Engendering migrant health : Canadian perspectives /

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"Voluntary migrants to Canada are generally healthier than the average Canadian, but after ten years in the country they report poorer health and higher rates of chronic disease than those born here. Troublingly, women - particularly those from non-European countries - experience the most preci...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Spitzer, Denise L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Immigrants > Health and hygiene > Canada.
Women immigrants > Health and hygiene > Canada.
Women refugees > Health and hygiene > Canada.
Immigrants > Canada > Social conditions.
Refugees > Canada > Social conditions.
Immigrants.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Health services accessibility.
Migrant labor.
Emigrants and Immigrants
Women's Health
Health Services Accessibility
Refugees
Socioeconomic Factors
Transients and Migrants
Immigrants > Santé et hygiène > Canada.
Immigrantes > Santé et hygiène > Canada.
Réfugiées > Santé et hygiène > Canada.
Immigrants > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Réfugiés > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Santé et hygiène.
Services de santé > Accessibilité.
Travailleurs migrants.
migrant workers.
immigrants.
emigrants.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Women > Health and hygiene
Migrant labor
Immigrants
Health services accessibility
Immigrants > Health and hygiene
Immigrants > Social conditions
Refugees > Social conditions
Women immigrants > Health and hygiene
Women refugees > Health and hygiene
Canada
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Work, worries, and weariness : towards an embodied and engendered migrant health / Denise L. Spitzer
  • Examining the health of immigrant and refugee francophone women living outside Québec / Michèle Kérisit
  • Enhancing social inclusion : settlement services in relation to lesbian, gay, and bisexual newcomers / Brian O'Neill and Kamala Sproule
  • The fatherhood experiences of Sudanese and Russian newcomer men : challenges to their health and well-being / David C. Este and Admasu Tachble
  • Mental health and well-being of immigrant and refugee women in Canada / Ilene Hyman
  • Gender-based interpersonal violence and the challenges of integrating in Canadian communities / Wilfreda Thurston
  • Liminality and mental well-being among non-status immigrant women / Laura Simich
  • Social suffering and witnessing : exploring the interface between policy and testimonial narratives of Canadian Afghan women / Parin Dossa
  • Advocacy and social support : the Multicultural Heatlh Brokers Co-op's journey towards equity of access to health / Lucenia Ortiz and the Multiculural Health Brokers Co-op
  • Empowering women through community work : strategies within the Latin American Community in Ottawa / Sara Torres, Alma Estable, Ana Mercedes Guerra, and Nubia Cermeño
  • Global Ottawa AIDS Link (GOAL) : story of an 'un-project' / Carol Amaratunga [and others]
  • At the intersection of migration, gender, and health : accounting for social capital / Bilkis Vissandjée [and others]
  • Engendering migrant health : final reflections / Denise L. Spitzer.

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