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Community organizations Edmonton Public School system Key recommendations 1. Provide language support 2. Create a safe and welcoming school environment 3. Enhance peer support 4. Build on children’s coping strategies 5. Establish school-home liaison positions 6. Promote collaboration between teachers and counsellors...
Key populations Syrian refugees Location Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Social worker have an important role to play in refugee resettlement Key findings Explores the experiences of one refugee sponsor group composed of social work faculty, argues that social worker have an important role...
Gaps identified NA Key findings Women’s perceptions of health, and examples of how they tried to achieve such, showed they wanted to do best for their and baby’s health but faced numerous difficult life circumstances during pregnancy and postpartum. Despite existing challenges, programs, such as HMHB, can play a crit...
Location Alberta Key populations Service providers at SPOs (Service Providing Organizations) in Alberta Key findings Barriers to access and use of mental health services include: language barriers, cultural interpretations of mental health, stigam around mental illness, fear of negative repercussions of living with...
Location Calgary, Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key populations Service providers Key Recommendations A more in-deoth understanding of the impact of cuts in fundings on refugees. Key findings This research is on the barriers and facilitators in...
Key populations Syrian refigees Location Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Medicine Hat, Alberta; Red Deer, Alberta Key recommendations Strengthen social connections among refugees to find employment; access resources and express identity; address systemic issues around racism and discrimina...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Preventative dental care cannot happen when there are structural barriers in place (such as access to insurance and prohibitive costs), these must be addressed alongside informing newcomers about the importance of preventative dental care for their children Key populat...
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 findings Two main findings that underline why foreign worker are not inclined to return to their home countries. First, the economic hardships that pushed them to migrate in the first place remain significant in their home countries. Given this, they do not want to return to the same economic hardships they used to...