Transcultural and multicultural health links

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 40Sup-0310-40Sup-0310
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Health

Challenges of being new to Canada: considerations for physical activity

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberley D. Curtin ◽  
Christina C. Loitz ◽  
Nancy Spencer-Cavaliere ◽  
Ernest Nene Khalema
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Multicultural Health

Immigrants to Canada are less likely to be physically active compared with non-immigrants, and the interrelations between personal and environmental factors that influence physical activity for immigrants are largely unexplored. The goal of this qualitative descriptive study was to understand how the experience of being new to Canada impacts opportunities and participation in physical activity. Two focus group interviews with immigrants to Canada were conducted. The first group ( n=7) included multicultural health brokers. The second group ( n=14) included English as a second language students. Qualitative content analysis was used to determine three themes consistent with the research question: transition to Canadian life, commitments and priorities, and accessibility. Discussion was framed using a social ecological model. Implications for practice and policy are suggested including enhanced community engagement, and organizational modifications. Overall, the development and implementation of physical activity policies and practices for newcomers to Canada should be centered on newcomers’ perspectives and experiences.

Knowledge and attitudes in multicultural health care

2001 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 439-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Menon ◽  
IA McKinlay ◽  
EB Faragher
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Multicultural Health

Multicultural Health Care in Practice

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert Olthuis ◽  
Godelieve van Heteren
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Multicultural Health

Facilitating Program Evaluation at Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merry Wood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Anthropological Field Work ◽  
Multicultural Health ◽  
Research Officer

After consulting for eighteen years in the field of multicultural health, I "retired" in 1993 to a nine-to-five job as Research Officer with Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service (GVMHS). My initial responsibility was to develop a model of program self-evaluation for use by GVMHS staff. Below, I describe how I came to understand the organization, how staff came to understand my role, what process was followed to arrive at a model of evaluation, and, finally, the nature of the model developed. The approach I have taken to this work is similar in several ways to the process of anthropological field work.

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