Swarna Weerasinghe
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5186346 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Swarna Weerasinghe |
| PRENOMES | Swarna |
| SOBRENOME | Weerasinghe |
| ASSINATURA | WEERASINGHE S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2787-2330 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Deaths of female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescent girls during the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Deaths among sexually exploited adolescent girls (SEAG) and female sex workers (FSW) are under-researched and under-reported. Although excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic has been documented among vulnerable populations, specific data on SEAG and FSW remain scarce. This lack of reliable data limits the ability of sex worker organizations and public health programs to design effective interventions or respond to shifting risks. We applie…
Vulnerable exposures and outcomes for children of female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries
Introduction: Children of female sex workers (CFSW) are exposed to unique bioecological vulnerabilities that negatively affect their developmental outcomes. We interviewed 1,280 female sex worker mothers (FSWM) in eight low- and middle-income countries (Angola, Brazil, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Nigeria) between January 16 and October 1, 2019. This exploratory study focused on multilayered exposur…
Community Agency Health Promotion Capacity for Ethno-Culturally Diverse Immigrant Women
High rates of international migration must be addressed by healthcare systems. In particular, immigrant women lack access to and quality of care. Community-based health promotion may be one way to reach immigrant women. The aim of this study was to explore the capacity of immigrant settlement agencies for health promotion to immigrant women. We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with immigrant women and community agency managers to di…
Causes of preventable death among children of female sex worker mothers in low- and middle-income countries
Background: Female sex workers (FSW) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are disproportionately vulnerable to poor health, social, and economic outcomes. The children of female sex workers (CFSW) experience health risks based on these challenging circumstances and the unique conditions to which they are exposed. Although country child mortality data exist, little is known about the causes of death among CFSW specifically, thereby severely …
Inequities in visible minority Immigrant Women's Healthcare accessibility
Purpose – In this article visible minority immigrant women's encounters and perceptions in accessing healthcare in Canada are explored. The aim is to understand the role play of the vulnerability statuses, gender, visibility, immigration and their intersectionality as factors contributing to (in)equitiesin healthcare accessibility
A Life-Course Exploration of the Social, Emotional and Physical Health Behaviours of Widowed South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada
This article presents a study of the social, emotional and physical health lifestyle behaviours of a socially marginalised segment of Canada's population: retired, widowed, immigrant mothers from a South Asian country. Using a narrative research process, we explore how present physical, emotional and social health leisure activities are influenced by behaviours from their childhood, with emphasis on migration to Canada, retirement and widowing as…
Surviving in the Hour of Darkness
Reviewed by: Surviving in the Hour of Darkness: The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women Swarna Weerasinghe Sophie Harding , ed. Surviving in the Hour of Darkness: The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005. 314 pp. Notes. Photographs. $39.95 sc. The aim of the book is to increase understanding of the determinants of health and well-being of women of colour an…
Connection Between the Meaning of Health and Interaction With Health Professionals
The meaning of health perceived by adult immigrant women in Canada is discussed from the perspectives of immigration, culture, and lived experience to understand their encounters with health care professionals. Authors base their findings on the thematic analysis of focus group data. Immigrant women viewed health as the outcome of a web of interactions between conditions of mental, physical, social, emotional, environmental, and spiritual well-be…
Morbidity and Mortality Rates in a Nova Scotia First Nations Community, 1996–1999
Incidence of Cancer in Sydney and Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia 1979–1997
Incidence of Cancer in Sydney and Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia 1979–1997
A Life-Course Exploration of the Social, Emotional and Physical Health Behaviours of Widowed South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada
This article presents a study of the social, emotional and physical health lifestyle behaviours of a socially marginalised segment of Canada's population: retired, widowed, immigrant mothers from a South Asian country. Using a narrative research process, we explore how present physical, emotional and social health leisure activities are influenced by behaviours from their childhood, with emphasis on migration to Canada, retirement and widowing as…
Morbidity and Mortality Rates in a Nova Scotia First Nations Community, 1996–1999
Inequities in visible minority Immigrant Women's Healthcare accessibility
Purpose – In this article visible minority immigrant women's encounters and perceptions in accessing healthcare in Canada are explored. The aim is to understand the role play of the vulnerability statuses, gender, visibility, immigration and their intersectionality as factors contributing to (in)equitiesin healthcare accessibility
Incidence of Cancer in Sydney and Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia 1979–1997
Morbidity and Mortality Rates in a Nova Scotia First Nations Community, 1996–1999
Connection Between the Meaning of Health and Interaction With Health Professionals
The meaning of health perceived by adult immigrant women in Canada is discussed from the perspectives of immigration, culture, and lived experience to understand their encounters with health care professionals. Authors base their findings on the thematic analysis of focus group data. Immigrant women viewed health as the outcome of a web of interactions between conditions of mental, physical, social, emotional, environmental, and spiritual well-be…
Surviving in the Hour of Darkness
Reviewed by: Surviving in the Hour of Darkness: The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women Swarna Weerasinghe Sophie Harding , ed. Surviving in the Hour of Darkness: The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005. 314 pp. Notes. Photographs. $39.95 sc. The aim of the book is to increase understanding of the determinants of health and well-being of women of colour an…
A Life-Course Exploration of the Social, Emotional and Physical Health Behaviours of Widowed South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada
This article presents a study of the social, emotional and physical health lifestyle behaviours of a socially marginalised segment of Canada's population: retired, widowed, immigrant mothers from a South Asian country. Using a narrative research process, we explore how present physical, emotional and social health leisure activities are influenced by behaviours from their childhood, with emphasis on migration to Canada, retirement and widowing as…
Inequities in visible minority Immigrant Women's Healthcare accessibility
Purpose – In this article visible minority immigrant women's encounters and perceptions in accessing healthcare in Canada are explored. The aim is to understand the role play of the vulnerability statuses, gender, visibility, immigration and their intersectionality as factors contributing to (in)equitiesin healthcare accessibility
Causes of preventable death among children of female sex worker mothers in low- and middle-income countries
Background: Female sex workers (FSW) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are disproportionately vulnerable to poor health, social, and economic outcomes. The children of female sex workers (CFSW) experience health risks based on these challenging circumstances and the unique conditions to which they are exposed. Although country child mortality data exist, little is known about the causes of death among CFSW specifically, thereby severely …
Vulnerable exposures and outcomes for children of female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries
Introduction: Children of female sex workers (CFSW) are exposed to unique bioecological vulnerabilities that negatively affect their developmental outcomes. We interviewed 1,280 female sex worker mothers (FSWM) in eight low- and middle-income countries (Angola, Brazil, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Nigeria) between January 16 and October 1, 2019. This exploratory study focused on multilayered exposur…
Community Agency Health Promotion Capacity for Ethno-Culturally Diverse Immigrant Women
High rates of international migration must be addressed by healthcare systems. In particular, immigrant women lack access to and quality of care. Community-based health promotion may be one way to reach immigrant women. The aim of this study was to explore the capacity of immigrant settlement agencies for health promotion to immigrant women. We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with immigrant women and community agency managers to di…
Deaths of female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescent girls during the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Deaths among sexually exploited adolescent girls (SEAG) and female sex workers (FSW) are under-researched and under-reported. Although excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic has been documented among vulnerable populations, specific data on SEAG and FSW remain scarce. This lack of reliable data limits the ability of sex worker organizations and public health programs to design effective interventions or respond to shifting risks. We applie…
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