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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...
Gaps identified NA Community organizations NA Key findings East African immigrant women had varied experiences related to gestational diabetes (GDM). Thematic analysis revealed the negative impact of GDM diagnoses on women, including the burdens of self-care, fear, community influences and cultural and financial ba...
Key findings African immigrants engage in a variety of parenting practices that include those informed by their cultural background as well as ‘new’ approaches, adopted in Canada. The authors describe three approaches to parenting/child discipline: corporal (i.e. spanking and pinching, and more severe practices as kick...
Location NA Key recommendations Need to engage African immigrant men in policies and practices that shape their lives, including immigrant serving agencies and organizations. Important to engage community organizations and elders in this process Key populations African immigrant men Key findings African immigrant...
Key recommendations Need for further research into the topic Need to develop predictive tools that can identify women at most risk of experiencing poor outcomes that come as the result of not having a female care provider during childbirth Key findings Immigrant women prefer to have a female physician for obste...
Key recommendations Healthcare education for recent immigrants Gaps identified There is a need for healthcare education programs and a strong supportive system to facilitate better health choices and encourage health care service use for recent immigrants Key findings Healthcare choices are influenced by pre and post m...
Key populations Immigrant children Location Winnipeg, Mannitoba Key recommendations Raising awareness of the importance of oral health among newcomers and service providers caring for them. Oral health promotion activities must be tailored to each group of newcomers to ensure they are culturally appropriate and eff...
Location NA Community organizations Zimbabwe Cultural Society of Alberta Africa Centre Catholic Social Services Key recommendations Need for expanded integration of language services within health systems to facilitate provision of informational, affirmational, and emotional support to refugee new parents Future re...
Key findings Physicians are sympathetic to immigrant women’s requests for female obstetricians, but prioritize gender equity in the healthcare system and wider society. So they resisted accommodating gender-of-health-care provider requests Location Edmonton, Alberta Community organizations NA Key populations Immig...
Future research/gaps identified: 1) Gang members were reluctant to participate due to gang rivalry and/or legal consequences 2) The majority of participants were NOT central and/or high ranking gang members 3) The majority of participants were male Location – Calgary, AB Open access – No Community organizations:...