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Breaking the silence of racism injuries: a community-driven study
This study pulls together the experience of service providers and their insights on ways to break the detrimental silence surrounding racism. (Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care)
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - October 31, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Minority children and academic resilience in the Nordic welfare states
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to summarise and analyse empirical research on protective factors that promote academic resilience in ethnic minority children mainly aged between 13 and 18 years attending schools in the Nordic countries. Design/methodology/approach This paper was opted for a literature review of 23 peer-reviewed quantitative articles published between 1999 and 2014. The analysis entailed protective factors at both the personal and environmental levels in ethnic minority children. Findings Some minority children ’s school ...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - October 31, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Supporting refugee parents of young children: “knowing you’re not alone”
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and test an accessible and culturally appropriate social support intervention designed to meet the support needs and preferences identified by African refugee parents of young children. Design/methodology/approach The study was built on the research team ’s preceding study assessing social support needs and intervention preferences of Sudanese and Zimbabwean refugee parents of young children. Face-to-face support groups led by peer and professional mentors were conducted bi-weekly over seven month...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - October 31, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Health, happiness and your future: using a “men’s group” format to work with homeless men in London
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe an intervention with a group of homeless men from the Horn of Africa, service users of the Horn of Africa Health and Wellbeing Project in London. The group was conceived by the second author who noted the presence of significant psychosocial issues for her clients, but equally their reluctance to access mainstream mental health or social care services. Design/methodology/approach Designing the group and introducing it to the men involved threw up some challenges which are explored, and the impact o...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - October 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

A case for a health promotion framework: the psychosocial experiences of female, migrant sex workers in Ireland
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the barriers preventing women in prostitution from accessing co-ordinated health services in the Republic of Ireland. By examining the experiences of migrant women engaged in prostitution, the research contributes to knowledge pertaining to the psychosocial experiences of female sex workers ’ access to healthcare. Design/methodology/approach The study interviewed migrant women across Ireland, using a biographical narrative approach and an adapted voice-centred relational model of analysis to deter...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - October 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Challenged assumptions and invisible effects: an explorative case study of a health education intervention addressing immigrants
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine any unanticipated effects of an educational intervention among newly arrived adult immigrants attending a language school in Denmark. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study was conducted including interviews with nine informants, observations of two complete intervention courses and an analysis of the official intervention documents. Findings This case study exemplifies how the basic normative assumptions behind an immigrant-oriented intervention and the intrinsic power relations ther...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - October 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Oral history and farmworker studies
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care,Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 30-40, March 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore three sociocultural themes common to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and to demonstrate the value of incorporating oral history into healthcare practice and quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research programs, as oral history is a culturally sensitive approach to working with vulnerable populations. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines 17 oral histories from farmworkers residing in Ottawa County, Michigan, in the late summer of 2014. The theoretical f...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - October 24, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research