This learning note adopts an intersectional social determinants of health framework to examine immigrant women’s health in Canada. Intersectionality highlights how overlapping systems of inequality, such as gender, race, socio-economic position, and immigration status, interact to produce distinct health outcomes. Immi...
Integration timeline: not defined
Key findings:
1) Participants had differing past experiences in Canada and before their arrival that influenced how they used information in their vaccination decisions.
2) Increased likelihood of vaccine uptake and trust in Canadian healthcare was fostered through clear vaccination...
Community organizations: New Canadian Health Centre (NCHC)
Future research / gaps identified:
Continue exploring the healthcare experiences of Afghan refugee women in order to build evidence-based interventions and policies.
Open access: Yes
Location: Edmonton, AB
Key populations: Afghan refugee women living in...
Community organizations: n/a
Key findings:
Immigrant and racialized women are over-represented among health care aids in long term care.
COVID-19 has exacerbated preexisting economic and social exclusion of immigrant health care aides employed in long term care.
Addressing intersectional inequalities experien...