrence H. Yang, Fang-pei Chen, Kathleen Janel Sia, Jonathan Lam, more

Social Science & Medicine > 2014 > 103 > Complete > 84-93

To understand Chinese immigrants' experiences with mental illness stigma and mental health disparities, we integrate frameworks of 'structural vulnerability' and 'moral experience' to identify how interaction between structural discrimination and cultural engagements might shape stigma. Fifty Chinese immigrants, including 64% Fuzhounese immigrants who experienced particularly harsh socio-economical...

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Self-Management, Health Service Use and Information Seeking for Diabetes Care among Black Caribbean Immigrants in Toronto

Ilene Hyman, Enza Gucciardi, Dianne Patychuk, Joanna Anneke Rummens, more

Canadian Journal of Diabetes > 2014 > 38 > 1 > 32-37

The objective of this research was to explore self-management practices and the use of diabetes information and care among Black-Caribbean immigrants with type 2 diabetes.The study population included Black-Caribbean immigrants and Canadian-born participants between the ages of 35 to 64 years with type 2 diabetes. Study participants were recruited from community health centres (CHCs), diabetes education...

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Enfants et adolescents venus d’ailleurs: la violence vécue dans leur société d’accueil et les effets sur leur santé, une recension des écrits

Claudia Fournier, Louise Hamelin Brabant, Dominique Damant, Geneviève Lessard, more

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2014 > 105 > 1 > e28-e36

Résumé OBJECTIF: Cette recension des écrits integrative vise à dresser un portrait global de la violence sociale vécue par les enfants et adolescents immigrants de première génération ainsi que ses effets sur leur santé et leur bien-être.MÉTHODE: Une recherche bibliographique francophone et anglophone a été réalisée dans huit bases de données, sans restrictions de dates de publication. Trente études...

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Rates of Cancer Incidence Across Terciles of the Foreign-born Population in Canada From 2001–2006

Gisèle M. Carrière, Claudia Sanmartin, Heather Bryant, Gina Lockwood

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2013 > 104 > 7 > e443-e449

Objectives To address the issue of comparative risk of cancer in Canada’s immigrant population, an area-based methodology was applied to examine whether or not estimated cancer incidence rates among individuals living in given areas vary systematically according to the concentration of foreignborn individuals living in the same area. This method provides an alternative, accessible surveillance method...

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Increase in Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Alberta Among Foreign-born Persons: Implications for Tuberculosis Management

Richard Long, Deanne Langlois-Klassen

Canadian Journal of Public Health > 2013 > 104 > 1 > e22-e27

OBJECTIVES: Globally, the prevalence of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance has been increasing. This study sought to identify trends in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among foreign-born persons in Alberta, a major immigrant-receiving province of Canada.METHODS: A retrospective cohort study design was used to investigate the prevalence of MDR-TB in foreign-born culture-positive TB cases between...

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Uwarunkowania społeczno-ekonomiczne osadnictwa uchodźców bułgarskich w latach 20. XX wieku

Personal Parish As An Element Of The Organizational Structure Of The Pastoral Care Of Polish Immigrants By The Missionary Oblates Of Mary Immaculate In The Archdiocese Of Toronto

Środkowoeuropejska koalicja niechętnych wobec kryzysu migracyjnego 2015–2016

Association of immigrant generational status with asthma

Migration and social determinants of mental health: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey

High‐skilled immigrants—low‐skilled jobs: Challenging everyday health

Immigrants' perceptions of quality of life in three second‐ or third‐tier Canadian cities

Review of child maltreatment in immigrant and refugee families

“If they tell me to get it, I’ll get it. If they don’t....”: Immunization decision-making processes of immigrant mothers

The inclusion of migrants in health impact assessments: A scoping review

Neighbourhood immigrant concentration and hospitalization: A multilevel analysis of cardiovascular-related admissions in Ontario using linked data

Determinants of the variations in self-reported health status among recent and more established immigrants in Canada

Duration of residence and disease occurrence among refugees and family reunited immigrants: test of the ‘healthy migrant effect’ hypothesis

Living on the “edge of the suburbs” of Vancouver: A case study of the housing experiences and coping strategies of recent immigrants in Surrey and Richmond

Chlamydia trachomatis epidemiology in Canadians of Chinese ethnicity: A population-based study

“What matters most:” A cultural mechanism moderating structural vulnerability and moral experience of mental illness stigma

Self-Management, Health Service Use and Information Seeking for Diabetes Care among Black Caribbean Immigrants in Toronto

Enfants et adolescents venus d’ailleurs: la violence vécue dans leur société d’accueil et les effets sur leur santé, une recension des écrits

Rates of Cancer Incidence Across Terciles of the Foreign-born Population in Canada From 2001–2006

Increase in Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Alberta Among Foreign-born Persons: Implications for Tuberculosis Management

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