Jordana Salma
Biographic Data
| ID | 4217634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jordana Salma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jordana |
| FAMILY NAME | Salma |
| SIGNATURE | SALMA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4199-7738 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Socio-Ecological Model
Background Canadian older adults express interest in maintaining independence and remaining in their homes as they age, a phenomenon known as aging in place. A variety of supports are needed to age in place, and rural older Canadians face barriers. Much of the current literature on aging in place in Canada focuses on urban environments. However, rural-dwelling older Canadians face unique challenges with aging in place. Objective The purpose of th…
The Municipal Challenge of Creating ‘Space for Everyone’
Background Immigrant and racialized Canadians constitute an increasing percentage of the older adult population. Attention is needed to the role of municipalities and their key partners in creating urban environments that are supportive of aging in place. Objective/Methods We conducted a qualitative descriptive sub-study of policy partners’ perceptions of age-friendly policies and initiatives as part of a larger community-based participatory proj…
Voices Within
Collaborating in qualitative research with immigrant older women is a rich and rewarding learning opportunity for novice researchers as it expands their understanding of the lived experiences of ethnocultural communities. Undergraduate students with the same ethnocultural and linguistic backgrounds as research participants can build trust and rapport in research settings and, hence, are often hired onto research teams to assist with research acti…
Arts-based research with immigrant and racialized older adults
This scoping review aims to describe the range of research studies using arts-based data collection methods with immigrant and racialized older adults. A secondary aim is to identify challenges and strengths of using these approaches with this population. This review uses Arksey and O'Malley’s five-stage scoping review framework with a final number of 16 references included for the study. Enhanced social connectedness, increased transparency and …
Digital learning preferences of Arabic-speaking older immigrants in Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of digital inclusion for equitable and healthy aging. Older immigrants experience unique needs and challenges in using information and communication technologies compared to other older adults. Despite the proliferation of digital learning programs for older adults, there is minimal evidence of digital literacy learning needs and strategies relevant to older immigrants. The aim of this study is…
Unveiling Social Belonging
Background and Objectives . Older adults who lack a secure sense of social belonging may report loneliness, isolation, and ostracization in their communities. Little attention has been paid to the perceptions of social belonging among immigrant Muslim older (IMO) women. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring IMO women’s experiences of social belonging. Research Design and Methods . This qualitative descriptive study used photo elicitat…
The Art and Politics of Participant-Driven Photo-Elicitation With Muslim Immigrant Older Women
Photo elicitation is a powerful data collection tool that involves using photographs within an interview encounter to articulate, expand on and uncover experiences of the social world. Between 2020 and 2022, 41 Muslim immigrant older women between the ages of 54 and 85 were recruited via community liaisons in an Urban Canadian setting to participate in a qualitative descriptive photo elicitation study on social connectedness. We explore methodolo…
A multi‐scalar critical analysis of return migration policies in Mexico
Services and resources for migrants returning to Mexico are necessary to ease their transition and “re‐integration” into home communities. Policies that do not have a holistic approach can result in serious implications for the social, political, cultural, and health of returnees, receiving families, and communities. This research critically analyses return migration policies in Mexico drawing from the intersectionality‐based policy analysis fram…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Muslim older immigrants in Edmonton, Alberta
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the challenges associated with aging in the Muslim population and contributed to further marginalization, with mosques being sites of support during times of crises. Policymakers and service providers must explore ways of engaging mosque-based support systems in meeting the needs of older Muslim adults during pandemics
Mobilizing communities and families for child mental health promotion in Canada
Commentary on “Left-Behind Women in the Context of International Migration
Engaging Immigrant and Racialized Communities in Community-Based Participatory Research During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches have been important avenues for addressing community vulnerability during pandemics and times of crises. There has been little guidance, however, on how to approach CBPR within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic where physical distancing and closure of essential community organizations became the norm. This study discusses challenges and possibilities of using CBPR during a pandemic to ad…
Left-Behind Women in the Context of International Migration
