International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care: Volume 6 Issue 4

Editorial Meeting the Needs of Diverse Migrant Communities and Groups

Charles Watters

Asylum Seekers' Perspectives on their Mental Health and Views on Health and Social Services: Contributions for Service Provision Using a Mixed‐Methods Approach

Dora Bernardes, John Wright, Celia Edwards, Helen Tomkins, Darias Dlfoz, Andrew Livingstone

The literature tends to use ‘asylum seeker’ and ‘refugee’ interchangeably, creating uncertainty about the mental health of asylum seekers. However, asylum seekers occupy a unique…

Ethical Issues in Targeted HIV Prevention Work among ‘Black African’ Migrants in London

Martha Chinouya, Peter Aspinall

‘Black Africans’ in England are disproportionately and highly affected by the heterosexually contracted HIV epidemic. Policy and practice frameworks have advocated ethnic matching…

Intersectionality and the Mental Health of Elderly Chinese Women Living in the UK

Pauline Lane, Rachel Tribe, Rosa Hui

In an age of globalisation and increased migration, intersectionality can help us to appreciate the complexity of various forms of structural inequality and the impact of…

A Life‐Course Exploration of the Social, Emotional and Physical Health Behaviours of Widowed South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada: Implications for Health and Social Programme Planning

Swarna Weerasinghe, Matthew Numer

This article presents a study of the social, emotional and physical health lifestyle behaviours of a socially marginalised segment of Canada's population: retired, widowed…