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Week 12: Immigrant Health Promotion - Coggle Diagram
Week 12: Immigrant Health Promotion
by Beth Clark
The SDOH strongly affect the health and wellbeing of migrant populations (e.g. African, Carribean & Black (ACB) communities).
Although a very small percentage of the entire Canadian population, ACB populations have twice the rate of low-income status.
Discrimination and maltreatment are faced at higher rates amongst ACB populations.
ACB communities have higher rates of poor health outcomes, such as diabetes, hypertension, & chronic stress.
Gender is an important factor influencing migrant health.
Care for elders and children falls disproportionately on migrant women.
Due to various traditional and cultural factors, migrants -
and migrant women in particular - tend to ignore preventative services and other health promotion practices.
Migrant men, particularly highly skilled and higher SES, are able to secure jobs and positions that result in better health outcomes.
The "healthy immigrant effect" refers to incoming immigrants having better health than the average Canadian upon entry to Canada.
Despite this effect, the truth is far more nuanced with certain migrant groups experiencing disease at higher rates than others.
Evaluation studies need to be initiated that look at the effectiveness of health promotion programs among various immigrant communities.
To support health as a human right we must be inclusive of all people regardless of their migration status.
Racism and xenophobia influence our perception of migrants, leading to restrictive policies that will in some way affect health.
Particularly negative assumptions about refugees and asylum seekers formed by the general public in turn affects policies that control their movement, what they can receive, and how they are included in society, which all has a culminating effect on their health.
Two thirds of population growth in Canada comes from immigration from a wide range of countries, so it is vital to make health promotion inclusive.
An intersectional view of migrant health shows how different factors come together to influence health.
At the base, migrant status (e.g., temporary, permanent) is one aspect that exposes people to risks and access to health determinants, with healthcare included.
Socioeconomic status is often tied to whether one receives permanent or temporary status, and each of those statuses in turn lead to certain health outcomes (i.e., "unskilled" worker only gets temporary/precarious status and their job is dirty and/or dangerous, with both leading to poorer health outcomes).