Introduction: Despite the research on left-behind children, less is known about left-behind women across transnational spaces. The purpose of this scoping review was to assess the extent, range, and nature of the existing body of literature on left-behind women whose partners have migrated across borders. Method: This scoping review was guided by the five-step approach of Arksey and O’Malley. Fifty-four articles that focused on left-behind women …
Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada
Immigrants experience poorer health outcomes than nonimmigrants in Canada for several reasons. A central contributing factor to poor health outcomes for immigrants is access to healthcare. Previous research on access to healthcare for immigrants has largely focused on the experience of immigrant adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate how immigrants access health services for their children in Alberta, Canada. Our study involved a de…
Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees
Immigrant and refugee populations experience life stressors due to difficult migration journeys and challenges in leaving one country and adapting to another. These life stressors result in adverse mental health outcomes when coupled with a lack of adequate support‐enhancing resources. One area of support is access to and use of mental health services to prevent and address mental health concerns. Immigrant service providers in Canada support the…
Growing Old is not for the Weak of Heart”
The increase in global migration means more immigrants are ageing in host countries with unique experiences and needs. Muslim immigrants in Canada are from diverse ethnocultural communities and experience unmet health and social needs in older age. A community-based participatory research project was conducted in Alberta, Canada, in 2017-2018 to understand the experiences and needs of healthy ageing in this population. A community advisory commit…
Engaging Immigrant and Racialized Communities in Community-Based Participatory Research During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches have been important avenues for addressing community vulnerability during pandemics and times of crises. There has been little guidance, however, on how to approach CBPR within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic where physical distancing and closure of essential community organizations became the norm. This study discusses challenges and possibilities of using CBPR during a pandemic to ad…
Growing Old is not for the Weak of Heart”
The increase in global migration means more immigrants are ageing in host countries with unique experiences and needs. Muslim immigrants in Canada are from diverse ethnocultural communities and experience unmet health and social needs in older age. A community-based participatory research project was conducted in Alberta, Canada, in 2017-2018 to understand the experiences and needs of healthy ageing in this population. A community advisory commit…
The Art and Politics of Participant-Driven Photo-Elicitation With Muslim Immigrant Older Women
Photo elicitation is a powerful data collection tool that involves using photographs within an interview encounter to articulate, expand on and uncover experiences of the social world. Between 2020 and 2022, 41 Muslim immigrant older women between the ages of 54 and 85 were recruited via community liaisons in an Urban Canadian setting to participate in a qualitative descriptive photo elicitation study on social connectedness. We explore methodolo…
A multi‐scalar critical analysis of return migration policies in Mexico
Services and resources for migrants returning to Mexico are necessary to ease their transition and “re‐integration” into home communities. Policies that do not have a holistic approach can result in serious implications for the social, political, cultural, and health of returnees, receiving families, and communities. This research critically analyses return migration policies in Mexico drawing from the intersectionality‐based policy analysis fram…
Mobilizing communities and families for child mental health promotion in Canada
Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees
Immigrant and refugee populations experience life stressors due to difficult migration journeys and challenges in leaving one country and adapting to another. These life stressors result in adverse mental health outcomes when coupled with a lack of adequate support‐enhancing resources. One area of support is access to and use of mental health services to prevent and address mental health concerns. Immigrant service providers in Canada support the…
Growing Old is not for the Weak of Heart”
The increase in global migration means more immigrants are ageing in host countries with unique experiences and needs. Muslim immigrants in Canada are from diverse ethnocultural communities and experience unmet health and social needs in older age. A community-based participatory research project was conducted in Alberta, Canada, in 2017-2018 to understand the experiences and needs of healthy ageing in this population. A community advisory commit…
Left-Behind Women in the Context of International Migration
Introduction: Despite the research on left-behind children, less is known about left-behind women across transnational spaces. The purpose of this scoping review was to assess the extent, range, and nature of the existing body of literature on left-behind women whose partners have migrated across borders. Method: This scoping review was guided by the five-step approach of Arksey and O’Malley. Fifty-four articles that focused on left-behind women …
Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Children in Canada
