@inbook{10.3138/9781442689848.9, ISBN = {9780802096050}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442689848.9}, abstract = {The migration experience exerts a profound influence on the health and well-being of immigrants (Beiser 2005), adding another layer of complexity to the multiple pathways through which the determinants of health operate. Gender and ethnicity, powerful determinants of health, also shape the migration experience of immigrant women (Boyd and Grieco 2003). Health outcomes for immigrant women are, therefore, the product of the interplay between social and medical health determinants, the migration experience, and gender roles, in both their country of origin and in the host society.Globally, migration is resulting in the increasing racial and ethnic diversity, within nations, of}, author = {ARLENE S. BIERMAN and FARAH AHMAD and FARAH N. MAWANI}, booktitle = {Racialized Migrant Women in Canada: Essays on Health, Violence and Equity}, pages = {98--136}, publisher = {University of Toronto Press}, title = {Gender, Migration, and Health}, year = {2009} }