Social Work in Public Health
Volume 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 599-606

The Challenges Encountered by Immigrant-Serving Agencies in Addressing the Health of Temporary Foreign Workers (Article)

Salami B.* , Kirova A. , Hegadoren K. , Meherali S. , Chiu Y. , Nsaliwa C.
  • a Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • b Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • c Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • d Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • e Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • f Edmonton Immigrant Services Association, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Abstract

This study sought to examine the challenges encountered by immigrant-serving agencies in meeting the health needs of temporary foreign workers and their families in one Canadian province. The authors interviewed 11 representatives of immigrant-serving agencies and two policy makers. Some of the challenges that agencies face in delivering programs and services for temporary foreign workers and their families include the time required to build trust with this population, temporary foreign workers' reluctance to use services due to fear that it will affect their immigration status, and the emotional labor associated with working with temporary foreign workers. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

Migration Temporary foreign workers Immigrant health Migrant workers Transients Canada

Index Keywords

immigrant questionnaire survey human immigration health service health status Social Work qualitative research family study interview foreign worker migrant worker Humans Trust Interviews as Topic Canada pilot study health services human experiment migration utilization health worker Health Policy Transients and Migrants Fear policy making Pilot Projects public health immigrant population
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84975229293&doi=10.1080%2f19371918.2016.1160347&partnerID=40&md5=2ced917e39c13d9d6123fd1da8b505d8
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2016.1160347
ISSN: 19371918
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English