Journal article
Psychological Distress Among Immigrants and Visible Minorities in Canada: a Contextual Analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Immigrants to Canada are less likely to report depression compared with the non-immigrant population. This healthy migrant effect has not so far been explained by demographic and socioeconomic determinants of health.
AIM: The present study examined whether the psychological health advantage of immigrants varied across Canadian health regions and investigated the hypothesis of immigrant density as a determinant of immigrant mental …
Authors
Stafford M; Newbold BK; Ross NA
Journal
International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 428–441
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
July 2011
DOI
10.1177/0020764010365407
ISSN
0020-7640