A principles-based community health center for addressing refugee health: the New Canadians Health Centre.

The provision of timely and comprehensive healthcare is a fundamental aspect of resettlement for refugees, who often experience critical unmet health needs. In Canada, this includes connecting refugees with primary care providers to treat acute health conditions, as well as to provide longitudinal and preventative care. However, refugee access to healthcare is often complicated by numerous barriers, such as difficulty navigating health services, financial constraints, language barriers, discrimination, and limited access to physicians.

Ethnic and racialized disparities in the use of screening services for pap smears and mammograms in Canada.

Background: Breast and cervical cancers pose significant health challenges for women globally, emphasizing the critical importance of effective screening programs for early detection. In Canada, despite the implementation of accessible healthcare systems, ethnic and racialized disparities in cancer screening persist. This study aims to assess ethnic and racialized disparities in breast and cervical cancer screening in Canada.

Priority topics for child and family health research in community-based paediatric health care according to caregivers and health care professionals.

Background: Patient-oriented research (POR) aligns research with stakeholders' priorities to improve health services and outcomes. Community-based health care settings offer an opportunity to engage stakeholders to determine the most important research topics to them. Our objectives were to identify unanswered questions that stakeholders had regarding any aspect of child and family health and prioritize their 'top 10' questions.

Recommendations from parents, administrative staff and clinicians to improve paediatric ambulatory appointment scheduling.

Background: Stakeholders can provide valuable input to improve scheduling paediatric ambulatory clinic appointments, a complex process that requires effective planning and communication between parents, administrative staff and clinicians. The purpose of our study was to characterize recommendations from parents, administrative staff and clinicians to improve paediatric ambulatory appointment scheduling.

Methods: Conducted between February 2018 and January 2019, this qualitative study was guided by qualitative description.

Health Information Seeking Among Immigrant Families in Western Canada.

Purpose: Studies on immigrant populations' access to healthcare in Canada tend to focus on adults and usually concentrate on specific ethnic groups, particularly South Asians and Chinese. This study sought to present the experiences of immigrant parents when they access health services for their children focusing specifically on the various sources of information that they used to improve their children's health.

Design And Method: This qualitative study was carried out in Edmonton, Alberta between April to October 2018.

Pediatric ambulatory appointment scheduling: a qualitative study of stakeholders' perceptions and experiences.

Objective: Scheduling ambulatory clinic appointments includes a complex set of factors and diverse stakeholders. Families, administrative staff and clinicians may have varied experiences with scheduling clinic appointments. The objective of our study was to understand stakeholders' perceptions and experiences with scheduling pediatric ambulatory clinic appointments.

Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada.

Immigrants experience poorer health outcomes than nonimmigrants in Canada for several reasons. A central contributing factor to poor health outcomes for immigrants is access to healthcare. Previous research on access to healthcare for immigrants has largely focused on the experience of immigrant adults.

Cross-cultural communication: Tools for working with families and children.

The ability to communicate effectively with patients and families is paramount for good patient care. This practice point reviews the importance of communicating effectively in cross-cultural encounters. The concept of cultural competence is introduced, along with the LEARN (Listen, Explain, Acknowledge, Recommend, Negotiate) model for cross-cultural communication.