Engendering migrant health Canadian perspectives

Summary: Engendering Migrant Health brings together researchers from across Canada to address the intersections of gender, immigration, and health in the lives of new Canadians. Focusing on the context of Canadian policy and society, the contributors illuminate migrants' testimonies of struggle, resistance, and solidarity as they negotiate a place for themselves in a new country. Topics range from the difficulties of Francophone refugees and the changing roles of fathers, to the experiences of queer newcomers and the importance of social unity to communal and individual health."--pub. desc.

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ISBN: 0802095623 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780802095626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0802098363 (bound : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780802098368 (bound : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781442696037 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1442696036 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 320 p.) ill.
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Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-303) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Work, worries, and weariness : towards an embodied and engendered migrant health / Denise L. Spitzer -- Examining the health of immigrant and refugee francophone women living outside Québec / Michèle Kérisit -- Enhancing social inclusion : settlement services in relation to lesbian, gay, and bisexual newcomers / Brian O'Neill and Kamala Sproule -- The fatherhood experiences of Sudanese and Russian newcomer men : challenges to their health and well-being / David C. Este and Admasu Tachble -- Mental health and well-being of immigrant and refugee women in Canada / Ilene Hyman -- Gender-based interpersonal violence and the challenges of integrating in Canadian communities / Wilfreda Thurston -- Liminality and mental well-being among non-status immigrant women / Laura Simich -- Social suffering and witnessing : exploring the interface between policy and testimonial narratives of Canadian Afghan women / Parin Dossa -- Advocacy and social support : the Multicultural Heatlh Brokers Co-op's journey towards equity of access to health / Lucenia Ortiz and the Multiculural Health Brokers Co-op -- Empowering women through community work : strategies within the Latin American Community in Ottawa / Sara Torres, Alma Estable, Ana Mercedes Guerra, and Nubia Cermeño -- Global Ottawa AIDS Link (GOAL) : story of an 'un-project' / Carol Amaratunga ... [et al.] -- At the intersection of migration, gender, and health : accounting for social capital / Bilkis Vissandjée ... [et al.] -- Engendering migrant health : final reflections / Denise L. Spitzer.
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