This article is based on the results of an exploratory/descriptive study conducted among 297 young immigrant families and 40 practitioners. It examines the health, social, and cultural problems encountered by the families and the ways they resolve these problems. In the health sector, there are marked differences between the priorities of families and practitioners. Families give priority to their children's health problems whereas practitioners prioritize the mothers' problems, particularly regarding mental health. In the social sector, perceptual differences among families and practitioners as to priority difficulties are attenuated, converging toward problems related to low employment and financial difficulties. In the cultural sector, problems related to isolation rank first among families, followed by problems concerning day care and the host country's educational practices. Practitioners, on the other hand, see couple relationships as the main concern. Families prefer to seek help from the formal services network when faced with difficulties relating to health or to settlement in the host country, in accordance with practitioners' expectations. However, they turn first to the informal network when it comes to sociocultural adaptation problems. Difficulties related to accessibility and compatibility of services are seen as more serious by practitioners than by families.

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