Publications by NRN Researchers

Incoming immigrants to places like Canada tend to be religious and thereby run counter to prevailing secular trends, which we often see in research. The authors show how Community-Based Research (CBR) starts from the community to be studied and how it can be helpful when dealing with organizations that are tied to religion. They discuss the hallmarks of CBR and use these hallmarks to structure a study with The Salvation Army (TSA). Second, they extend other work on the functions of CBR to illustrate the outcomes that can emerge from this sort of approach.

Nepalese immigrants to Canada are a South Asian ethnic group with their own unique language, culture, and socioeconomic origins. This study employed focus groups with Nepalese immigrants to examine their experiences with utilizing primary care in Canada using a solution-focused approach. The authors divided the participants' suggestions for possible ways to get over the obstacles into four tiers using the socio-ecological framework that included individual, community, service provider, and government/policy levels solutions.