title: Migration and young people's mental health in Canada: A scoping review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Young people's mental health is a public health priority. Given the influences of migration and resettlement on mental health, synthesis of current research with young people from migrant backgrounds can help inform mental health promotion initiatives that account for and are responsive to their needs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article distils the results of a review of published literature on the mental health of adolescent immigrants (ages 10-19) living in Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  Scoping review methods were used to define inclusion and exclusion criteria; inform the search strategies; and extract and synthesize key findings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fourteen articles met criteria for inclusion. Analysis of the studies indicate diversity in mental health indicators, e.g., mental distress, emotional problems and behavioral problems, as well as a wide range of influences on mental health from age at migration and length of stay to place of residence, income and discrimination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings support the need to account for the array of influences on young people's mental health in relation to migration and to augment initiatives beyond the level of individual intervention.
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada .
authors.forename: Carla Theresa
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Hilario
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada .
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Oliffe
authors.affiliation: b Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University , Toronto , Ontario , Canada , and.
authors.forename: Josephine Pui-Hing
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada .
authors.forename: Annette J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.affiliation: c Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University , Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada.
authors.forename: Joy Louise
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Mental health; immigrant; mental illness