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Application of the Minority Stress Theory: Understanding the Mental Health of Undocumented Latinx Immigrants.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, 2020
This paper applies the Minority Stress framework to data collected from an ongoing community-based participatory research project with health and social service agencies in Southeast Michigan.
Mislael A. Valentín-Cortés   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

POLICIES OF EXCLUSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HEALTH OF IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 2019
Immigrants to the U.S. face the challenge of adapting to life in a new country with a different culture, norms, and social institutions. These social institutions include an array of federal, state, and municipal laws and administrative practices that ...
K. Perreira, J. Pedroza
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding the gender gap in immigrant entrepreneurship: a multi-country study of immigrants’ embeddedness in economic, social, and institutional contexts

open access: yesSmall Business Economics, 2020
Given the rising rate of migration across the globe, immigrant entrepreneurship is more than ever a topic of high theoretical and practical relevance.
Steven A. Brieger, Michael M. Gielnik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do university-educated immigrants recover economically from a slow start?

open access: yesEconomic and Social Reports, 2023
The selection of highly educated immigrants is based in part on the premise that they can better adapt to the labour market and will have, on average, better economic outcomes than less-educated immigrants.
Garnett Picot, Feng Hou, Eden Crossman
doaj   +1 more source

Students’ Attitudes toward Immigrants: An Analysis of ICCS Data

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
Purpose: This study investigates changes in students’ attitudes toward immigrants among 14-year-old students in Slovenia, between the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) cycles of 2009 and 2016.
Špela Javornik
doaj   +1 more source

Feel Good? The Dialectical Integration of International Immigrants in Rural Communities: The Case of the Canadian Prairie Provinces

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2021
The increasing influx of international immigrants settling in rural communities, where their landing is expected to revitalize communities, has triggered concerns about international immigrants' adaptation and well-being. In this article, we specifically
Jennifer Dauphinais   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Common mental health problems in immigrants and refugees: general approach in primary care

open access: yesCanadian Medical Association Journal, 2011
Background: Recognizing and appropriately treating mental health problems among new immigrants and refugees in primary care poses a challenge because of differences in language and culture and because of specific stressors associated with migration and ...
Laurence J. Kirmayer   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding the healthcare experiences and needs of African immigrants in the United States: a scoping review

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
BackgroundAfricans immigrants in the United States are the least-studied immigrant group, despite the research and policy efforts to address health disparities within immigrant communities. Although their healthcare experiences and needs are unique, they
Ogbonnaya I. Omenka   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do Employer-Sponsored Immigrants Fare Better in Labor Markets Than Family-Sponsored Immigrants?

open access: yesRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2020
Debates about revising U.S. legal immigration policies tend to question the economic value of immigrants sponsored by family members rather than by employers. To date, little evidence has been cited.
Julia Gelatt
doaj   +1 more source

“It spreads like wildfire”: mothers’ gatherings for vaccine acceptance

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
This case study describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of an initiative to increase COVID-19 vaccine confidence and uptake among refugee and immigrant women in Clarkston, Georgia.
Diego de Acosta   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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