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Table 2 Processes and facilitators identified by participants for inclusion of international migrants in Canada 1

From: Developing population interventions with migrant women for maternal-child health: a focused ethnography

Social inclusion processes

• Accessing education

• Accessing food

• Accessing health care (formal and informal)

• Accessing housing

• Accessing work

• Achieving a sense of financial security

• Achieving a sense of kinship

• Adapting to climate

• Attending to unspecified activities

• Fostering parenthood

• Overcoming language barriers

• Perceiving safety

• Perceiving security

• Pursuing personal interests

Facilitators to inclusion

Financial

Other facilitators

• Financial resources

• Adequate time

• Financial sufficiency

• Attainable job requirements

 

• Childcare

Social

• Equitable laws/application of equitable laws

• Accompaniment

• Information/advice/counseling availability

• Appealing features of new culture

• Interpretation/translation

• Encouragement

• Manageable climate conditions

• Family help

• Permanent resident status/citizenship

• Favorable social environment

 

• Friendship

 

• Like community

 
  1. 1see Additional file 2 for definitions.