A Community-Based Study Of Depressogenic Risk Among Caribbean Immigrant Women

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisha Ali ◽  
Brenda B. Toner
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Precarious Work Experiences of Racialized Immigrant Woman in Toronto: A Community- Based Study

Just Labour ◽  
1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Premji ◽  
Yogendra Shakya ◽  
Megan Spasevski ◽  
Jessica Merolli ◽  
Sehr Athar
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Immigrant Woman ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Precarious Work

Despite their high levels of education, racializedimmigrant women inCanada are over-represented in low-paid, low-skilljobs characterized by highrisk and precarity. Our project documents the experiences with precariousemployment of racialized immigrant women in Toronto. We conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with racialized immigrant women. Participants wererecruited through posted flyers, partner agencies,peer researcher networks andsnowball sampling. Interviews were transcribed andanalyzed using NVivosoftware. The project followed a community-based participatory action researchmodel.Participants faced powerful structural barriers todecent employment andadditionally faced barriers associated with household gender relations. Theirlabour market experiences negatively impacted theirphysical and mental healthas well as that of their families. These problems further constrained women’sability to secure decent employment. Our study makes important contributionsin filling the gap on the gendered barriers racialized immigrant women face inthe labour market and the gendered impacts of deskilling and precarity onwomen and their families. We propose labour marketreforms and changes inimmigration and social policies to enable racialized immigrant women toovercome barriers to decent work.

scholarly journals A Journey of Her Own : A critical analysis of learning experiences among immigrant women: assessing transformative learning and women’s resilience in community-based education programs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Fursova
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
Community Based Programs ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Former Ussr

This is a qualitative study that provides insight into the learning experiences of internationally-trained professional women from Israel, Iran, and the countries of the former USSR. The study focuses on analysing women’s transformative learning experiences and how those experiences may impact their resilience and well-being. The findings of this research inform the development of learner-oriented community-based programs for immigrant women and provide an opportunity for critical reflection on predominant assumptions about immigrant women. In addition, this study challenges the “deficient immigrant” approach and explores the concept of women’s empowerment in relation to cultural contexts and gender-power dynamics that influence immigrant women’s resettlement and learning. Keywords: immigrant women’s learning, transformative learning, immigrant women’s resettlement, empowerment, resilience, critical feminist theory

scholarly journals Domestic Violence and Immigrant Women: A Glimpse Behind a Veiled Door

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122098417
Author(s):  
Tanya Park ◽  
Amanda Mullins ◽  
Nasim Zahir ◽  
Bukola Salami ◽  
Gerri Lasiuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Community Agency ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Multiple Services ◽  
Service Agencies

Domestic violence (DV) experienced by immigrant women is a public health concern. In collaboration with a community agency, researchers undertook a retrospective review of 1,763 client files from 2006–2014. The three aims were to document the incidence of DV, service needs associated with DV, and identification of risk factors associated with DV in the extracted file data. About 41% reported DV and required multiple services. Separated and divorced women, and women on visitor/temporary visas showed the highest risk. The results underscore the value of research partnerships with community-based service agencies in increasing our understanding of DV among immigrant women.

scholarly journals Effect of a community-based intervention to increase participation in cervical cancer screening among Pakistani and Somali women in Norway

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samera Azeem Qureshi ◽  
Jannicke Igland ◽  
Kathy Møen ◽  
Abdi Gele ◽  
Bernadette Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Screening Program ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cancer Screening Program ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening Program

