..., organizational and policy levels to support foreign nurses in navigating and mitigating stressors. Originality/value This study highlights the importance of targeted interventions to assist foreign nurses in overcoming challenges that may affect their mental health and well-being. Moreover, strategic...

... of well-being to capture the entanglement of vulnerability, precarity and poor health. Conceptualised as encompassing “community and social well-being (including safety satisfaction with public services and social connections), physical well-being and access to healthcare, career well-being (including...

... in policy failures necessary for appropriate resourcing and prioritization of preventative measures. Such deliberate decisions contribute towards state deterrence strategies, eroding both individual well-being and manufacturing a crisis in the systems of support for asylum seekers. Europe encompasses...

... but extremely exploitative and abusive. Originality/value This study contributes to understandings of how the emotional and psychological well-being of temporary foreign low-wage migrant workers can be impacted by the socio-environmental context of the host country. It is a first step in understanding...

...Daniel Rupert du Plooy; Anthony Lyons; Emiko S. Kashima Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between migrants’ psychological well-being and the extent to which they keep in touch with people in their country of origin. Design/methodology/approach An online survey completed...

...Melanie Lindsay Straiton; Tone Jersin Ansnes; Naomi Tschirhart Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the health and well-being of Thai immigrant women in transnational marriages. Design/methodology/approach Interviews with 13 Thai women living in Norway who have (had) a Norwegian...

...Anesu Marume; James January; Julita Maradzika Purpose Social capital is an essential determinant of health that contributes significantly to quality of life. Social capital has potential of improving the health and well-being of refugees. Refugees in Zimbabwe are confined to an isolation camp...

...Lika Rodin; Andre Rodin; Susanne Brunke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of “Korta Vägen” (The short cut), a targeted language program for qualified migrants in Sweden, in self-maintaining, well-being and perspectives for socio-economic integration for foreigners...

... and the well-being of first-generation immigrants living in the Montreal region (Quebec, Canada). Design/methodology/approach – A supervised survey was administered to adult allophones immigrants attending French-language courses, autumn 2011 (506 valid surveys). The authors discuss the concept...

... designed to promote well‐being; and various challenges faced and lessons learned, while offering an alternate type of therapeutic intervention. Practical implications NWY demonstrates the importance of drawing on cultural and community strengths and resilience when using limited resources to serve...

...Giorgia Doná The paper analyses four different perspectives on well‐being: the medical viewpoint and the hegemony of trauma, the cultural approach and the balance of social, spiritual and natural realms, the psycho‐social position and the scrutiny of the social environment, and multi‐levelled...

... and agencies were involved in compiling the material in this review (Appendix I). The workshops offered an opportunity to exchange ideas from research on the relationships between migration, health and well‐being in Britain and France. In the following discussion we compare and contrast experiences in the two...

... to develop a range of concepts ready to be used in health practices with minorities, according to their culture and needs. We illustrate this framework through a conceptualisation of well‐being for Andalusian Moroccans. Moroccan well‐being is a function of positive valuation of their migratory transition...

...Chamindra Weerackody; Suman Fernando This paper reports findings of a study that was undertaken as a part of a wider programme of research and capacity building in Sri Lanka. The analysis of individual aspects of well‐being and how they had been affected by displacement provides a basis...

... the distinctions that underpin processes of inclusion and exclusion, and the construction of self and other. These findings have implications for debates on social and emotional well‐being. Gender Migration Italy Eastern Europe Boundary‐work Well‐being Moral and Cultural Boundaries in Representations...