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Key recommendations NA Gaps identified NA Community organizations NA Key findings A flexible, culturally-tailored menu plan was a feasible and effective tool for improving diabetes knowledge, diet quality, and metabolic outcomes among Chinese immigrants with type 2 diabetes. Location Edmonton, Alberta Key pop...
Community organizations Windsor YMCA Location Windsor, Ontario Key recommendations NA Key findings Discrimination negatively impacts students’ ability to adapt to and deal with the educational stressors of a new environment. When students experience discrimination, their options are to fight, fawn, or flee—that i...
Open-access – Yes http://viet-studies.net/kinhte/PhoInCanada_April19.pdf Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations Vietnamese restaurants Key findings Vietnamese restaurant owners use both English and Vietnamese languages in their websites, menus, and shop signs. The author argues...
Gaps identified Physical activity is not always accessible to older Muslim immigrants despite their desire to engage in it Key findings Participants of this research emphasized the importance of physical activity in older age and prioritized the need for physical activity programs. The four themes highlight Muslim ol...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? Those who were in Canada for greater than 10 years and less than 10 years. Key populations Muslim immigrant seniors Key findings Muslim immigrants experience ra...
Community organizations Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration (POEA) Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Gaps identified NA Key recommendations Developing more gender-neutral pre-arrival services to provide a better integrative approach for inclusion in Canada, where both males and females are given...
Key populations Vietnamese speakers Location University of Alberta Key findings L2 pronunciation research has received considerable attention by Canadian scholars over the last decade Pronunciation instruction is important because it helps to improve communication between people with different language backgrounds:...
Location Alberta Key recommendations Considering the findings of this study, the authors make a recommendation for developing culturally competent nutrition interventions. Key populations South Asians Key findings The participants in this study are vulnerable to obesity and they do not meet Health Canada’s...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Develop an easy and noninvasive screening tool for identifying youth at risk for type 2 diabetes Key findings Developing an easy and noninvasive screening tool for identifying children and youth at risk for type 2 diabetes is necessary; Modifiable risk factors for type...
Location Alberta Community organizations NA Key populations Chinese immigrant youth in schools Key recommendations Teaching practice needs to be decolonised to emphasizing valuing indigenous forms of knowledge, including the knowledge of immigrant students Key findings Chinese immigrant youth face discrimination b...
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