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Cultural Brokering with Syrian Refugee Families with Young Children: An Exploration of Challenges and Best Practices in Psychosocial Adaptation

Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Need for additional funding and supports for models of immigrant settlement that are holistic and culturally informed, such as the cultural brokering model; Empowering community members in early stages of resettlement so they can navigate integration on their own when th...

Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees: Perspectives of immigrant service providers

Location Alberta Key populations Service providers at SPOs (Service Providing Organizations) in Alberta Key findings Barriers to access and use of mental health services include: language barriers, cultural interpretations of mental health, stigam around mental illness, fear of negative repercussions of living with...

Contrasting “back home” and “here”: how Northeast African migrant women perceive and experience health during pregnancy and postpartum in Canada

Location Edmonton, Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? Women who had been living in Canada between 1 and 36 months. Key Recommendations Programs to create the sociocultural context that women experienced with pregnancy and postpartum in their countries o...

Different Approaches to Cross-Lingual Focus Groups: Lessons From a Cross-Cultural Community-Based Participatory Research Project in the ENRICH Study

Location Edmonton, Alberta Community organizations the Multicultural Health Brokers (MCHB) Co-operative, in Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Researchers need to first and foremost follow principles of Community-Based Participatory Research Program (CBPR) and be considerate of the cultural settings of their par...

“If they tell me to get it, I’ll get it. If they don’t….”: Immunization decision-making processes of immigrant mothers

Location Edmonton, Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? Participants have moved to Canada with in the last eight years Community organizations Multicultural Health Brokers of Edmonton (MCHB) Key findings This research explores information-gathering and de...