“Coming to a Strange Land” The West African Migrant Women’s Establishment of Home and Family in a New Culture Within Australia
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PURPOSE: Migrating and establishing a new life in another culture can have diverse health effects especially for women. This article explores the struggles and social adjustment issues that might constitute negatively to the health of West African migrant women living in Australia. DESIGN: Qualitative storytelling. Audiotaped voluntary stories from 20 West African migrant women living in Sydney, Australia were transcribed and analyzed. FINDINGS: Three themes are presented for discussion: (1) But it is different here: life in a new country; (2) I have to do it all by myself: communal versus individual living; and (3) They don't listen to parents: perceived threats to the family unit. CONCLUSION/IMPLICATION FOR PRACTICE: The demand for and the importance of nurses and midwives in supporting migrant families is demonstrated by findings suggesting that social adjustment into the Australian culture has a significant impact on both the nuclear and extended family unit of women.
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Providing a milieu that promotes social capital development has been recommended as an important approach for supporting migrants.
“Given these effects and the overall positive impact on well-being, providing a milieu that promotes social capital development has been recommended as an important approach for supporting migrants [36, 39].”
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- Authors
- Babatunde-Sowole, O. O., Jackson, D., Davidson, P. M., & Power, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, New South Wales, Australia
- Oxford Brookes University (GB)
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Venue
- Journal of Transcultural Nursing
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-07-07
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 447-455
- ISSN
- 1043-6596 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7832
- OpenAlex
- W2152261888
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 1.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Journal of Transcultural Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Identity, and Health
- Keywords
- social adaptation, acculturation, family structure, family relationships, migrant health, transnational families, nurses and midwives
- MeSH terms
- Acculturation, Adult, Africa, Western, Australia, Family, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Mothers, Qualitative Research, Emigrants and Immigrants
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