Types and Factor Structure of Barriers to Utilization of Health Services among Aging South Asians in Calgary, Canada

Lai, Daniel W. L.; Surood, Shireen

doi:10.1017/s0714980810000188

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“…Shin et al 2000, Kuo & Torres-Gil 2001, Lai 2004, Jang et al 2005, Ma & Chi 2005. More recently, research with Hispanic migrants (Radina & Barber 2004, Crist et al 2007, 2009, Herrera et al 2008, Rogers & Gallegos 2009) and South Asian migrants in Canada (Lai & Chau 2007, Lai & Surood 2010 has also documented factors associated with the service utilisation gap between older migrants and older nationals. Taken together, this body of research has emphasised the important relationship between cultural beliefs and core values of familism ⁄ filial piety and its impacts on the use of formal services.…”

Section: Patterns Of Service Use Among Older Migrants and The Need Fomentioning

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Access and acceptability of community-based services for older Greek migrants in Australia: user and provider perspectives

Hurley

Panagiotopoulos

Tsianikas

et al. 2012

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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In most developed nations, ageing migrants represent a growing proportion of the older population. Policies that emphasise care in the community depend on older migrants having access to formal services along with informal support, yet little is known about how older migrants experience community-based formal services. By examining the views of both Greek elders in Australia and those of formal service providers, this research fills an important gap in the literature around access to and acceptability of formal community-based services for older migrants. A research team including two Greek background researchers used existing social groups and a snowball sampling method to conduct face-to-face interviews and focus groups with seventy older Greeks in Adelaide, Australia. In addition, 22 community-based service providers were interviewed over the telephone. Results from users and providers showed that while many older Greeks experience service access issues, they also relied heavily on family for support and assistance at home. Reliance on family was both in preference to formal services or where formal services were used, to locate, negotiate and monitor such services. Common barriers identified by both groups included cost, transport and availability, but additional challenges were posed by language, literacy and cultural attitudes. Demographic changes including greater employment mobility and female workforce participation among adult children will have implications for both formal and informal care providers. Formal service providers need to ensure that services are promoted and delivered to take account of the important role of family in informal support while also addressing the access challenges posed by language and literacy. Research conducted by researchers from the same cultural background in the respondent's native language can further advance knowledge in this area.

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Section: Patterns Of Service Use Among Older Migrants and The Need Fomentioning

confidence: 99%

Access and acceptability of community-based services for older Greek migrants in Australia: user and provider perspectives

Hurley

Panagiotopoulos

Tsianikas

et al. 2012

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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“…Research has shown that services need to be suited to ethnic elders’ levels of functioning and congruent with ethnic expectations (Damron-Rodriguez et al . 1994; Lai and Surood 2010; Surood and Lai 2010 ). As the number of elderly immigrants from different cultural background continues to grow, in addition to the significant amount of elderly people of mixed heritage and cultural backgrounds, an understanding of the factors influencing ethnic identity and identification is important (Jackson and Chapleski 2000; Lai et al .…”

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Ethnic Identity of Older Chinese in Canada

Lai

2011

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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In Canada’s multicultural society, ethnic identity is important to the elderly and can influence areas such as access to services, health promotion and care. Often, the complex nature of ethnic identity is underestimated when looking at cultural groups. This study aims to: (a) validate the factor structure of a Chinese ethnic identity measure for older Chinese in Canada, (b) examine the level of ethnic identity of the participants, and (c) examine the correlates of ethnic identity in these older individuals. Using data from a large, national research project on the elderly Chinese in Canada, this study analyzed the results gathered from a total of 2,272 participants. Principal component analysis, maximum-likelihood confirmatory factor analysis, and multiple regression analysis were performed. The results indicated that ethnic identity of the older Chinese is a multi-dimensional construct made up of three factors: (a) culture related activities, (b) community ties, (c) linkage with country of origin, and (d) cultural identification. The findings have provided a better understanding of how ethnic identity can be measured among the aging Chinese population in Canada.

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“…Additionally, when reporting the commonly used languages in South Asian communities, Lai and Surood (2008) misuse the term 'Hindu' consistently throughout the article, despite also using the term 'Hindu' correctly as a religion. The same misuse of terminology was identified in Lai and Surood (2010) as well. While this may be dismissed as a minor typographical error, such oversight in reporting data collected on diverse ethnic communities is disconcerting and can lead to misunderstanding and misuse of data and may potentially alienate community members.…”

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What is ‘South Asian’? A quantitative content analysis evaluating the use of South Asian ethnic categorization in Canadian health research

Naganathan

Islam

2014

South Asian Diaspora

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Types and Factor Structure of Barriers to Utilization of Health Services among Aging South Asians in Calgary, Canada

Cited by 33 publications

References 40 publications

Access and acceptability of community-based services for older Greek migrants in Australia: user and provider perspectives

Access and acceptability of community-based services for older Greek migrants in Australia: user and provider perspectives

Ethnic Identity of Older Chinese in Canada

What is ‘South Asian’? A quantitative content analysis evaluating the use of South Asian ethnic categorization in Canadian health research

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