MacDonnell Judith A, Dastjerdi Mahdieh, Khanlou Nazilla, Bokore Nimo, Tharao Wangari
a School of Nursing , York University , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
b School of Social Work , Carleton University , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
Health Care Women Int. 2017 Feb;38(2):187-204. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2016.1254632. Epub 2016 Oct 31.
Although immigrant women bear a disproportionate burden of chronic disease and mental health issues, limited research addresses how to promote their mental wellbeing. The authors first describe grounded theory findings from community-based focus group research with 57 racialized immigrant women in Toronto, Canada that used a critical gender and intersectional lens to explore the links among settlement, wellbeing, and activism. Secondly, a community mobilization strategy is described whereby racialized immigrant women discuss activism as a feature of wellbeing in various language communities while creating meaningful health promotion resources. Implications for creating activism-based initiatives to promote women's wellbeing are discussed.
尽管移民女性承受着不成比例的慢性病和心理健康问题负担，但针对如何促进她们心理健康的研究却很有限。作者首先描述了基于社区的焦点小组研究的扎根理论结果，该研究对加拿大多伦多的57名有色人种移民女性进行，运用了批判性性别和交叉性视角来探讨定居、幸福感和行动主义之间的联系。其次，描述了一种社区动员策略，有色人种移民女性在不同语言社区中将行动主义作为幸福感的一个特征进行讨论，同时创建有意义的健康促进资源。还讨论了创建基于行动主义的倡议以促进女性幸福感的意义。
