Jacqueline Oxman- Martinez

Université de Montréal | UdeM · School of Social Work

The present chapter examines the influence of potential social isolation factors on the psychological outcomes of immigrant youth in early adolescent. Data are derived from the New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS), a national longitudinal survey including 459 immigrant youth aged 11 to 13 years living in the Greater Montreal region, Canada...

This article explores the potential inclusion and exclusion factors affecting the developmental outcomes of immigrant children and examines the influence of inclusive school environment, social/psychological isolation, and perceived discrimination by peers and teachers on the psychosocial and academic adjustment of immigrant children. Our study is...

The present study explores the potential risk and protective factors affecting the psychosocial development of immigrant youth in early adolescence. It examines the influence of perceived ethnic discrimination, relationships and ethnic identity on the psychosocial well-being of immigrant youth. It uses primary data of the New Canadian Children and...

Resumen Objetivo Determinar los factores que influyen en la consulta al odontólogo de los/las niños/as de 4 a 7 años y los/las jóvenes de 10-13 años de edad residentes de la ciudad de Talca (Chile) y los/las niños/as y los/las jóvenes inmigrantes chilenos residentes en la ciudad de Montreal (Canadá). Métodos Estudio transversal no probabilístico,...

OBJECTIVE To identify the factors that influence the use of dental services in 4-7-year-olds and in 10-13-year-olds resident in the cities of Talca (Chile) and Montreal (Canada). METHODS A nonprobabilistic cross-sectional study was carried out in 147 boys and girls in Talca and in 94 boys and girls in Montreal between 2009 and 2011. Sociodemograph...

This article examines relationships between perceived ethnic discrimination, social exclusion, psychosocial functioning, and academic performance among newcomer immigrant children from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines using a subsample from the New Canadian Children and Youth Study of children aged 11-13 years (1,053)...

There is a paucity of literature on how to conduct research with migrants, particularly those who do not speak the host country language, those who are newly arrived, and those who have a precarious immigration status. In qualitative research, interviewing is a common method for obtaining rich data and participants' points of view. Gathering and pr...

Data from the New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS), a national study of immigrant children and youth in Canada, are used to examine the mental health salience of putatively universal determinants, as well as of immigration-specific factors. Universal factors (UF) include age, gender, family and neighbourhood characteristics. Migration-spec...

Differences in relationship power dynamics or migration factors may affect knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in resettling Migrant women. A sample of 122 women and men born in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan or Bangladesh and residing in Montreal completed questionnaires on HIV/STI KAP...

This article analyzes the specificities of gender representation in newspapers' portrayals of violence against women and children, choosing Romania and Canada as research fields in order to understand how these social constructs operate in a young democracy and a transitional country as compared to a well consolidated democracy and developed countr...

Health care post-birth may include referrals for additional care. Migrant (i.e., refugee, asylum-seeker, and immigrant) women frequently do not follow-up referrals for care and could be at increased health risk as a consequence. We sought to explore the inhibitors and facilitators of migrant women for following through with referrals for care. Twen...

Résumé Le présent article aborde un nouveau sujet de préoccupation : l’influence que les familles des victimes ont sur celles-ci, soit en les rendant vulnérables à la traite des personnes, soit en constituant un obstacle à leurs efforts pour échapper aux trafiquants, une fois qu’elles sont prises au piège. Lorsqu’une femme ou un enfant sont objets...

Minority women from conflict-laden areas with limited host-country knowledge are among the most vulnerable migrants. Their risk status and that of their infants is magnified during pregnancy, birth, and post-birth. We conducted a study to determine whether women's postnatal health concerns were addressed by the Canadian health system differentially...

This article analyses how the present system for the integration of asylum seekers in Canada, as seen in policies and in actual practice, either facilitates or impedes the integration of asylum seekers right from the moment of their arrival in Quebec. The authors examine how advocates from community organizations perceive the obstacles inherent to...

Este artículo pretende favorecer una mayor comprensión de las barreras políticas, socio-económicas y culturales a las que deben enfrentarse las mujeres inmigrantes víctimas de la violencia, teniendo en cuenta el marco jurídico y social, nacional e internacional, desde el punto de vista de la actual legislación canadiense. El examen de la violencia...

