APH Advances in Public Health 2314-7784 2356-6868 Hindawi Publishing Corporation 10.1155/2016/9730162 9730162 Review Article Social Determinants of Immigrant Women’s Mental Health http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8922-0549 Delara Mahin delaram@myumanitoba.ca 1,2 2 Prineas Ronald J. 1 Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) Winnipeg MB Canada R3E 4P4 chrim.ca 2 College of Human Ecology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Manitoba Canada umanitoba.ca 2016 732016 2016 02 12 2015 13 02 2016 14 02 2016 2016 Copyright © 2016 Mahin Delara. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Migration is a population movement with enormous challenges for immigrant women that influence their mental health. Mental health is a social issue and its determinants need to be recognized for health policy making. This paper reviews and consolidates findings from the existing literature on social determinants of immigrant women’s mental health within a socioecological framework. Findings of this review revealed that mental health of immigrant women is an outcome of several interacting determinants at social, cultural, and health care system levels and hence calls for many different ways to promote it. Recommendations for mental health promotion of immigrant women with respect to research, education, practice, and policy are explored.

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