Canadian Psychology
Volume 57, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 274-283

Les pratiques de recherche d'informations en matière de santé (PRIMS) chez des immigrants de première génération dans la région de Montréal. L'incidence du type d'acculturation, du niveau de scolarité et du temps écoulé depuis l'immigration (Article)

Girard A. , Boucher V.G.* , Sercia P.
  • a Département des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Université du Québec À Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
  • b Département des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Université du Québec À Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
  • c Département des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Université du Québec À Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada

Abstract

In the context of significant and sustained international immigration, Quebec society has undergone a socio-demographic and cultural diversification of its population. That diversification poses public health challenges because the health of immigrants often declines during the first years of residence and those immigrants are looking for information about their health and that of their close relatives. The objective of this article is to learn the practices for gathering information about health used by first generation immigrants whose mother tongue is not French. Group interviews were conducted with 125 immigrants and 506 others completed a questionnaire dealing with changes in their life habits after immigration. We first present a balanced analysis of the acculturation model and then show how the type (strategy) of acculturation influences the ways immigrants search for information about health and nutrition. However, other factors also play a role in those practices including the length of time since immigration and their level of education before immigration. © 2016 Canadian Psychological Association.

Author Keywords

Health Immigration nutrition Acculturation

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DOI: 10.1037/cap0000071
ISSN: 07085591
Original Language: French