2000
DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00053-8
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Social determinants of health in Canada’s immigrant population: results from the National Population Health Survey

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“…New immigrants tend to be healthy, but their health status declines as their length of residence in Canada increases. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30] We found that members of visible minorities who reported a longer duration in Canada also reported using health services more frequently. However, among people born in Canada, health service use was slightly less frequent among members of visible minorities than among white people.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…New immigrants tend to be healthy, but their health status declines as their length of residence in Canada increases. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30] We found that members of visible minorities who reported a longer duration in Canada also reported using health services more frequently. However, among people born in Canada, health service use was slightly less frequent among members of visible minorities than among white people.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5,[30][31][32][33][34][35] There is also an increased risk of reporting poor health among immigrants with limited English-or Frenchlanguage proficiency (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.5-2.7), those facing cost-related barriers to health care (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.7-4.5), 36 low-income immigrants 32 and non-European immigrants (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.6-3.3). 31 …”
Section: Which Immigrant Populations Face the Most Significant Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The majority of immigrant families have Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal as their initial destination (19,20). In our study, although 29.5% of the caregivers were born outside of Canada, the majority of our families had been living in Edmonton for more than three years, and an even larger portion had been living in Canada for more than three years.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%