International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care: Volume 12 Issue 4

Setting limits in uneasy times – healthy diets in underprivileged families

Kia Ditlevsen, Annemette Nielsen

The purpose of this paper is to provide knowledge on barriers to preventive action on early childhood overweight in non-western migrant families. It investigates the underlying…

“The wound is still open”: the Nakba experience among internally displaced Palestinians in Israel

Sfaa Ghnadre-Naser, Eli Somer

While the 1948 Nakba represents the most significant crisis in the history of the Palestinian people, its psychological effects on its survivors in Israel have yet to be explored…

Internally displaced families in Khartoum-Sudan: challenges and policy implications

Azza Abdelmoneium

The purpose of this paper is to examine how internally displaced families in Khartoum-Sudan face difficulties and challenges in meeting their basic needs of shelter and health…

Risky consumption, reasons for use, migratory status and normalization: the results of an Italian study on minors aged between 13 and 16

Raimondo Maria Pavarin, Francesca Emiliani, Stefano Passini, Consuelo Mameli, Laura Palareti

The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationship between migratory status, the use of legal and illegal psychoactive substances and psychological disorders perceived in a…

Managing tuberculosis among labor migrants: exploring alternative organizational approach

Boris Sergeyev, Igor Kazanets, Davron Mukhamadiev, Pavel Sergeyev

High volume of international migration calls for the establishment of financial and organizational mechanisms that would ensure provision of treatment for tuberculosis (TB) among…

Engaging African-Caribbean, Asian, and Latino community leaders to address HIV stigma in Toronto

Alan Tai-Wai Li, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Roy Cain, Kenneth Po-Lun Fung

Racialized minority and newcomer communities are over-represented in positive HIV cases in Canada. Stigma has been identified as one of the barriers to HIV prevention, testing…