Kristina
Tsvygun,
MN Student, RN, BScN
Research Assistant
Toronto Metropolitan University
Kristina Tsvygun is a Research Assistant and a current Master of Nursing student in the thesis stream at Toronto Metropolitan University with a focus on Leadership in Healthcare Policy and Education. Kristina's research interests include enhancing healthcare accessibility for vulnerable populations, with a particular focus on migrant and refugee health and well-being.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Migrant women in Canada —particularly those arriving alone or with dependents— face challenges such as socio-economic hardship, limited social support, and discrimination in the labour market; these co-occurring vulnerabilities can lead some women to engage in sex work for survival. Our research team aimed to examine the health and well-being of migrant women who engage in sex work, highlighting the compounded effects of these intersecting identities and producing implications for an interprofessional collaborative approach to health and social care needs of this population. Findings revealed…