Transnationalism and Hypertension Self-Management Among Haitian Immigrants

Abstract

The study evidenced that transnationalism, although positively influencing immigrants' psychosocial well-being can negatively affect their experience with disease management. Health providers are urged to account for this transnationalism-disease management interaction when caring for this immigrant group. Future studies are needed to explore this phenomenon among other immigrant populations.

Social dimensions of health across the life course: Narratives of Arab immigrant women ageing in Canada

“…Yet, we found minimal incorporation of this concept in research that lies at the intersection of migration, ageing and health. The literature indicates that transnational connections across the life course can serve to either enhance well‐being or increase stress depending on a variety of pre‐ and post‐migration factors (Amoyaw & Abada, ; Sanon, Spigner, & McCullagh, ; Torres, Lee, González, Garcia, & Haan, ). Women in this study often described the cumulative impact of care‐giving roles transnationally and locally as resulting in physical and mental exhaustion and subsequent disregarding of personal health needs.…”

Saúde de imigrantes haitianos: revisão de estudos empíricos qualitativos

“…No que se refere à autoria dos artigos, a maioria dos estudos possui autoria múltipla entre dois a oito autores [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] . Os pesquisadores que se destacaram com maior número de publicações foram: Marie-Anne Sanon, primeira autora em três trabalhos 33,37,46 ; Erin Kobetz, primeiro autor em dois trabalhos 42,43 e coautor em outros três 21,40,44 ; e Janelle Menard, primeira autora em dois artigos 40,44 e coautora em outros três 21,42,43 . Em relação aos periódicos, observou-se que duas revistas -Journal Immigrant Minority Health 45,47 e Ethnicity & Health 41,44 -publicaram mais de um artigo, não havendo predominância de publicações em um mesmo periódico.…”

“…Com relação aos conceitos e perspectivas teórico-metodológicas, observou-se que oito trabalhos não delimitam uma abordagem específica 34,35,38,39,41,42,44,45 . Dentre os trabalhos que citam, destaca-se a Grounded Theory 36,40,[46][47][48] , Transnacionalismo 33,37 , Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DIT) 43 e PEN-3 Cultural Model 32 .…”

Transnationalism

“…However this is more the reason why we are behooved to conduct more studies and explore the effectiveness of transnationalism in health exploration among contemporary immigrants. The two studies conducted by nurse researchers 33, 34 described in this article are a step towards such application. What is evident is that transnationalism provides an avenue for nurse researchers to go beyond participants’ current residence location, when considering context, access, and health outcomes.…”

“…Conference and journal publications must consider the transborder audience and politics. Study findings-for example remittance leading to stress and financial strain among immigrants 33 and potentially promoting the social and health status of those living on the home country- have important implications for local and international policies and require further explorations.…”