Double Burden of Rural Migration in Canada? Considering the Social Determinants of Health Related to Immigrant Settlement Outside the Cosmopolis

Asiya Patel, Jennifer Dean, Sara Edge, Kathi Wilson and Effat Ghassemi
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Asiya Patel: School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Jennifer Dean: School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Sara Edge: Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Kathi Wilson: Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
Effat Ghassemi: Newcomer Centre of Peel, Mississauga, ON L5B 2N6, Canada

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: There is a large and growing body of research acknowledging the existence of health disparities between foreign-born and native-born populations in many high immigrant-receiving countries. Significant attention has been paid to the role of physical and social environments in the changing health status of immigrants over time. However, very limited attention has been given to these issues within the context of rural geographies, despite global evidence that immigrants are increasingly settling outside of traditional gateway cities and into rural communities. This paper presents the results of a scoping review aimed at assessing the state of knowledge on the health impacts of immigrant migration into rural communities in Canada. Guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s scoping protocol, we conduct a review of academic literature in Canada related to rural migration. A total of 25 articles met inclusion criteria which included access to the social determinants of health. Findings identified a paucity of research directly connecting rural settlement to health but the literature did emphasize five distinct social determinants of health for rural residing immigrants: social inclusion, culturally-appropriate services, gender, employment, and housing. This paper concludes with an identification of research gaps and opportunities for future research into whether rural-residing immigrants face a double burden with respect to health inequity.

Keywords: social determinants of health; immigration; rural settlement; health inequality; social inclusion; health care services; housing; employment; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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