Research has shown that refugees in a foreign country often experience physical and mental health challenges upon resettlement (Ahmad et al., 2021; Salam et al., 2022).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of this review was to identify, critically appraise, and synthesize qualitative evidence on the experiences of nurses providing care within various health care delivery environments to involuntary migrant women who are experiencing pregnancy, birth, or post-birth.
Introduction: Nurses are central to providing care to populations experiencing inequities. These populations include forcibly displaced pregnant and/or mothering women who have migrated involuntarily.
Public Health Nurs
November 2022
Objective: Exploring how public health nurses (PHNs) provide community-based support to women who are refugees and mothering.
Design: A constructivist grounded theory (CGT) design was used where intersectionality as an analytical tool was applied. Varying data collection approaches including focus groups were used.
Objective: The objective of this qualitative review is to identify, critically appraise, and synthesize evidence describing facilitators and barriers to perinatal refugee women's access to mental health care services and social supports.
Introduction: Perinatal refugee women are a vulnerable population and at risk of mental health illness. Understanding facilitators and barriers will provide a better understanding of their experiences to inform health care practices, programs, and policies.
Objective: This review will focus on studies inquiring into nurses working across diverse health care settings and their experiences of caring for immigrant and refugee women who are pregnant or mothering. Within this review, diverse terminologies used to conceptualize "nurse," immigrant," and "refugee" will also be captured.
Introduction: Immigrant and refugee women who are pregnant or mothering experience poorer health than non-displaced women.
Lack of social support increases the risk of postpartum depression (PPD), especially among immigrant and refugee women. In this integrative literature review, I aim to synthesize the current state of knowledge on social support experiences among immigrant and refugee women with PPD. Conceptualization of social support as coping resources occurs through Stewart's coping theory.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNurses, with their intimate knowledge of person-centred healthcare, are called to lead at the point of care and to promote health across settings and the continuum of care. Capacity building and knowledge development for nursing leadership is a current priority in Canada, and therefore, academic preparation is foundational to developing nurses who lead. We provide examples of how to build leadership capacity in undergraduate, graduate and continuing professional development programs.
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