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Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Increase community engagement in future vaccination efforts, especially when addressing marginalized communities Integration timeline: newcomers not defined Key findings The community-engaged COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinic for migrant communities...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: This data is cross-sectional (taken only at one time point)- continue studies that track participants over time. Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 17.21% of survey participants had limited health literacy. 40.15% who had marginal h...
This learning note identifies key insights and challenges that newcomers experience in relation to their mental health and provides recommendations for how programs and services can support the mental health of newcomers in Canada.
Key recommendations: The results also indicate that programs such as IPLAY can have important and positive impacts on youth participants, and how future programming may be able to adapt to further support the growing demographic of newcomer youth. Location: Calgary, AB Community organizations: 1) WinSport 2) CCIS...
Community organizations: n/a Future research/gaps identified The mental health of Filipino immigrant men in Canada is largely understudied as a whole Key recommendations: Increase the understanding of service providers on Filipino (mis)understandings of mental health and mental illness Develop anti-stigma i...
Community organizations: N/a Future research / gaps identified: The majority of participants were economic immigrants. Key populations: African immigrant men in Lethbridge Integration timeline: Not defined Key findings: Central Theme: Lost in Transition – African men’s mental distress and pathways of navigating...
Future research/gaps identified: Develop new initiatives for vaccine messaging and delivery, specifically for older immigrants and immigrants in rural Alberta Integration timeline 2 – 20 years since arrival Key populations Immigrants and refugees across Alberta Key recommendations Tailor public heal...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Work with communities to co-identify solutions to the barriers found in this study. Integration timeline: newcomers not defined Key findings Barriers to primary health care access included: Long wait times, unavailability of practitioners, and long...
Key recommendations: 1) Approach sexual health education and healthcare with cultural awareness and intersectionality regarding race, ethnicity, culture and religion. 2) Develop youth-oriented policies that increase awareness and address barriers in the evolving sexuality of immigrant youth. Community organizations...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Study limitations included: Qualitative findings from one part of Alberta may not necessarily be generalizable to African immigrant communities in other areas. Parent perspectives were explored, but not those of the youth and children themselves. E...