Vietnamese Immigrant and Refugee Women's Mental Health: An Examination of Age of Arrival, Length of Stay, Income, and English Language Proficiency

Brown, Chris; Schale, Codi L.; Nilsson, Johanna

doi:10.1002/j.2161-1912.2010.tb00115.x

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“…Socio-demographic differences in the emotional health of the new refugees in this study were predominantly in keeping with previous research. Women had significantly increased odds of poor emotional well-being compared to men 7,18 and poor emotional well-being was associated with increasing age 9,19 . Younger refugees may find adjustment to a new culture and society easier, with increased behavioural flexibility aiding the acceptance of new values and customs 9,19 .…”

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“…Women had significantly increased odds of poor emotional well-being compared to men 7,18 and poor emotional well-being was associated with increasing age 9,19 . Younger refugees may find adjustment to a new culture and society easier, with increased behavioural flexibility aiding the acceptance of new values and customs 9,19 . The association between emotional well-being and country of origin may also reflect the varying nature of conflicts or political situations across the world and consequent variation in exposure to traumatic experiences.…”

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Social determinants of emotional well-being in new refugees in the UK

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Postdisplacement social factors, including language ability, employment status and accommodation satisfaction, were important determinants of refugee emotional well-being. Changes in these social determinants have the potential to improve refugee mental health, making them legitimate, modifiable targets for important public health interventions. Accounting for this, further research into how to improve refugee well-being is crucial given the increase in refugee numbers around the developed world.

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Social determinants of emotional well-being in new refugees in the UK

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“…16 Two main French charity organizations -the frame for the medical help. 17 The most often we can find the studies analyzing such topics as the health or the mental health of the refugees (Cernovsky 1988;Brown, Schale, Nilsson 2010;Crepet et al 2017;Centre Primo Levi 2018). 18 This is probably the most often researchers (even those who are mentioning the field study and ethnography) are working based on the interviews with the volunteers.…”

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The Ethnographical Essay: Cine Club in the Refugee Camp – the Story of a Double Empowerment

Wagner¹

2019

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The article is an ethnographic essay, which is based on a long-lasting fieldwork conducted in an Italian refugee center. The first part contains basic information on the research project, as well as the presentation of the phenomenon-empowerment-which is the axis of this text. The second part has an innovative form: on the canvas of films watched with refugees, I am conducting the analysis of problems raised by participants.

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“…Immigrants in the USA, for example, experience an increased risk of mental health disorders over time (Alegría et al, 2007;Breslau et al, 2007). Another study looking at Vietnamese immigrant women in the USA however, found no relationship between mental health and LoS (Brown et al, 2010). Further, among skilled workers in New Zealand and Turkish men (but not women) in Germany, mental health status appears to be positively related to LoS (Kotwal, 2010;Pernice et al, 2009).…”

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Socioeconomic status and primary health service use for mental health problems among immigrants with short and long lengths of stay

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2016

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

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Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:320271 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -High socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with better health and lower use of health care services in the general population. Among immigrants, the relationship appears less consistent. The purpose of this paper is to determine if the relationship between income level (a proxy for SES) and use of primary health care services for mental health problems differs for natives and five immigrant groups in Norway. It also explores the moderating effect of length of stay (LoS) among immigrants. Design/methodology/approach -Using data from two registers with national-level coverage, logistic regression analyses with interactions were carried out to determine the association between income level and having used primary health care services for mental health problems. Findings -For Norwegian men and women there was a clear negative relationship between income and service use. Interaction analyses suggested that the relationship differed for all immigrant groups compared with Norwegians. When stratifying by LoS, income was not associated with service use among recently arrived immigrants but was negatively associated among immigrants staying more than two years (with the exception of Pakistani and Iraqi women). Research limitations/implications -Country of origin and LoS should be considered when applying measures of SES in immigrant health research. Social implications -There may be an initial transition period for recently arrived immigrants where competing factors mask the association between SES and service use. Originality/value -This study benefits from nationwide coverage, eliminating self-selection biases. It demonstrates the complexity of the relationship between SES and health care use.

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Vietnamese Immigrant and Refugee Women's Mental Health: An Examination of Age of Arrival, Length of Stay, Income, and English Language Proficiency

Cited by 67 publications

References 16 publications

Social determinants of emotional well-being in new refugees in the UK

Social determinants of emotional well-being in new refugees in the UK

The Ethnographical Essay: Cine Club in the Refugee Camp – the Story of a Double Empowerment

Socioeconomic status and primary health service use for mental health problems among immigrants with short and long lengths of stay

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