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From struggle to strength in African and Middle Eastern newcomers' integration stories to Canada: A participatory health equity research study — Europe PMC PMID:38687776

Source: Europe PMC (en)
Original: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/38687776
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302591
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From struggle to strength in African and Middle Eastern newcomers' integration stories to Canada: A participatory health equity research study — Europe PMC PMID:38687776 — Europe PMC (en), https://europepmc.org/article/MED/38687776 (CC0-1.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_206b47cdaefe (Metraipolis archive dc_206b47cdaefe, sha256 7cb02bae0066172f6410a6a8df8c0ae763c3dffcf7e870bfaf61fcc1d5c53b0f)

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@misc{dc206b47cdaefe,
  title = {From struggle to strength in African and Middle Eastern newcomers' integration stories to Canada: A participatory health equity research study — Europe PMC PMID:38687776},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC (en)},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/38687776},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_206b47cdaefe; sha256 7cb02bae0066172f6410a6a8df8c0ae763c3dffcf7e870bfaf61fcc1d5c53b0f},
  year = {2026}
}

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Background and objectives: Newcomers (immigrants, refugees, and international students) face many personal, gender, cultural, environmental and health system barriers when integrating into a new society. These struggles can affect their health and social care, reducing access to mental health care. This study explores the lived experiences of African and Middle Eastern newcomers to Ontario, Canada. An understanding of newcomer integration challenges, successes and social justice issues is needed to improve health equity and social services. Methods: In this qualitative study, we used a participatory research approach to collect stories reflecting participants' integration perspectives and experiences. Beginning with our immigrant community network, we used snowball sampling to recruit newcomers, ages 18 to 30, originating from Africa or the Middle East. We used qualitative narrative analysis to interpret stories, identifying context themes, integrating related barriers and facilitators, and resolutions and learnings. We shared our findings and sought final feedback from our participants. Findings: A total of 18 newcomers, 78% female and approximately half post-secondary students, participated in the study. Participants described an unknown and intimidating migration context, with periods of loneliness and isolation aggravated by cold winter conditions and unfamiliar language and culture. Amidst the struggles, the support of friends and family, along with engaging in schoolwork, exploring new learning opportunities, and participating in community services, all facilitated integration and forged new resilience. Conclusions: Community building, friendships, and local services emerged as key elements for future immigrant service research. Utilizing a participatory health research approach allowed us to respond to the call for social justice-oriented research that helps to generate scientific knowledge for promoting culturally adaptive health care and access for marginalized populations.

Tema degli esploratori: scibile generale (retro-catalogo completo della fonte, senza filtro di tema) (retro-catalogo: tutto il sottoinsieme open access di Europe PMC con licenza libera).
Pubblicazione: PloS one, 2024 (prima pubblicazione 2024-04-30).
Identificativi: PMID 38687776 · PMCID PMC11060515 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0302591.
Descrittori MeSH principali: Emigrants and Immigrants; Health Equity.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/38687776 — https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302591. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
Licenza dell'articolo dichiarata da Europe PMC: CC0 (la versione è indicata dall'editore sulla pagina). Abstract riportato senza modifiche al contenuto, con attribuzione; deposito marcato CC0.
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