International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care: Volume 15 Issue 2

Prevalence and experiences of food insecurity among immigrant women connected to perinatal programs at a community-based organization in Edmonton, Canada

Maira Quintanilha, Maria J. Mayan, Megan Jarman, Rhonda C. Bell

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of household food insecurity among immigrant women connected to perinatal programs offered through a community-based…

What can Somali community talk about mental health tell us about our own? Contextualizing the symptoms of mental health

Juanita Ryan, Pauline B. Thompson Guerin, Fatuma Hussein Elmi, Bernard Guerin

The purpose of this paper is to review all the research on Somali refugee communities’ “explanatory models” of “mental health” or psychological suffering, and also report original…

Lived experiences of street girls in Côte d’Ivoire

Tamarah Moss, Andrew M. Muriuki, Sithokozile Maposa, Denise Kpebo

The United Nations continues to identify street children as one of the most vulnerable sub-populations of children and youth globally. The purpose of this paper is to present…

Forward-backward translation and cross-cultural validation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale among Tigrigna-speaking Eritrean refugees

Mulubrhan F. Mogos, Jason W. Beckstead, Mary E. Evans, Kevin E. Kip, Roger A. Boothroyd

The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale is a widely used instrument for studying depression in the general population. It has been translated into several…