2021
DOI: 10.1177/21501327211010165
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Overcoming the Challenges Faced by Immigrant Populations While Accessing Primary Care: Potential Solution-oriented Actions Advocated by the Bangladeshi-Canadian Community

Abstract: Introduction: Immigrants continue to face significant challenges in accessing primary healthcare (PHC) that often negatively impact their health. The present research aims to capture the perspectives of immigrants to identify potential approaches to enhance PHC access for this group. Methods: Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted among a sample of first-generation Bangladeshi immigrants who had experience with PHC in Canada. A total of 13 FGDs (7 among women, 6 among men) were conducted with 80 partici… Show more

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“…We have already shared our findings on the barriers to primary healthcare access raised by Bangladeshi-Canadian women 14 and men, 15 as well as their perceptions on possible solutions to overcoming those barriers. 16 We also reported on community prioritisation of the issues they suggested we work on. [17][18][19] Below is a summary of our understanding of the process of ensuring the community is meaningfully engaged in the research process.…”
Section: Conducting Community-engaged Research Co-identifying the Research Themesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…We have already shared our findings on the barriers to primary healthcare access raised by Bangladeshi-Canadian women 14 and men, 15 as well as their perceptions on possible solutions to overcoming those barriers. 16 We also reported on community prioritisation of the issues they suggested we work on. [17][18][19] Below is a summary of our understanding of the process of ensuring the community is meaningfully engaged in the research process.…”
Section: Conducting Community-engaged Research Co-identifying the Research Themesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They were also engaged during the analysis process to contextualise the codes and themes arising from the focus group discussions, as well as writing the manuscript. [14][15][16] We also made sure to conduct member checking by reaching out to the community members who agreed during the focus group discussions to be contacted for this purpose. Our community prioritisation survey data were also analysed and contextualised through actively involving the community-based team members.…”
Section: Bmj Global Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our community member involvement strategies and efforts were embedded within a participatory approach, thus it entailed ongoing relationships between the researchers and community representatives. Using a South-Asian community (Bangladeshi-Canadians: people immigrating from Bangladesh to Canada and currently residing in Calgary, Alberta) as a case, the learnings from the studies [16][17][18][19] conducted under our programme of research informed our understanding of how to involve immigrant community members in community-based research through various stages of engagement towards active collaboration. These activities not only allowed us to collaborate with community members but to value their knowledge and expertise and view them as partners and coresearchers.…”
Section: Community Member Involvementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We involved our research team's community scholar and citizen researcher members to interpret the findings regarding equitable access to healthcare faced by Bangladeshi-Canadians. [16][17][18] They have been an integral part of our manuscript writing as co-authors. Having the engagement from large and diverse community-level participants also allowed for the dissemination of results to a larger audience.…”
Section: Benefits For Us (Researchers) Of Involving Community Membersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As part of our community-engaged research programme on immigrant/ethnic-minority community issues, we conducted a range of studies on health and wellness issues as well as integration and resettlement, including studies on equitable access to health care9–12 and labour market integration for internationally trained health professionals 13 14. We conducted studies where we explored the challenges and unmet needs faced by Bangladeshi-Canadians when accessing healthcare 9 10.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%