abstract: 'Examining the historical antecedents of racialized immigrant women are

  important precursors to understanding the challenges they face in access

  to quality and timely healthcare in Canada. Changes to immigration

  policies, structural and systemic racial discrimination perpetuate the

  feminization of migration in Canada, create structural barriers in

  labour market integration, increase social exclusion and ultimately

  create unequal access to healthcare services. Despite their high levels

  of education, racialized immigrant women in Canada are over-represented

  in low-paid, low-skill precarious jobs. They also face powerful

  structural barriers to decent professional employment due to the lack of

  acceptance of foreign educational and licencing credentials. Ultimately,

  these challenges negatively impact how they interact with healthcare

  services. Utilizing an intersectional and socio-ecology framework, this

  review aims to highlight the historical antecedents of racialized

  immigrant women in access to healthcare services in Canada and examine

  the challenges racialized immigrant women face in access to healthcare

  services in Canada. Findings from this review can be used to open

  dialogues on possible changes to immigration and social policies in

  Canada, including changes to labour market practices, and initiatives to

  address structural and systemic barriers, to enable racialized immigrant

  women overcome the challenges they face in accessing quality healthcare

  services in a timely manner.'
affiliation: 'Nwoke, CN (Corresponding Author), Univ Lethbridge, Fac Hlth Sci, 4401
  Univ Dr, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada.

  Nwoke, Chinenye Nmanma; Leung, Brenda M. Y., Univ Lethbridge, Fac Hlth Sci, 4401
  Univ Dr, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada.'
author: Nwoke, Chinenye Nmanma and Leung, Brenda M. Y.
author-email: chinenye.nwoke@uleth.ca
author_list:
- family: Nwoke
  given: Chinenye Nmanma
- family: Leung
  given: Brenda M. Y.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00907-3
earlyaccessdate: NOV 2020
eissn: 2196-8837
files: []
issn: 2197-3792
journal: JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES
keywords: 'Racialized immigrants; Healthcare provision; Historical antecedents;

  Social exclusion; Access to healthcare'
keywords-plus: SOURCE COUNTRY; GENDER; RACISM; EXPERIENCES; FRAMEWORK
language: English
month: DEC
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '72'
orcid-numbers: Nwoke, Chinenye/0000-0003-1241-2531
pages: 1447-1455
papis_id: bee5eef59579b6e6c6e5c3e5837d632c
ref: Nwoke2021historicalantecedent
tags:
- review
times-cited: '5'
title: 'Historical Antecedents and Challenges of Racialized Immigrant Women in Access
  to Healthcare Services in Canada: an Exploratory Review of the Literature'
type: Review
unique-id: WOS:000584995400002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '11'
volume: '8'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2021'