The Italian family, motherhood and Italianness in New Zealand. The case of the Italian community of Wellington

Giorgio, Adalgisa

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2015.06.002

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“…These activities helped with adjusting to life in a new country. This finding of holding “onto home” has also been evident in studies among other migrant groups in New Zealand (Giorgio, 2015). Adapting to living in a host country was a time-consuming process, with migrants undergoing a transition period as part of the adjustment process.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Moving backwards, moving forward: the experiences of older Filipino migrants adjusting to life in New Zealand

Montayre

Neville

Holroyd

2017

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: To explore the experiences of older Filipino migrants adjusting to living permanently in New Zealand.Method: The qualitative descriptive approach taken in this study involved 17 individual face-to-face interviews of older Filipino migrants in New Zealand.Results: Three main themes emerged from the data. The first theme was “moving backwards and moving forward”, which described how these older Filipino migrants adjusted to challenges they experienced with migration. The second theme was “engaging with health services” and presented challenges relating to the New Zealand healthcare system, including a lack of knowledge of the nature of health services, language barriers, and differences in cultural views. The third theme, “new-found home”, highlighted establishing a Filipino identity in New Zealand and adjusting to the challenges of relocation.Conclusion: Adjustment to life in New Zealand for these older Filipino migrants meant starting over again by building new values through learning the basics and then moving forward from there.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Moving backwards, moving forward: the experiences of older Filipino migrants adjusting to life in New Zealand

Montayre

Neville

Holroyd

2017

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Similarly, sustaining a career after birth was also often socially criticized because it meant the mother would lack the ability to stay at home and breastfeed her infant. This pressure placed on mothers limits the empowerment of choice in breastfeeding decisions, resulting in a complicated interplay of power and powerlessness (Giorgio, 2015). Though the motherhood role assumes power in care and decision-making for the infant, this powerlessness is evident through unsupportive societal expectations towards mothers who decide against breastfeeding, expressed even by women in this sample who had not given birth.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%