ESL-speaking immigrant women's disillusions: voices of health care in Canada: an ethnodrama.
This article describes a research project that investigated whether language barriers play a part in immigrant women's health decreasing when they move to Canada. The findings are then represented in the form of an ethnodrama entitled "ESL-Speaking Immigrant Women's Disillusions: Voices of Health Care in Canada." I suggest that the play is catalytic because it encourages target audiences to empathize with the silenced voices of ESL-speaking immigrant women who live in Canada. I then conclude with a reflection about the potential that the genre of ethnodrama has for social change through its reflexive and critical nature.
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Laura E
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University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. LN@uvic.ca
D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002170:Canada; D003144:Communication Barriers; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D033262:Narration; D012649:Self Concept; D012922:Social Change; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*