Spaces of well‐being and regional settlement: International migrants and the rural idyll

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natascha Klocker ◽  
Paul Hodge ◽  
Olivia Dun ◽  
Eliza Crosbie ◽  
Rae Dufty‐Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
Regional Settlement

Challenges Faced by International Migrants and Refugees to the Health, Development, and Well-Being of Adolescents and Youth

2020 ◽  
pp. 349-403
Author(s):  
Curren Warf ◽  
Evelyn Eisenstein ◽  
Abdul Karim AlMakadma ◽  
John Howard ◽  
Diana Birch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Health Development ◽  
International Migrants

scholarly journals Health and well-being of male international migrants and non-migrants in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional follow-up study

PLoS Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. e1003081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Kuhn ◽  
Tania Barham ◽  
Abdur Razzaque ◽  
Patrick Turner
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Quality of Life Temporal Aspects in International Migration Studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-81
Author(s):  
I. P. MAIDANIK
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Temporal Aspects ◽  
Average Happiness ◽  
International Migrants

The article is devoted to revealing the scientifi c potential of temporal aspects in studying the quality of life of international migrants. Th e purpose of this paper is to initiate a scientifi c discussion on temporal indicators of population well-being and present empirical evidence of their importance in migration research. Th e scientifi c novelty lies in revealing the widespread use of temporal elements in the structure of systems for quality of life assessing, substantiation the need to use time indicators in studies of international migrants’ well-being. Th e article uses methods of system approach, analysis and synthesis, grouping, comparison. Th e study showed that contemporary approaches of the quality of life analysis abounds with time-dependent elements. However, conceptualization of temporality is absent there. Temporal indicators connected with duration and rhythm are most oft en used. Th e main empirical basis for studying the migrants’ quality of life in this article is the results of the European Social Survey (ESS). Th e reference group for comparing the migrants’ well-being in this study is local population. Th e integrated indicator of quality of life assessment, the average happiness score, is used. It shows almost identical overall values of this indicator for both population groups (the diff erence was 0.1 points on a 10-point scale). Th ere was a lack of territorial universality to identify a happier group because in half of the analyzed countries the locals were happier than newcomers whereas in the rest of the territories there was the opposite situation or the same values of the indicator. Th e average happiness scores and life satisfaction scores among migrants decrease in parallel with the increase in length of stay in the destination country. A separate eff ect of age and length of stay temporal characteristics on the quality of life of international migrants is established. The degree of freedom, the agency to infl uence their own lives is considered a separate temporal element of the migrants’ well-being. According to the ESS, the average value of this indicator for newcomers and locals coincides.

scholarly journals Seeking connection: a mixed methods study of mental well-being and community volunteerism among international migrants in Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Miller ◽  
Ken Ing Cherng Ong ◽  
Suhyoon Choi ◽  
Akira Shibanuma ◽  
Masamine Jimba
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
Mental Well Being

scholarly journals Mental well-being of international migrants to Japan: a systematic review

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e029988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Miller ◽  
Yuri Tomita ◽  
Ken Ing Cherng Ong ◽  
Akira Shibanuma ◽  
Masamine Jimba
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
Mental Well Being

BackgroundMigration is a stressful process of resettlement and acculturation that can often negatively impact the mental health of migrants. International migration to Japan, a country with dominant ethnic homogeneity, is growing steadily amid an ageing domestic population and severe labour shortages.ObjectivesTo identify the contemporary barriers to, and facilitators of, mental well-being among the migrant population in Japan.DesignSystematic reviewData sourcesPubMed, ProQuest, Web of Science, Ichushi and J-StageEligibility criteriaResearch articles examining the mental well-being of international migrants in Japan that were published in English or Japanese between January 2000 and September 2018 were included.Data extraction and synthesisFull texts of relevant articles were screened and references of the included studies were hand-searched for further admissible articles. Study characteristics, mental well-being facilitators and barriers, as well as policy recommendations were synthesised into categorical observations and were then thematically analysed.ResultsFifty-five studies (23 published in English), surveying a total of 8649 migrants, were identified. The most commonly studied migrant nationalities were Brazilian (36%), followed by Chinese (27%) and Filipino (8%). Thematic analysis of barriers to mental well-being among migrants chiefly identified ‘language difficulties’, ‘being female’ and ‘lack of social support’, whereas the primary facilitators were ‘social networks’ followed by ‘cultural identity’. Policy recommendations for authorities generally described more migrant support services and cross-cultural awareness among the Japanese public.ConclusionAccess to social support networks of various types appears to be an influential factor affecting the mental well-being of international migrants in Japan. More research is necessary on how to promote such connections to foster a more inclusive and multicultural Japanese society amid rapid demographic change.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42018108421.