Immigrants experience poorer health outcomes than nonimmigrants in Canada for several reasons. A central contributing factor to poor health outcomes for immigrants is access to healthcare. Previous research on access to healthcare for immigrants has largely focused on the experience of immigrant adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate how immigrants access health services for their children in Alberta, Canada. Our study involved a de…
Commentary on “Left-Behind Women in the Context of International Migration
Engaging Immigrant and Racialized Communities in Community-Based Participatory Research During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches have been important avenues for addressing community vulnerability during pandemics and times of crises. There has been little guidance, however, on how to approach CBPR within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic where physical distancing and closure of essential community organizations became the norm. This study discusses challenges and possibilities of using CBPR during a pandemic to ad…
Mobilizing communities and families for child mental health promotion in Canada
A multi‐scalar critical analysis of return migration policies in Mexico
Services and resources for migrants returning to Mexico are necessary to ease their transition and “re‐integration” into home communities. Policies that do not have a holistic approach can result in serious implications for the social, political, cultural, and health of returnees, receiving families, and communities. This research critically analyses return migration policies in Mexico drawing from the intersectionality‐based policy analysis fram…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Muslim older immigrants in Edmonton, Alberta
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the challenges associated with aging in the Muslim population and contributed to further marginalization, with mosques being sites of support during times of crises. Policymakers and service providers must explore ways of engaging mosque-based support systems in meeting the needs of older Muslim adults during pandemics
Arts-based research with immigrant and racialized older adults
This scoping review aims to describe the range of research studies using arts-based data collection methods with immigrant and racialized older adults. A secondary aim is to identify challenges and strengths of using these approaches with this population. This review uses Arksey and O'Malley’s five-stage scoping review framework with a final number of 16 references included for the study. Enhanced social connectedness, increased transparency and …
Digital learning preferences of Arabic-speaking older immigrants in Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of digital inclusion for equitable and healthy aging. Older immigrants experience unique needs and challenges in using information and communication technologies compared to other older adults. Despite the proliferation of digital learning programs for older adults, there is minimal evidence of digital literacy learning needs and strategies relevant to older immigrants. The aim of this study is…
Unveiling Social Belonging
Background and Objectives . Older adults who lack a secure sense of social belonging may report loneliness, isolation, and ostracization in their communities. Little attention has been paid to the perceptions of social belonging among immigrant Muslim older (IMO) women. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring IMO women’s experiences of social belonging. Research Design and Methods . This qualitative descriptive study used photo elicitat…
The Art and Politics of Participant-Driven Photo-Elicitation With Muslim Immigrant Older Women
Photo elicitation is a powerful data collection tool that involves using photographs within an interview encounter to articulate, expand on and uncover experiences of the social world. Between 2020 and 2022, 41 Muslim immigrant older women between the ages of 54 and 85 were recruited via community liaisons in an Urban Canadian setting to participate in a qualitative descriptive photo elicitation study on social connectedness. We explore methodolo…
Voices Within
Collaborating in qualitative research with immigrant older women is a rich and rewarding learning opportunity for novice researchers as it expands their understanding of the lived experiences of ethnocultural communities. Undergraduate students with the same ethnocultural and linguistic backgrounds as research participants can build trust and rapport in research settings and, hence, are often hired onto research teams to assist with research acti…
The Socio-Ecological Model
Background Canadian older adults express interest in maintaining independence and remaining in their homes as they age, a phenomenon known as aging in place. A variety of supports are needed to age in place, and rural older Canadians face barriers. Much of the current literature on aging in place in Canada focuses on urban environments. However, rural-dwelling older Canadians face unique challenges with aging in place. Objective The purpose of th…
The Municipal Challenge of Creating ‘Space for Everyone’
Background Immigrant and racialized Canadians constitute an increasing percentage of the older adult population. Attention is needed to the role of municipalities and their key partners in creating urban environments that are supportive of aging in place. Objective/Methods We conducted a qualitative descriptive sub-study of policy partners’ perceptions of age-friendly policies and initiatives as part of a larger community-based participatory proj…
Sociology (12 works) · Immigration (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)