The Canadian government recently commissioned a study to document the community sector's services for human trafficking victims. What came out in the interviews was striking. Community workers and activists confirmed that the number of people fitting the exact definition of international human trafficking was small. Rather, these groups reported wo...

This article introduces readers to Canadian Government policy and practice surrounding human trafficking since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Protocol on Trafficking in 2000. After offering an overview of the UN Protocol, the article reviews and critically analyses Canada's efforts in the three key areas of the Protocol: prevention of huma...

Canadian federal policy provides a framework for the immigration and health experiences of immigrant women. The official immigration category under which a migrant is admitted determines to what degree her right to remain in the country (immigration status) is precarious. Women immigrants fall primarily into the more dependent categories and they e...

Maternal support received by sexual abuse victims is considered a key factor in coping with the aftermath of abuse. The present study looked at four groups of potential predictors of maternal support: mothers' psychosocial characteristics, abuse characteristics, victim's characteristics, and disclosure characteristics. A total of 120 adolescents ag...

Women and men are subject to different forms of human trafficking; sexual exploitation is more common for women than for men, and the purposes of trafficking follow gender roles. This article argues that Canadian immigration policies have differential and discriminatory impacts according to gender. We define human trafficking before critiquing two...

A recent study undertaken by the authors (Oxman- Martinez and Martinez 2000) examined the Canadian government's response to the traffic of human beings. Information from twenty-one government and ngo in- formants and a thorough review of state agency policies and international conventions revealed that trafficking and refugee movements have many li...

A study of families in which child neglect was identified measured psychosocial changes after eight months of child welfare intervention. The sample consisted of 131 children up to 18 years of age and 78 mothers referred by the Centres jeunesse de la Montérégie in Quebec and three Centres locaux de services communautaires in the region. Mothers fit...

The results of this study leads us to look for improved responses from the system in several areas. In terms of immediate needs, disclosure ought to occur earlier than three years after the start of abuse. Those cases which are reported need a much more responsive investigation process with adequate expertise in order to assess allegations appropri...

Early and unambiguous disclosure and detection of intrafami/ial child sexual abuse 15 essential to safeguard chi/dren, yet the literature reveals difficulties and delays in the disclosure process. Chi/d sexual abuse cases (n = 45) from two Chi/d and Youth Protection Centres in Ouebec were reviewed through a questionnaire administered to the practit...

The issues surrounding sexual abuse and negligence are rarely examined in parallel by researchers and social workers. Based on a review of relevant literature and on a preliminary analysis of data collected during two surveys, the authors present in this article a comparison of these two subjects. In short, sexual abuse and negligence do not seem t...

RÉSUMÉ Les problématiques de Tabus sexuel et de la négligence sont rarement mises en parallèle par les chercheurs ou les praticiens. À l'aide d'une revue de la documentation ainsi que d'une analyse préliminaire de données recueillies lors de deux enquêtes, l'article propose une comparaison de ces deux situations. En bref, il apparaît que l'abus sex...

Résumé Les pratiques sociales émergentes dans les années 60, influencées par les courants de laïcisation et de professionnalisation du travail social et par l'accroissement de l'intervention de l'État, acquièrent leur spécificité et leur hétérogénéité au contact de la diversité sociogéographique et culturelle de la Montérégie, de la cohabitation du...

L'objectif de cet article consiste a exposer les resultats preliminaires d'un processus de consultation et de concertation entre cinq Centres jeunesse et cinq chercheurs, au moment de la creation d'un partenariat autour de la problematique de l'abus sexuel a l'endroit des enfants. Apres avoir rappele diverses statistiques sur la prevalence du pheno...

Résumé À quelles conditions la recherche sociale permet-elle le transfert des connaissances et le renouvellement des pratiques ? Voilà la question posée au départ. Pour y répondre, l'auteure s'arrête d'abord sur l'état de la recherche sociale à l'époque de la Commission Castonguay-Nepveu, en rappelant combien elle était alors peu développée. Puis,...

Thèse (Ph. D.)--Université de Montréal, 1986. "Thèse présentée à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de Philosophiae Doctor (Ph. D.)."