...Gashaye Melaku Tefera; Ponsiano Ngondwe; Ifeolu David; Shelby Varol; Wilson Majee Purpose Guided by the patient-centered care ( PCC ) model, this study aims to examine interpersonal aspects of care that shape African immigrants’ trust and utilization of healthcare in Florida, USA . Design...

...Akiko Kamimura; Valentine Mukundente; Jacqueline Kent-Marvick; Emma Norris; Amy Mhatre-Owens; Sara Simonsen Purpose Among immigrant women in the USA, African immigrants face significant barriers seeking help for intimate partner violence ( IPV ) due to gender inequality, a culture of acceptance...

...Charles Gyan; Batholomew Chireh; Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola Purpose Refugee and immigrant youth (RIY) experience multifaceted challenges, but also have the potential to become resilient. Most of the existing literature focuses on the challenges these RIY face with limited attention to their agency...

... and health care show a lack of focus on their service use experiences. This study aims to report a meta-ethnography that addresses this knowledge gap through answering the review question: How do ethnoculturally diverse older adults who are immigrants experience health careservices? Design/methodology...

... of this disease, this study aims to evaluate and compare the KAP level toward COVID-19 and the acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccination between the Afghan immigrant population and Iranians Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 2021 on Afghan immigrants, Afghan...

...Athanasios Michalis; Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos; Apostolos Papadopoulos; Vassiliki Costarelli Purpose The study aims to have adults discuss experiences, practices needs and feelings related to health management, diet and food security. Design/methodology/approach A total of 22 immigrants were...

...Michelle Y. Martin Romero; Dorcas Mabiala Johnson; Esther Mununga; Gabriela Livas Stein Purpose This paper aims to explore the intersection of cultural processes and immigration in parental understanding of adolescent mental health and mental health seeking behaviors among African immigrants...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Immigrants Health promotion Social justice Social inclusion Migrants with precarious status Many people migrate for the purpose of fleeing economic hardships, political conflict and/or natural...

...Rukhsana Ahmed; Yuping Mao Purpose This exploratory study aims to examine female Muslim immigrant patients’ expectations of physicians’ religious competence during clinical interactions. Design/methodology/approach In total, 101 female Muslim immigrants in Ottawa, Canada, completed an eight...

...Suzanne Grossman; Lisa Jane Erwin; Ana Martinez-Donate; Denise E. Agosto; Mark Winston; Nancy Epstein; Ann C. Klassen Purpose Public libraries can help immigrants adjust to life in the USA, including maintaining health and well-being. The purpose of this study was to understand how immigrants use...

...Batholomew Chireh; Charles Gyan; John Bosco Acharibasam Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between immigrants’ sense of community belonging and self-rated general and mental health status in Canada as well as estimate how this relationship is moderated by sex...

... documenting the barriers Arabic-speaking refugee and immigrant women face with regards to gaining education and employment. Design/methodology/approach Through telephone-based surveys, the authors examined the social situations, barriers and assets to gaining education and employment among Arabic speaking...

.... It is unclear if the reported experiences of social isolation and loneliness are comparable for older immigrants and if the proposed strategies are relevant to this vulnerable population. This study aimed to address this knowledge gap. Design/methodology/approach This scoping review addressed two questions...

... the quantitative research approach. The analysis was done on a target population comprising 122 itinerant immigrant retail traders in Wa, Ghana. Fisher’s exact test and logistic regression were used to analyse the data. Findings Malaria was the commonest disease among them. Five in ten of the migrants...

...Mbita Mbao; Johnnie Hamilton-Mason Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of African community leaders, on factors that influence substance use and mental health status of Sub-Sahara African immigrants living in the northeast region of the USA. Design/methodology...

...Mehmet Korkmaz; Ilknur Aydın Avci Purpose This paper aims to determine factors affecting health-care utilization of immigrants living in North of Turkey and make a case assessment about this factors and general health status of immigrants. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted...

...Margaret Zimmerman; Heather Beam Purpose The purpose of this article is to provide insight into the HISB of this group. Immigrants and refugees are at a heightened risk for negative health outcomes upon resettlement. However, little scholarship reports on the health information-seeking behaviors...

... Licensed re-use rights only Immigrants Cultural competency Refugees Health-care delivery Utilisation The 1967 Protocol of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees states that a refugee is any person owed protection outside the country of their nationality or birth because...

... relative to immigrants (Jerant, Fenton and Franks, 2008 ; Klabunde et al., 2011 ; Shokar et al., 2015). Beyond CRC screening disparities plaguing Latinos as a whole; differences are additionally present in screening rates among distinct Latino subgroups (Zambrana et al., 1999...

...Alain Girard; Asma El Mabchour Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the meal context and the food offering in Quebec public nursing homes for non-autonomous seniors, particularly with respect to first-generation immigrants. Design/methodology/approach...