Considering the role of integration experiences in shaping immigrants' post-migration food choices and eating practices.

This article draws on data collected from qualitative interviews with 38 recent immigrants in two Ontario cities to provide an overview of recent immigrants' general dietary acculturation experiences. With insights from both Cockerham's health lifestyle theory and Berry's acculturation model, this article explores how structural inequalities related to integration and settlement may shape recent immigrants' post-migration food choices and eating practices. The results of this study revealed that immigrants from non-Western countries experienced greater challenges in healthy eating. Findings are in line with Cockerham's health lifestyle theory: immigrants' post-migration food choices and dietary acculturation strategies were not only bounded by socioeconomic status and cultural differences but were also shaped by various structural inequalities, especially those related to systematic barriers during the integration and settlement process. Overall, this paper provides a more holistic understanding of the multifaceted nature of immigrants' dietary acculturation experiences.

Cet article s'appuie sur des données recueillies lors d'entretiens qualitatifs avec 38 immigrants récents dans deux villes de l'Ontario pour donner un aperçu des expériences générales d'acculturation alimentaire des immigrants récents. En s'inspirant de la théorie du mode de vie sain de Cockerham et du modèle d'acculturation de Berry, cet article explore la façon dont les inégalités structurelles liées à l'intégration et à l'établissement peuvent façonner les choix et les pratiques alimentaires des immigrants récents après la migration. Les résultats de cette étude révèlent que les immigrés originaires de pays non occidentaux rencontrent davantage de difficultés en matière d'alimentation saine. Les résultats sont conformes à la théorie du mode de vie sain de Cockerham : les choix alimentaires et les stratégies d'acculturation alimentaire des immigrants après l'émigration ne sont pas seulement liés au statut socio-économique et aux différences culturelles, mais sont également façonnés par diverses inégalités structurelles, en particulier celles liées aux obstacles systématiques au cours du processus d'intégration et d'établissement. Dans l'ensemble, ce document permet de mieux comprendre les multiples facettes des expériences d'acculturation alimentaire des immigrants.

Exploring the Intersection Between Immigration and Gender in the Context of Troubled Sleep: Some Evidence from Canada.

This study explored the linkage between immigration status and troubled sleep among recent immigrants, established immigrants and native-born in Canada. In particular, it examined whether the role of immigration status on troubled sleep differs between females and males. Using the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health, logistic regression models were fitted to examine the relationship between troubled sleep and immigration status among a weighted sample of 12,932,829 women and 12,424,195 men. Findings indicate that female recent (OR 0.42, p < 0.01) and established immigrants (OR 0.74, p < 0.05) report fewer troubled sleep than their native-born counterparts. However, only male established immigrants report fewer troubled sleep (OR 0.42, p < 0.05), as male recent immigrants did not significantly differ from their native-born counterparts (OR 0.70, p > 0.05). Moreover, male recent immigrants were more likely to report troubled sleep than their female counterparts (OR 1.30, p < 0.05). Based on these findings, we discussed the potential gendered mechanisms in which immigrants' sleep is informed by social, cultural, and economic factors. We also provided several useful implications for policymakers.

Immigration as a social determinant of troubled sleep in Canada: some evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health.

BACKGROUND: The literature pays very little attention to immigrants' sleep in Canada, although sleep is essential to individual health and well-being. ANALYSIS: Drawing data from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health, we aim to address this void by comparing troubled sleep among recent immigrants, established immigrants, and the native-born Canadians. RESULTS: Despite immigrants' declining health over time in Canada, our findings reveal that both recent and established immigrants report fewer cases of troubled sleep than their native-born counterparts. Recent (odds ratio [OR] = 0.70, 95% confidence intervals [CIs] = 0.62-0.79) and established immigrants (OR = 0.86, 95% CIs = 0.79-0.92) were less likely to report troubled sleep than the native-born at the bivariate level, although its significant impact for recent immigrants was completely attenuated when health status was controlled for (OR = 0.88, 95% CIs = 0.76-1.02). Established immigrants were still less likely to report fewer cases of troubled sleep than the native-born even after controlling for all control variables (OR = 0.88, 95% CIs = 0.81-0.96). CONCLUSION: Based on these findings, we discuss that fewer troubled sleep cases reported by immigrants may be explained by their initial health advantage, resilience trajectory, and cultural interpretation of sleep. We also provide several suggestions for future research.

Exploring the linkage between exposure to mass media and HIV testing among married women and men in Ghana.

Although HIV testing is critical to the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, utilization rate of HIV testing services among married women and men remains low in Ghana. Mass media, as a tool to increase overall HIV testing turnouts, has been considered one of the important strategies in promoting and enhancing behavioural changes related to HIV/AIDS prevention. Using the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, the current study examines the relationship between levels of exposure to print media, radio, and television and the uptake of HIV testing among married women and men in Ghana. Results show that HIV testing is more prevalent among married women than their male counterparts. We also find that higher levels of exposure to radio is associated with HIV testing among women, while higher levels of exposure to print media and television are associated with HIV testing among men. Implications of these findings are discussed for Ghana's HIV/AIDS strategic framework, which aims to expanding efforts at dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Specifically, it is important for health educators and programme planners to deliver HIV-related messages through television, radio, and print media to increase the uptake of HIV testing particularly among married women and men in Ghana.