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Location Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations “ensure optimal health and well-being of its citizens, including those who are often least empowered and most vulnerable: women of an ethnic minority” (p. 9) Gaps identified Women from non-Western/collectivist cultures tend to report less social support than the majorit...
Open-access – No Location Alberta Key recommendations Future research should look more closely at the familial contexts of African families who are affected by HIV in Canada as well as how the stigma attached to this illness impacts them in social contexts. African immigrants are overrepresented in HIV statistics a...
Gaps identified NA Key findings New Canadian immigrants are less likely to have a regular doctor compared to non-immigrants. Key recommendations New immigrants should be targeted by policies and programs facilitating finding a doctor. Location Across Canada Key populations Immigrants Open-access – Yes https:/...
Gaps identified NA Key recommendations CIC needs to reconsider its policy about mandatory screening of Tibetan refugees. Its resources can be used more efficiently. Key findings This study shows that mandatory universal screening of Tibetan refugees does not help to enhance the detection of TB cases. Community o...
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...
Open-access – No Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Adequate funding for community-based organizations Key populations African immigrant women Key findings Various life adversities (e.g., poverty), in the absence of women’s family circle created a sense of isolation and increased stress, which were...
Gaps identified NA Location Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Key recommendations Improvements are needed with respect to provision of information related to postpartum depression and informed choice around the need for C-sections. Key populations Newcomer women Key findings Newcomers were more likely to be un...
Gaps identified NA Key findings Women in the CenteringPregnancy® group were more likely to have completed a lower level of education, have a lower household income, be of non-Caucasian ethnicity, be born outside of Canada, and to primarily speak a language other than English in the home. Women in the CenteringPregnan...
Gaps identified NA Key findings Of the 2,234 foreign-born culture-positive TB cases in Alberta in 1982–2011, 27 had MDR-TB. Overall, MDR was associated with age
Community organizations NA Key recommendations GPs not to rely solely on glycated hemoglobin (A1C) for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) Key populations Ethnic populations of Alberta Location Alberta Gaps identified NA Key findings Alberta’s ethnic population: Canadian census data from 2006 (the lat...