Glossary: migration and health

ML Urquia, AJ Gagnon - Journal of Epidemiology & Community …, 2011 - jech.bmj.com
The literature on migration and health is quite heterogeneous in how migrants are labelled
and how the relation between migration and health is conceptualised. A narrative review …

The Latino threat: Constructing immigrants, citizens, and the nation

L Chavez - The Latino Threat, 2013 - degruyter.com
News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly
Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once their own and destroying …

A systematic review and meta-synthesis of barriers and facilitators of help-seeking behaviors in South Asian women living in high-income countries who have …

R Sultana, B Ozen-Dursun… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
There has been little research on domestic violence (DV) within ethnic minority communities
in high-income countries. This study reports on the findings of a meta-ethnography that …

“Why doesn't she seek help for partner abuse?” An exploratory study with South Asian immigrant women

F Ahmad, N Driver, MJ McNally, DE Stewart - Social science & medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
This study explores why South Asian immigrant women with experiences of partner abuse
delay seeking help from professionals. Three focus groups were conducted in Hindi …

Transformative effects of immigration law: Immigrants' personal and social metamorphoses through regularization

C Menjívar, SM Lakhani - American journal of sociology, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article examines the enduring alterations in behaviors, practices, and self-image that
immigrants' evolving knowledge of and participation in the legalization process facilitate …

Immigrant criminalization in law and the media: Effects on Latino immigrant workers' identities in Arizona

C Menjívar - American Behavioral Scientist, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the effects of two forces in the context of reception: the legal regime
and enforcement practices and media portrayals of immigrants as they combine to shape the …

[PDF][PDF] Promoting community-led responses to violence against immigrant and refugee women in metropolitan and regional Australia: The ASPIRE Project; State of …

C Vaughan, A Murdolo, E Davis… - ANROWS …, 2015 - anrows.intersearch.com.au
Research project RP. 14.02 This state of knowledge paper examines a broad range of
national and international research to present the current knowledge about family violence …

Intimate partner violence and immigration laws in Canada: How far have we come?

R Alaggia, C Regehr, G Rishchynski - International journal of law and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Immigrant women face numerous, and sometimes insurmountable, barriers in reporting and
seeking services for intimate partner violence (IPV). A number of these obstacles relate to …

Carceral and intersectional feminism in Congress: The Violence Against Women Act, discourse, and policy

N Whittier - Gender & Society, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper uses a materialist feminist discourse analysis to examine how women's
movement organizations, liberal Democrats, and conservative Republican legislators …

Gendered paths to legal citizenship: The case of Latin-American immigrants in Phoenix, Arizona

O Salcido, C Menjívar - Law & Society Review, 2012 - cambridge.org
In this paper we seek to contribute to a greater understanding of legal citizenship by
exploring the gendered experiences of Latin-American-origin immigrants in the greater …