African Immigrant Child & Family Well-Being in Alberta First Stakeholders Meeting Proceedings

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Yohani, Sophie
  • Salami, Bukola
  • Mohamud, Habiba
  • Alaazi, Dominic
  • Ayalew, Tesfaye
  • Vallianatos, Helen
  • Nsaliwa, Christina
  • Okeke-Ihejirika, Philomena

• Summary of Proceedings: In collaboration with partners and individuals from the African immigrant community, the Health and Immigration Policies and Practices (HiPP) Research Unit at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, convened a meeting of diverse stakeholders to deliberate on strategies to strengthen child and family wellbeing in the African immigrant community in Alberta. The meeting, which was the first of its kind in the province, brought together around 150 stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, including African immigrant parents, service providers, policymakers, and researchers. Funding for the event was provided by the M.S.I. Foundation, Kule Institute for Advanced Study, and the Women and Children Research Institute (WCHRI).

• Date created

  2017-08-12

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Family wellbeing
  • Child wellbeing
  • African immigrant communities
  • Child health
  • Mental health
  • Family health

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3F766N12

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International