Abstract Background Norway implemented a regular cervical cancer screening program based on triennial screening in 1995, recommending participation of all women between 25 and 69 years of age. Somali and Pakistani women have the lowest participation in cervical cancer screening in Norway. This study evaluates the effect of a community-based intervention aimed at increasing participation in the screening program among women from these two groups. Methods The intervention consisted of an oral 20–25 min presentation in Urdu and Somali on cervical cancer and screening and practical information on how to make an appointment and payment for the test. The participants were invited to pose questions related to the topic after the presentation. This study was carried out in four geographical areas surrounding the capital Oslo between February and October 2017, among women aged 25–69 years from Pakistan and Somalia. We recruited women in the intervention group directly from different community institutions, households, and religious sites. Women from Pakistan and Somalia residing in Oslo were the controls. The absolute intervention effect was measured as difference in absolute proportion of women screened and estimated as the interaction between time and group allocation in a generalized estimation equation model with binomial distribution and identity link function. Results The percentage of women screened in the intervention group increased, from 46 to 51%. The corresponding increase in proportion in the control group was from 44 to 45.5%. After adjustment for potential confounders the intervention group showed a significant larger increase in participation in the screening program as compared to the control group with an absolute difference in change in proportion screened of 0.03 (95% CI; 0.02- 0.06). Conclusions Our findings suggest that theory-based, culturally and linguistically sensitive educational interventions can raise awareness and motivate immigrant women to participate in cervical cancer screening program. In addition, approaching health professionals as well as immigrant women, might improve participation even more. Trial registration NCT03155581. Retrospectively registered, on 16 May 2017.

scholarly journals Recruiting African Immigrant Women for Community-Based Cancer Prevention Studies: Lessons Learned from the AfroPap Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1019-1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joycelyn Cudjoe ◽  
Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran ◽  
Angelica K. Ezeigwe ◽  
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah ◽  
Manka Nkimbeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Community Based ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
Prevention Studies ◽  
African Immigrant Women

scholarly journals A Journey of Her Own : A critical analysis of learning experiences among immigrant women: assessing transformative learning and women’s resilience in community-based education programs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Fursova
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
Community Based Programs ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Former Ussr

This is a qualitative study that provides insight into the learning experiences of internationally-trained professional women from Israel, Iran, and the countries of the former USSR. The study focuses on analysing women’s transformative learning experiences and how those experiences may impact their resilience and well-being. The findings of this research inform the development of learner-oriented community-based programs for immigrant women and provide an opportunity for critical reflection on predominant assumptions about immigrant women. In addition, this study challenges the “deficient immigrant” approach and explores the concept of women’s empowerment in relation to cultural contexts and gender-power dynamics that influence immigrant women’s resettlement and learning. Keywords: immigrant women’s learning, transformative learning, immigrant women’s resettlement, empowerment, resilience, critical feminist theory

scholarly journals Prevalence and experiences of food insecurity among immigrant women connected to perinatal programs at a community-based organization in Edmonton, Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-132
Author(s):  
Maira Quintanilha ◽  
Maria J. Mayan ◽  
Megan Jarman ◽  
Rhonda C. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Community Based Organization

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of household food insecurity among immigrant women connected to perinatal programs offered through a community-based organization in Edmonton, and to explore their experiences in coping with food insecurity.Design/methodology/approachThis study utilized a mixed methods research design. A community-based participatory research approach was used to engage health workers who were connected to immigrant women and families through the Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative in Edmonton. Through the health workers a sample of 213 immigrant women connected to their perinatal programs completed the Household Food Security Survey. Following the survey, 17 women completed semi-structured interviews which were analyzed using content analysis.FindingsThe vast majority of women (94 percent (n=199)) lived in food insecure households, and 53 percent (n=112) in severely food insecure. In semi-structured interviews, women specifically described not having enough money to buy vegetables, fruit and meat, and perceiving a lack of control over foods they ate and offered to their families.Practical implicationsThis study highlights the need for support to be provided to immigrant families for acquiring healthy food in Canada.Originality/valueThe mixed methods design with a decent sample of often underrepresented research participants highlights an area in need of further research and greater support.

scholarly journals Canadian immigrant community-based theatre

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Grace Kim
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Social Empowerment ◽  
Community Centre

This study explores the potential of Canadian immigrant community-based theatre as a means of promoting empowerment among newcomers. Alongside an integrated literature review, the paper centres on a case study of a group of five Canadian immigrant women and their coordinator who participated in a community-based theatre project in Toronto called Tomorrow's Time, funded by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and facilitated by Working Women Community Centre. The development of the group and the play, the actors' involvement, the roles of the funder, facilitators, and directors are described and discussed. The paper concludes that the processes involved in community-based theatre contributed to the participants' personal and social empowerment in terms of developing confidence, acting skills, integration within communities, and involvement in peer education. Additionally, findings support the critical necessity of a sensitive director, equitable compensation of participants' contributions, and inclusion of participants' narratives as characteristics of successful community-based theatre.

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