Social Determinants of Immigrant Women’s Mental Health

Migration is a population movement with enormous challenges for immigrant women that influence their mental health. Mental health is a social issue and its determinants need to be recognized for health policy making. This paper reviews and consolidates findings from the existing literature on social...

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Main Author: Mahin Delara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in Public Health
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9730162
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description Migration is a population movement with enormous challenges for immigrant women that influence their mental health. Mental health is a social issue and its determinants need to be recognized for health policy making. This paper reviews and consolidates findings from the existing literature on social determinants of immigrant women’s mental health within a socioecological framework. Findings of this review revealed that mental health of immigrant women is an outcome of several interacting determinants at social, cultural, and health care system levels and hence calls for many different ways to promote it. Recommendations for mental health promotion of immigrant women with respect to research, education, practice, and policy are explored.
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spelling doaj-art-a701e656ac5c4f4eae30bd4a8a73b01c2025-08-20T03:38:49ZengWileyAdvances in Public Health2356-68682314-77842016-01-01201610.1155/2016/97301629730162Social Determinants of Immigrant Women’s Mental HealthMahin Delara0Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Winnipeg, MB, R3E 4P4, CanadaMigration is a population movement with enormous challenges for immigrant women that influence their mental health. Mental health is a social issue and its determinants need to be recognized for health policy making. This paper reviews and consolidates findings from the existing literature on social determinants of immigrant women’s mental health within a socioecological framework. Findings of this review revealed that mental health of immigrant women is an outcome of several interacting determinants at social, cultural, and health care system levels and hence calls for many different ways to promote it. Recommendations for mental health promotion of immigrant women with respect to research, education, practice, and policy are explored.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9730162
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