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1	Living Between Two Cultures: A Reproductive Health Journey of African Refugee Women January 2011 (has links) abstract: Most studies on refugee populations tend to focus on mental health issues and communicable diseases. Yet, reproductive health remains a major aspect of refugee women's health needs. African refugee women in the United States continue to experience some difficulties in accessing reproductive health services despite having health insurance coverage. The purpose of this study was to understand the reproductive health journey of African refugee women resettled in Phoenix, Arizona. This study also explored how African refugee women's pre-migration and post-migration experiences affect their relationships with health care providers. The study was qualitative consisting of field observations at the Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC) in Phoenix, verbally administered demographic questionnaires, and semi-structured one-on-one interviews with twenty African refugee women (between the ages of 18 and 55) and ten health care providers. The findings were divided into three major categories: pre-migration and post migration experiences, reproductive health experiences, and perspectives of health care providers. The themes that emerged from these categories include social isolation, living between two cultures, racial and religious discrimination, language/interpretation issues and lack of continuity of care. Postcolonial feminism, intersectionality, and human rights provided the theoretical frameworks that helped me to analyze the data that emerged from the interviews, questionnaire and fieldnotes. The findings revealed some contrasts from the refugee women's accounts and the accounts of health care providers. While refugee women spoke from their own specific social location leading to more nuanced perspectives, health care providers were more uniform in their responses leading to a rethink of the concept of cultural competency. As I argue in the dissertation and contrary to conventional wisdom, culture per se does not necessarily translate to resistance to the American health care system for many African refugee women. Rather, their utilization (or lack thereof) of health services are better conceived within a broader and complex context that recognizes intersectional factors such as gender, racialization, language, displacement, and class which have a huge impact on the reproductive health seeking patterns of refugee women. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Gender Studies 2011 Gender studies Women's studies African studies African Refugee Women Health Care Providers Intersectionality Postcolonialism Pre-migration and Post-migration Reproductive Health
2	How do Pre-migration, Migration, and Post-migration Factors Influence the Mental Health and Well-being of Syrian and Somali Unaccompanied Minors in Sweden During the Asylum-seeking Process? : A Qualitative Exploration Abdirahman, Hibo January 2023 (has links) The on-going conflicts and hardships in various parts of the world, especially in theMiddle East and regions like Syria and Somalia, have triggered a significant wave ofmigration towards Europe. A considerable fraction of these migrants comprisesunaccompanied minors. This research study aims to explore how pre-migration,migration, and post-migration factors influence the mental health and well-being ofSyrian and Somali unaccompanied minors in Sweden during the asylum-seekingprocess. The study is qualitative in nature, employing six in-depth semi-structuredinterviews as its primary data collection method. Using the frameworks of the Senseof Coherence theory and coping theory, the research delves into the challengesunaccompanied minors encounter during the asylum process and the subsequentimpacts on their mental health. The findings suggest that the asylum-seeking processsignificantly impacts the mental health of unaccompanied minors, eliciting mentalhealth issues such as depression, anxiety, and feelings of uncertainty and insecurity.These influences are not confined to mental well-being alone but also permeate otheraspects of their lives. This study therefore highlights the necessity of acknowledgingand addressing the complex link between the asylum-seeking process and mentalhealth among unaccompanied minors. Former unaccompanied minors pre-migration migration post-migration asylum-seeking process mental health well-being experience Sweden. Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap
3	Acculturation stress of immigrant Latino children a narrative investigation / Santana-Wynn, Jari. January 2010 (has links) Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-103).
4	Acculturation Stress of Immigrant Latino Children: A narrative investigation Santana-Wynn, Jari 03 May 2010 (has links) No description available. Bilingual Education Developmental Psychology Educational Psychology Hispanic Americans Mental Health Minority and Ethnic Groups Psychology Psychotherapy Social Work Therapy Acculturation stress Immigration Latino children Pre-migration Post-migration Cultural orientation Cultural conflict Coping strategies Qualitative research
5	Skilled Worker Immigrants’ Pre-Migration Occupation Re-Entry Experiences in Canada Avni, Anoosha E. Unknown Date No description available. Immigrants Immigration Career Canada Occupational success Career success Resilience Jobs Immigration policy Immigrant professionals Language Ethno-cultural community avoidance Pre-Migration Career Confidence Effect Career compromises Compromises Personal compromises Family compromises Acculturation Anomie Temporary career challenges Acculturation Self-advocacy Self-presentation Workplace communication Re-credentialing Counsellor competency Diversity training Communication skills training Loss Health Reframing Citizenship and Immigration Canada Foreign credentials Equality Internships Career transitions Career change

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