African Refugee and Immigrant Health Needs: Report From a Community-Based House Meeting Project

Boise, Linda; Tuepker, Anaïs; Gipson, Teresa; Vigmenon, Yves; Soulé, Isabelle; Onadeko, Sade

doi:10.1353/cpr.2013.0045

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“…Several studies addressed co-learning between older adults and health care professionals, such as doctors and formal caretakers [25, 36, 40, 42, 44]. Co-learning between older adults and professionals particularly concerned the sharing of health knowledge, for example through asking questions to the doctor, or sharing decision making.…”

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“…Co-learning between older adults and professionals particularly concerned the sharing of health knowledge, for example through asking questions to the doctor, or sharing decision making. A relationship of trust and empathy between older adult and health care professional was essential for co-learning [25, 36, 40]. When older adults and health care professionals had different cultural backgrounds this relationship was even more challenging [36].…”

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“…A relationship of trust and empathy between older adult and health care professional was essential for co-learning [25, 36, 40]. When older adults and health care professionals had different cultural backgrounds this relationship was even more challenging [36]. Speaking a different language could further increase communication difficulties.…”

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“…Although older adults indicated that it was their own responsibility to ask for health information, take part in decision making about care and treatment, and make lifestyle changes, in many studies older adults articulated barriers in taking the responsibility for their own health [25, 26, 29, 32, 36, 37, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47]. Often, they felt uncomfortable in consultations with doctors and specialists, which restrained them from speaking out.…”

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Community-based initiatives improving critical health literacy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence

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BackgroundCritical health literacy enables older adults to make informed health decisions and take actions for the health and wellbeing of themselves and their community, within their own social and cultural context. A community-based approach has the potential to improve the critical health literacy of older adults and their communities. However, it is not clear how such initiatives consider critical health literacy. Therefore, this study explored how community-based initiatives address the critical health literacy of older adults and their communities.MethodsA systematic literature search was conducted. Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts, as well as the quality of the methodological and community-based elements of the studies. In addition, a meta-synthesis was carried out, consisting of a qualitative text analysis of the results sections of the 23 included studies.ResultsWe identified two main themes, which are practices that contribute to the critical health literacy of older adults as well as their communities: 1) collaborative learning, and 2) social support. In these practices we identified reciprocity as a key characteristic of both co-learning and social support.ConclusionsThis study provides the first overview of community-based initiatives that implicitly address the critical health literacy of older adults and their community. Our results demonstrate that in the context of one’s own life collaborative learning and social support could contribute to people’s understanding and ability to judge, sift and use health information. We therefore suggest to add these two practices to the definition of critical health literacy.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4570-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…41 Similar to other immigrants, they are more likely to have inadequate health insurance coverage and report utilization of hospital emergency departments as their main source of health care. 41 It remains to be seen what impact the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have on health care access in this population. However, it is important to note that undocumented immigrants are not eligible to obtain health coverage through the ACA or federally funded assistance programs.…”

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Cardiometabolic Health in African Immigrants to the United States: A Call to Re-examine Research on African-descent Populations

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In the 20th century, Africans in Sub-Saharan Africa had lower rates of cardiometabolic disease than Africans who migrated. However, in the 21st century, beyond infectious diseases, the triple epidemics of obesity, diabetes and hypertension have taken hold in Africa. Therefore, Africans are acquiring these chronic diseases at different rates and different intensity prior to migration. To ensure optimal care and health outcomes, the United States practice of grouping all African-descent populations into the “Black/ African American” category without regard to country of origin masks socioeconomic and cultural differences and needs re-evaluation. Overall, research on African-descent populations would benefit from a shift from a racial to an ethnic perspective. To demonstrate the value of disaggregating data on African-descent populations, the epidemiologic transition, social, economic, and health characteristics of African immigrants are presented. Ethn Dis. 2015;25(3):373- 380.

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Mental health service utilization among African immigrants in the United States

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This study utilized Andersen's model of health behavior to explore factors associated with mental health service utilization. We also examine rates for mental health service use, treatment preferences, and barriers to care. Data were collected utilizing web-based surveys. The sample consisted of first and second-generation African immigrants who had struggled with emotional or behavioral problems in the past 12 months (N = 323). Hierarchical logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine predictors of mental health service utilization. The majority of participants (79.5%) met criteria for probable major depression, and 63% sought mental health services. Findings showed that mental health service utilization was more significantly predicted by enabling and need factors. Age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.03), religiosity (OR = 1.11), acculturative stress (OR = 1.68), neighborhood risk (OR = 0.54), and work-productivity loss (OR = 2.93) were associated with increased likelihood of mental health service use (p < 0.05). Most common barriers to service use were hopes of self-healing (56.3%) followed by financial barriers (46.2%). Findings highlight the need for public health initiatives to increase mental health literacy and financial accessibility to mental health services in response to the high mental health need and identified barriers to care in this population.

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African Refugee and Immigrant Health Needs: Report From a Community-Based House Meeting Project

Abstract: Using CBPR methods, we identified and prioritized the needs of the African community. This information provides a framework for future work of the African Partnership for Health and other service and advocacy groups.

Cited by 31 publications

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Community-based initiatives improving critical health literacy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence

Community-based initiatives improving critical health literacy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence

Cardiometabolic Health in African Immigrants to the United States: A Call to Re-examine Research on African-descent Populations

Mental health service utilization among African immigrants in the United States

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