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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Asian immigrants"”.
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South Asian immigrants' mental health and use of health services.
South Asian immigrants' mental health and use of health services.
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The Treaty of Waitangi and Asian Immigrants in Aotearoa: A Reflective Journey
… there has been a major upsurge in the number of Asian migrants arriving in Aotearoa/New Zealand, so that today people of Chinese, Indian, and similar origin constitute about 11% of the national total population. However, settlement support programmes and academic research relating to them have …
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Determinants of Earnings for Asian Immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
… thesis examines the determinants of earnings for Asian immigrants in the Midwest of the United States. It tests simultaneously three theoretical explanations--assimilation, human capital, and job competition--for the earnings attainment of three major Asian groups: Asian Indian, Vietnamese, and …
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The economic performance of Asian immigrants entering the U.S. between 1975 and 1979
This study examines the economic performance of Asian immigrants during their first years in the United States. The earnings levels of Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese immigrants entering the U.S. between 1975 and 1979 were compared with the usual earnings patterns of immigrants …
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“Diversity: Our Strength” : South and East Asian immigrants’ ethnic identity in the Greater Toronto Area
… is currently the most popular destination for immigrants in the country and population of immigrant descent is expected to become the majority in this region. The increase in its’ population is connected with the growing number of immigrants from South and East Asia and the thesis research …
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‘A Class Apart’?: South Asian Immigrants and the White Working Class Left, Yorkshire 1960-1981
During the 1960s many thousands of South Asian immigrants arrived in the United Kingdom. At first they were, by and large, economic migrants looking to fill British labour shortages and send remittances back home. Through the 1960s and into the 1970s, however, the arrival of wives and dependents, …
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Asian immigrants’ psychological well-being: the interplay of perceived racial discrimination, group membership, and coping strategies
… effects of perceived racial discrimination on Asian immigrants’ psychological well-being. It investigates the moderating effects of immigrants’ group membership and coping factors. The main research hypotheses and exploratory research questions include the following: 1) Does perceived …
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“The Journey of Relocation,” A Reflective Autoethnography, Digital Story Telling, and Netnography: Experiences of South Asian Immigrants in Canada
… and Netnography: Experiences of South Asian Immigrants in Canada, explores the multifaceted narratives of South Asian migrants navigating cultural, social, and systemic landscapes in Canada. By employing a hybrid qualitative methodology, the study integrates three distinct yet …
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Exploring the biological embodiment of historical trauma and migration in South Asian immigrants to the United States of America
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Belonging in the Psychic Nowhere: Racial Trauma, Racial Melancholia and Related Mental Health Outcomes Amongst South Asian Immigrants in the US
<p>South Asian immigrants have experienced a nuanced immigration history in the US while straddling the Black-White racial binary. Despite their growing presence, research on South Asian mental health is relatively limited and often subsumed under the broader category of "Asian Americans," which …
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Contextual factors on health and mental health service use among immigrants in the United States: moderation of citizenship status and race/ethnicity
After the welfare reform in 1996, immigrants’ access to social service programs and health services has been largely limited, particularly for non-citizens. Latino and Asian immigrants in the United States as the major growing immigrant populations have been found to under use health and mental …
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Acculturation and psychological distress among first generation Asian Americans : the roles of acculturative stress and social-cultural resources
… psychological distress among first generation Asian Americans. Data were from 1528 Asian Americans who participated in the National Latino and Asian Americans Study (NLAAS), a nationally representative study of the Asian immigrant population in the U.S. Using structural equation modeling with …
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Zoning and the single-family landscape: large new houses and neighbourhood change in Vancouver
… a suburban landscape. To appeal to European immigrants of the 1950sand Asian immigrants of the 1970s, Vancouver's east-side builders developed a distinctive large house easily converted to include one or more illegal suites. By encouraging this design, zoning amendments in 1974 destroyed the …
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Balancing act: an exploration of the impacts of acculturation amongst first-generation Indian immigrant youths in Canada
… adaptation and identity negotiation among South Asian immigrants.
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The Social Determinants of Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease in South Asian American Immigrants
<p>An astounding 20% of South Asian Americans have diabetes (Matthews and Zachariah 2008). Conventional risk factors for coronary heart disease includes: age older than 65, sedentary lifestyle, cigarette smoking, hypertension, elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL), cholesterol, and type 2 …
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Investigating the United States’ Racial Structure through the Evaluation of Residential Distribution
… racial structure. Some theorize Latino and Asian immigrants will eventually integrate into the White community, like the European immigrants before them. Others suggest their classification as “people of color” means they will integrate into the Black community. Still others theorize the …
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Trajectories of Emotional Problems in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Immigrants
… was to examine mental health trajectories in immigrants living in Canada. The first study examined the rates of emotional problems among parents, versus non-parents, using all three waves of data from a sample of immigrants in Canada (N = 7055). After controlling for a variety of …
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Acculturation and food consumption of South Asian diaspora in the UK: moderating influence of Religious identity and the neighbourhood
… more than 10% ethnic minorities, and the South Asians constitute an ethnic group. Living in a dissimilar culture may cause an acculturative stress on the immigrants. They may undergo the process of adapting to a new culture. On the contrary, some individuals may attempt to maintain their …
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Investigating the Risk Factors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Korean Immigrant Women in America
… of the risk of violence against women among Asian immigrants and thus leads to an underinvestment of research and service resources for this vulnerable population (Leong & Lau, 2001; Rhee, 1997; Yick, 2007). Thus, IPV among Korean immigrants are rarely investigated. This study seeks to assess …
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SOUTH ASIAN AND (UNDOCUMENTED) LATINO/A IMMIGRANT BLOGGERS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH IMMIGRATION DISCOURSES
… in which the author decries the influx of South Asians to his hometown of Edison, NJ. I then modified critical discourse analysis to examine weblog responses to these events by two diasporic communities interpellated by them--(undocumented) Latino/a immigrants and South Asian immigrants. Drawing …
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