Applied Health Research | Assignment
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Running head: APPLIED HEALTH RESEARCHApplied health researchName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
1APPLIED HEALTH RESEARCHIntroductionThis assignment is about a research proposal which contains a systemic review on thetopic “DOES PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EFFECTS ON MIGRANTS OF NEW COUNTRY”.Australia witnesses the increasing levels of migration by people from culturally andlinguistically diverse (CALD) origins. With this developing population, Australia is facingvarious health challenges (Sanou et al., 2014). Specifically, CALD ladies have an increasedrate of health risk, for example, cardiovascular problems, poor mental condition and diabetes.Despite of the high risk of disease, ladies from CALD are less concerned about their healthcare and to take preventive measures. The aim of this study is to look at the socio-culturalimpacts on the physical movement practices of CALD ladies living in Australia byidentifying the hindrances, barriers and people who can involve in the physical action supportfor this population (Delavari et al., 2015).BackgroundAustralia witnesses a quick increase in movement of the refugees in the course ofrecent years; with annual numbers those in double of the proportion of total population. Withthe difference in the variety of this developing population Australia is facing varioushealthcare challenges. Close examination of epidemiological information uncovers particularproblems of diseases in women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) peoplegroup now living all through Australia (Kennedy et al., 2015). In addition, there is anagreement among western nations, including Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom,United States and Canada, that the cultural and ethnic disparities exist as to occurrence, ofmortality, and higher rates of risks for various infections in the persons. Out of these thespecific concern is the risk of hypertension, diabetes, and overweight, all of which aretranscendent risk factors to cardiovascular disease (CVD) (Rosso & McGrath, 2016).
2APPLIED HEALTH RESEARCHMethodIn the first article (Caperchione, et al. 2011), twelve sessions were done with thefocused group of CALD women (N = 110) from Bosnia, Arabia, Filipinos and Sudan whosettled in three regions, i.e., New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. The participantsasked to tell their views and beliefs for the socio-cultural influences on their physical activitybehaviors. In the second article (Guerin et al., 2003) , the study has been done in Hamilton, NewZealand, among the population of 108,000 people of varying ethnic and culturalbackgrounds. In the third article (Caperchione et al., 2013), interviews that are semi structured weredone with 15 different health care providers across the three populous states in Australia, i.e.,New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and the content was analysis was used to examinethe data.In the fourth article (O’Driscoll 2014), the review was systematically identified 72papers, which includes 6 interventions, 18 qualitative and 48 quantitative studies. Thecorrelates that were identified highlights the complexities that were needed to work withmigrants. The correlates were divided into four groups, which are socialization, statistic,psychosocial and environmental/organizational. The social and ecological model identifiesthe correlates such as social support and safety. However, there were some correlates whichare unique relating to individuals those who are facing cultural issues such as socializationand language.Search strategyThe first step was searching for studies or reports which contain the details of thepopulation in Pub Med, CINAHL, MEDLINE, WHO - World Health Organization, Google
3APPLIED HEALTH RESEARCHscholar, Springer linkKeywords that were used for the search are:“Men” OR “Women” OR “Adults” OR “Children” OR “Minor” AND “Migrants” OR “Immigrant” OR “Emigrant” OR “Settler” OR “Refugee” OR “Traveler” OR“Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)”AND “Health Challenges” OR “Physical Activity” OR “Mortality” OR “Health hazard” OR“Health disparity” AND“Cardiovascular problems” OR “Poor mental condition” OR “Diabetes”AND “Quantitative studies” OR “Evaluation Studies” OR “Systemic review” OR “Prospectivestudies” OR “cross-over studies” OR “control” AND “Evidence-based” OR “Demographic” OR “Psychosocial” OR “Environmental” OR“Organizational Studies”The inclusion criteria in this search strategy are:The journals were taken from 2008 to 2014, all the articles included were peer reviewed andthe language used is English.SynthesisCaperchione et al., (2011) conducted a focus grouped session with Culturally andLinguistically Diverse (CALD) women to examine the influence of socio-cultural factors ontheir physical activity living in Australia. In Australia, CALD women are at high risk forchronic diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and poor mental health status. The
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