'And when a certain health issue happen, they try to cover it': Stakeholder perspectives on the health of temporary foreign workers and their families

Soc Work Health Care. 2018 Jan;57(1):13-26. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2017.1379458. Epub 2017 Sep 25.

Abstract

This study examines stakeholders' perspectives on the health and well-being of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) and their families in Alberta, Canada. We used a critically informed qualitative methodology. We interviewed 13 stakeholders, including service providers and policy makers. Stakeholders involved in providing services to TFWs perceived that the workers experience (1) barriers in accessing mental health services, (2) mental health challenges, (3) family health challenges, (4) occupational health challenges, and (5) income and social status as a social determinant of health. Immigration and class status intersect to influence the health of this vulnerable population in Canada.

Keywords: Canada; foreign labor; foreign workers; migrant health; migrant labor; migrant workers; transients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alberta
  • Attitude to Health*
  • Health Services / economics
  • Health Services Accessibility*
  • Health Status*
  • Humans
  • Income / statistics & numerical data*
  • Mental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Transients and Migrants / statistics & numerical data*