Migration and young people’s mental health in Canada: A scoping review

Hilario, Carla; Oliffe, John L.; Wong, Josephine Pui‐Hing; Browne, Annette J.; Johnson, Joy L.

doi:10.3109/09638237.2015.1078881

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“…Most of the research with immigrant young people has tended to concentrate on familial or cultural values, intergenerational conflicts, and acculturation ( Salehi, 2010 ). In general, there has been an emphasis on individual and family-level factors and less attention to social structures and relations ( Hilario, Oliffe, Wong, Browne, & Johnson, 2015 ). The reliance on cultural and behavioral frameworks, in which culture is narrowly defined and individual health behaviors are the primary unit of analysis, has led to studies that “revert back to an apolitical and ahistorical understanding of differences between populations that eschews social inequalities and social determinants of health” ( Castañeda et al, 2015 , p. 380).…”

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“Just as Canadian as Anyone Else”? Experiences of Second-Class Citizenship and the Mental Health of Young Immigrant and Refugee Men in Canada

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In recent years, the experiences of immigrant and refugee young men have drawn attention worldwide. Human-induced environmental disasters, local and global conflicts, and increasingly inequitable distributions of wealth have shaped transnational migration patterns. Canada is home to a large immigrant and refugee population, particularly in its urban areas, and supporting the mental health and well-being of these communities is of critical importance. The aim of this article is to report findings from a qualitative study on the social context of mental health among immigrant and refugee young men, with a focus on their migration and resettlement experiences. Informed by the conceptual lens of social context, a thematic narrative analysis approach was used to examine qualitative data from individual and group interviews with 33 young men (age 15 to 22 years) self-identified as immigrants or refugees and were living in Greater Vancouver, western Canada. Three thematic narratives were identified: a better life, living the (immigrant) dream, and starting again from way below. The narratives characterized the social context for immigrant and refugee young men and were connected by a central theme of negotiating second-class citizenship. Implications include the need for mental health frameworks that address marginalization and take into account the contexts and discourses that shape the mental health of immigrant and refugee populations in Canada and worldwide.

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“…Youth (Hilario et al . ), women (O'Mahony ), and the elderly (Guruge et al . ) are particularly vulnerable subgroups within these categories.…”

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Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees: Perspectives of immigrant service providers

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Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Immigrant and refugee populations experience life stressors due to difficult migration journeys and challenges in leaving one country and adapting to another. These life stressors result in adverse mental health outcomes when coupled with a lack of adequate support-enhancing resources. One area of support is access to and use of mental health services to prevent and address mental health concerns. Immigrant service providers in Canada support the integration and overall well-being of newcomers. This study focuses on immigrant service providers' perceptions of access to and use of mental health services for immigrants and refugees in Alberta. A qualitative descriptive design was used to collect and analyse the perspectives of 53 immigrant service providers recruited from nine immigrant serving agencies in Alberta between November 2016 and January 2017. Data were collected using a combination of individual interviews and focus groups, followed by thematic data analysis to identify relevant themes. Barriers to access and use of mental health services include language barriers, cultural interpretations of mental health, stigma around mental illness, and fear of negative repercussions when living with a mental illness. Strategies to improve mental health service delivery include developing community-based services, attending to financial barriers, training immigrant service providers on mental health, enhancing collaboration across sectors in mental health service delivery, and advancing the role of interpreters and cultural brokers. Overall, immigrant service providers present a nuanced view of the complex and inter-related barriers immigrants and refugees experience and identify potential approaches to enhancing mental health service delivery.

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“…It occurs throughout the lifespan and is globally the second leading cause of death among 15 -29 year olds (5). In particular, the mental health of the offspring of immigrants and those in international marriages is a major public health concern (10)(11)(12). Several studies have shown that adolescents in multicultural families are likely to have poorer psychological well-being than those with monocultural backgrounds, such as lower self-esteem, marked life dissatisfaction, depression, and anxiety (2,13,14).…”

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Comparative Study of Mental Health States Among Adolescents in Multicultural Versus Monocultural Families, Using the 13th Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, 2017

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Objectives: The mental health of multicultural adolescents is an important social issue. We explored the differences in adolescents' mental health, including suicide modalities, between adolescents in multicultural and those in monocultural families. Methods: The results of 13th Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey (KYRBS) in 2017 were used. KYRBS is a cross-sectional survey, and the participants were drawn as stratified multistage clustered samples from 400 middle and 400 high schools in Korea. Student participation was voluntary and anonymous in this self-report, web-based survey. Results: Of the targeted 64991 adolescents, 62276 (response rate 95.8%) participated, and 58052 were finally included in this survey. The multicultural adolescents made up 1.56% of the participants, with female predominance and, compared with the monocultural adolescents, they were younger, shorter, and slenderer, and had lower parent educational status, lower self-recognized academic performance, lower economic status, and used smartphone longer time. Depressive mood was not statistically significantly higher, but suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts were higher in the multicultural adolescents. Daily smoking and drinking status, lower economic status, poorer self-recognized academic performance, and multicultural background itself, were positively related to suicidal attempts, and of these factors, the odds ratio was highest for a multicultural background, at 9.50. Conclusions: Multicultural adolescents tend to have much higher risk of suicidality problems. Therefore, more intensive education and practical prevention strategies are needed to reduce the suicidal behaviors of multicultural adolescents.

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Migration and young people’s mental health in Canada: A scoping review

Abstract: Findings support the need to account for the array of influences on young people's mental health in relation to migration and to augment initiatives beyond the level of individual intervention.

Cited by 28 publications

References 22 publications

“Just as Canadian as Anyone Else”? Experiences of Second-Class Citizenship and the Mental Health of Young Immigrant and Refugee Men in Canada

“Just as Canadian as Anyone Else”? Experiences of Second-Class Citizenship and the Mental Health of Young Immigrant and Refugee Men in Canada

Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees: Perspectives of immigrant service providers

Comparative Study of Mental Health States Among Adolescents in Multicultural Versus Monocultural Families, Using the 13th Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, 2017

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