Conclusion: Labor, Migration, and Action

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Bauder
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Migrant Labor ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
International Migrants

Social, cultural, and legal practices associated with international migration are integral elements of a wider neoliberal regime of accumulation. Neoliberalism, however, is not a monolithic configuration. It evolved through a history and geography of experimentation (Peck 2004) and exists in a variety of forms. Likewise, the manner in which international migration regulates labor markets does not follow a prewritten, universal script but evolves in a place- and contextspecific manner. Formal citizenship, for example, is a powerful category to control migrant labor in many countries. In Canada, however, foreign immigrants and citizens have similar labor market rights, and in Germany long-term foreign residents acquire postnational rights, which put newcomers on more or less equal legal footing with nonmigrants. When citizenship fails to distinguish between migrant and nonmigrant workers, then other mechanisms of distinction, including various forms of cultural and social capital, assume more prominent roles. The case studies presented in this book show how these legal, social, and cultural processes of distinguishing and controlling international migrants regulate labor markets. Cultural representation is a critical process in maintaining, enforcing, and advancing this aspect of the neoliberal project. A particularly powerful discursive strategy is the representation of migrant labor as essential for production and economic well-being and, at the same time, the vilification of migrant workers as outsiders, parasites, and threats to local and national communities. Although I limited my empirical investigation to a few case studies, similar representations of migrant workers likely exist in Australia, throughout Europe, in the United States, and in other migrant-receiving industrialized countries. In recent years, cultural representations of migrants have been tied to the so-called war on terrorism, which constructs international migrants as a particularly deadly population. Exploiting the fears of terror, restrictive and oppressive policies and practices toward international migrants have gone far beyond genuine efforts to filter out traveling suicide assassins (Wright 2003). The strategic incorporation of new narratives into discourses of migration and the appropriation of relatively unrelated but highly visible events such as the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York illustrate the systematic, if not deliberate, nature of representation.

scholarly journals Exploring correlates of depression, quality of life and alcohol misuse: a nationwide cross-sectional study of international migrants during the COVID-19 epidemic in China

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e048012
Author(s):  
Brian J Hall ◽  
Peizhen Zhao ◽  
Ming Zhou Xiong ◽  
Carl Latkin ◽  
Bin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
Health Planning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
International Migrants

ObjectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems globally. With the increase of global migration, quantifying the health needs and key correlates of these outcomes is a global health priority. This study assessed migration characteristics, COVID-19 attitudes and the postmigration social environment as key correlates of depression, quality of life and alcohol misuse among international migrants in China.DesignA nationwide cross-sectional online survey was conducted from 17 February and 1 March 2020.SettingLinks to the online survey were disseminated by migrant-focused community-based organisations through WeChat.ParticipantsEnglish speaking international migrants who met the inclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria were being born in a country outside of China, aged 18 years or over, cumulatively living in China for 1 month or more and staying in China between December 2019 and February 2020.Outcome measuresDepression, quality of life and alcohol misuse.ResultsRegression models indicated that planning or considering leaving China due to COVID-19, lacking the confidence to protect themselves and not being confident that the epidemic would end soon was associated with greater depression, lower quality of life and greater levels of alcohol misuse. Worry about contracting COVID-19 and feeling helpless to prevent infection were associated with greater depression and lower quality of life. General perceived social support, and trust in Chinese people, institutions and systems were protective factors for depression and associated with higher reported quality of life.ConclusionsThis study identifies key correlates that, if adequately addressed through public health outreach, may safeguard migrant well-being during a public health emergency. Trust in people and systems within the postmigration environment is an important consideration for future public health planning efforts.

The Relationship Between Hearing Loss Self-Management and Hearing Aid Benefit and Satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Convery ◽  
Gitte Keidser ◽  
Louise Hickson ◽  
Carly Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Hearing Aid Benefit ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Hearing loss self-management refers to the knowledge and skills people use to manage the effects of hearing loss on all aspects of their daily lives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-reported hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Method Thirty-seven adults with hearing loss, all of whom were current users of bilateral hearing aids, participated in this observational study. The participants completed self-report inventories probing their hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Correlation analysis was used to investigate the relationship between individual domains of hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Results Participants who reported better self-management of the effects of their hearing loss on their emotional well-being and social participation were more likely to report less aided listening difficulty in noisy and reverberant environments and greater satisfaction with the effect of their hearing aids on their self-image. Participants who reported better self-management in the areas of adhering to treatment, participating in shared decision making, accessing services and resources, attending appointments, and monitoring for changes in their hearing and functional status were more likely to report greater satisfaction with the sound quality and performance of their hearing aids. Conclusion Study findings highlight the potential for using information about a patient's hearing loss self-management in different domains as part of clinical decision making and management planning.

Inclusion of Transgender Voice and Communication Training in a University Clinic

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 109-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Oates ◽  
Georgia Dacakis
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training ◽  
Negative Impacts

Because of the increasing number of transgender people requesting speech-language pathology services, because having gender-incongruent voice and communication has major negative impacts on an individual's social participation and well-being, and because voice and communication training is supported by an improving evidence-base, it is becoming more common for universities to include transgender-specific theoretical and clinical components in their speech-language pathology programs. This paper describes the theoretical and clinical education provided to speech-language pathology students at La Trobe University in Australia, with a particular focus on the voice and communication training program offered by the La Trobe Communication Clinic. Further research is required to determine the outcomes of the clinic's training program in terms of student confidence and competence as well as the effectiveness of training for transgender clients.

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