title: Transnationalism and Hypertension Self-Management Among Haitian Immigrants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Transnationalism--maintenance of transborder activities--has important implications for the health status of contemporary immigrants. Yet little is known about how such interconnectivity interacts with health.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this critical ethnography study, 31 Haitian immigrants discussed the influences of transnationalism on their hypertension management. Transcripts of the semistructured individual interviews were analyzed and coded with the assistance of the Atlas.ti 6 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two major themes emerged: social support and financial obligation, both framed within the obligation to send monetary remittances. A duality emerged where social support facilitated hypertension self-management but consequently represented a financial burden.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study evidenced that transnationalism, although positively influencing immigrants' psychosocial well-being can negatively affect their experience with disease management. Health providers are urged to account for this transnationalism-disease management interaction when caring for this immigrant group. Future studies are needed to explore this phenomenon among other immigrant populations.
authors: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA sanon@umich.edu.
authors: Marie-Anne
authors: MA
authors: Sanon
authors: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors: Clarence
authors: C
authors: Spigner
authors: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors: Marjorie C
authors: MC
authors: McCullagh
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care / Q000191:economics; D012944:Social Support; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States
keywords: Haitian immigrants; hypertension management; immigrant health; remittance; transmigrant; transnationalism