The structural-personal interaction: Occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia

Crawford, Emma; Turpin, Merrill; Nayar, Shoba; Steel, Emily; Durand, J. L.

doi:10.1080/14427591.2016.1153510

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“…To date, however, occupational justice research has primarily focused on marginalized populations in extenuating circumstances, such as immigrants, refugees, and prison inmates (Bailliard, 2013; Crawford, Turpin, Nayar, Steel, & Durand, 2016; Whiteford, 1997, 2005). Occupational scientists have much to offer through turning their analytical gaze to the problem of urban neighborhood environments and the many challenges those environments pose to creating an occupationally just society for the people who live there.…”

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Changing neighborhoods and occupations: Experiences of older African-Americans in Detroit

Fritz

Cutchin

2017

Journal of Occupational Science

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Neighborhood characteristics are relevant to understanding occupations and associated outcomes, yet few empirical studies have focused on neighborhood as the unit of analysis when examining person-environment-occupation relationships. The purpose of this report is to begin addressing that gap. We present findings from a qualitative investigation conducted as part of a larger mixed methods study of 100 African-Americans aged 55 and older living in a variety of neighborhood contexts. With a subsample of older adults (n = 20), we utilized participant-generated photos and photo-elicitation interviews to examine the question of how participation in everyday occupations changes (or not) for older African-Americans residing in urban neighborhoods that have undergone significant physical and socio-demographic changes. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach in combination with a constant comparative method. Occupational change was conceptualized as four primary types: (a) spatio-temporal changes to participation in occupation, (b) changes to social participation, (c) heightened vigilance during daily occupations, and (d) actions to preserve and protect the neighborhood. The findings provide insights about the ways that neighborhood deterioration is related to occupational change. We discuss the potential impact of participants’ occupational changes on health and well-being, and we assess the issue of neighborhood and occupation as relevant to occupational justice in urban contexts.

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Changing neighborhoods and occupations: Experiences of older African-Americans in Detroit

Fritz

Cutchin

2017

Journal of Occupational Science

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“…While onshore applications for refugee status are being processed, some refugees are granted bridging visas and allowed to live in the wider community but with limited or no work rights (Van Selm 2000; Fleay & Hartley 2015). On one hand, bridging and temporary visas have hampered humanitarian migrants' employment prospects (Marston 2004) and caused distress and fear particularly in regard to the uncertainty about their refugee claims in Australia (Fleay et al 2013;Fleay & Hartley 2015;Crawford et al 2016). On the other hand, being able to live in the community, instead of in immigration detention, provides opportunities for learning the local language and developing contacts with members of the majority groups and thus enhancing human and social capital.…”

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Labour Force Participation and Employment of Humanitarian Migrants: Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Data

2019

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This study uses the longitudinal data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the relationships between human capital and labour market participation and employment status among recently arrived/approved humanitarian migrants. It includes attention to the heterogeneity of labour force participation and employment status across genders and also migration pathways. We find that the likelihood of participating in the labour force is higher for those who had preimmigration paid job experience, completed study/job training and have job searching knowledge/skills in Australia and possess higher proficiency in spoken English. We find that the chance of getting a paid job is negatively related to having better pre-immigration education, but it is positively related to having unpaid work experience and job searching skills in Australia, and better health.

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“…They described work as overcoming their social and spatial isolation in society, and as bringing peace of mind, identity and a broader sphere of action (Lintner & Elsen, 2018). Similar to previous accounts of refugees and asylum seekers deprived of productive occupation, not having opportunities to occupy themselves resulted in excessive rumination about their past and future, feelings of uselessness and diminished psychological wellbeing (See for example Burchett & Matheson, 2010;Crawford, Turpin, Nayar, Steel, & Durand, 2016). Harking back to Wright St. Clair et al (2018), however, Smith (2018) reports that asylum seekers in the United Kingdom who found meaningful things to do for others were better able to meet their personal and cultural needs.…”

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Special Issue: Occupation, Well-being and Immigration

Gupta

Hocking

2018

Journal of Occupational Science

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The structural-personal interaction: Occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia

Cited by 31 publications

References 59 publications

Changing neighborhoods and occupations: Experiences of older African-Americans in Detroit

Changing neighborhoods and occupations: Experiences of older African-Americans in Detroit

Labour Force Participation and Employment of Humanitarian Migrants: Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Data

Special Issue: Occupation, Well-being and Immigration

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