First-Author / Leading Publications

1. Salami, B., Tulli-Shah, M., Ali, I., Zwaigenbaum, J., Tate, S. A., Tseng, H. H., Ogawa, R., Gahagan, J., Perrier, M. & Maduforo, A. N. (2025). A scoping review of intersectional health research related to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America: key findings. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 3716.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25056-2

2. Salami, B., Alaazi, D. A., Maduforo, A. N., Tulli-Shah, M., & Yohani, S. (2025). Reimagining Research With Black Communities: Community-Led Agendas and Participant Recruitment Strategies. Qualitative Inquiry, 10778004251401857.

3. Salami, B., Yohani, S., Alaazi, D. A., Maduforo, A. N., & Tulli-Shah, and M. (2025). Fostering Culturally Responsive Research Practices: Engaging Black Communities in Western Canada. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251340027

4. Salami, B., Salma, J., Denga, B., Maduforo, A., & Alaazi, D. A. (2025). Réflexions méthodologiques découlant d’un projet de recherche sur la santé mentale des jeunes Noirs. Promotion de La Santé et Prévention Des Maladies Chroniques Au Canada, 45(4), 224–232. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.45.4.05f

5. Salami, B., Tulli-Shah, M., Abdillahi, I., & Crichlow, W. (2025). Analyse du Fonds pour la santé mentale des communautés noires : facteurs de succès, défis et recommandations. Promotion de La Santé et Prévention Des Maladies Chroniques Au Canada, 45(4), 233–243.

6. Salami, B., Tulli-Shah, M., Ifrah Abdillahi, & Crichlow, W. (2025). An analysis of the Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund: facilitators of success, challenges and recommendations. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 45(4), 212–220. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.45.4.06 

7. Salami, B., Salma, J., Denga, B., Maduforo, A., & Alaazi, D. A. (2025). Methodological reflections from a research project on the mental health of Black youth. Réflexions méthodologiques découlant d’un projet de recherche sur la santé mentale des jeunes Noirs. Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada: research, policy and practice, 45(4), 204–211. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.45.4.05

8. Salami, B., & Wong, J. P.H. (2025). Special Issue on Anti-Racism, Health, and Nursing. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/08445621251313497

9. Salami, B.,Bharwani, A., Johnson, N., Ladha, T., Hart, M., Dixit, J., & Benseler, S. (2024). Integrating intersectionality into child health research: Key considerations. Paediatrics & Child Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxae033

10. Salami, B. O., Kalenga, C. Z., Olukotun, M., Renzaho, A. M. N., Maduforo, A. N., Serrano-Lomelin, J. A., Tunde-Byass, M., King, R. U., Richter, S., Ladha, T., Senthilselvan, A., Bailey, P., & Ospina, M. B. (2024). Ethnic and racialized disparities in the use of screening services for pap smears and mammograms in Canada. Cancer Medicine, 13(20), e70021. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70021

11. Salami, B.; Maduforo, A.N.; Aiello, O.; Osman, S.; Omobhude, O.F.; Price, K.; Henderson, J.; Hamilton, H.A.; Kemei, J.; Mullings, D.V. (2024). Factors that contribute to the mental health of Black youth during COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare, 12, 1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12121174

12. Salami, O. O., Yaskina, M., Georgiades, K., Diaz, E., Hegadoren, K., Meherali, S., Yohani, S., & Senthilselvan, A. (2023). Mental Health of Immigrant Children and Adolescents (6-17 Years) in Canada: Evidence from the Canadian Health Measures Survey. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(21), 6997. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20216997

13. Salami, B., Tulli, M., Alaazi, D. A., Juen, J., Khasanova, N., Foster, J., & Vallianatos, H. (2023, March 1). Formal and informal support networks as sources of resilience and sources of oppression for temporary foreign workers in Canada. Migration Studies, 11(1), 52-74. https://academic.oup.com/migration/article-abstract/11/1/52/6900270

14. Salami, B. (2023). Decolonizing research with Black youths. Nursing Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12435

15. Salami, B., Alaazi, D. A., Ibrahim, S., Yohani, S., Scott, S. D., Vallianatos, H., Urichuk, L., & Islam, B. (2022). African immigrant parents’ perspectives on the factors influencing their children’s mental health. Journal of Child and Family Studies.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02130-y

16. Salami, B., Idi, Y., Anyieth, Y., Cyuzuzo, L., Denga, B., Alaazi, D., & Okeke-Ihejirika, P. (2022). Factors that contribute to the mental health of Black youth. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 194(41), E1404–E1410. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.212142

17. Salami, B., Olukotun, M., Vastani, M., Amodu, O., Tetreault, B., Obegu, P. O., Plaquin, J., & Sanni, O. (2022). Immigrant child health in Canada: a scoping review. BMJ Global Health, 7(4), e008189.https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008189

18. Salami, B., Denga, B., Taylor, R., Ajayi, N., Jackson, M., Asefaw, M., & Salma, J. (2021). Access to mental health for Black youths in Alberta. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 41(9), 245–253. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.41.9.01

19. Salami, B., Mogale, S., Ojo, F., Kariwo, M., Thompson, J., Okeke-Ihejirika, P., & Yohani, S. (2021). Health of African refugee children outside Africa: a scoping review. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 61, 199–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.06.001

20. Salami, B., Fernandez-Sanchez, H., Fouche, C., Evans, C., Sibeko, L., Tulli, M., Bulaong, A., Kwankye, S. O., Ani-Amponsah, M., Okeke-Ihejirika, P., Gommaa, H., Agbemenu, K., Ndikom, C. M., & Richter, S. (2021). A scoping review of the health of African immigrant and refugee children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3514. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073514

21. Salami, B., Iwuagwu, S., Amodu, O., Tulli, M., Ndikom, C., Gommaa, H., Lavin, T., & Kariwo, M. (2020). The health of internally displaced children in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMJ Global Health, 5(8), e002584. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002584

22. Salami, B., Mason, A., Salma, J., Yohani, S., Amin, M., Okeke-Ihejirika, P., & Ladha, T. (2020). Access to healthcare for immigrant children in Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 3320. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093320

23. Salami, B., Alaazi, D. A., Yohani, S., Vallianatos, H., Okeke‐Ihejirika, P., Ayalew, T., & Nsaliwa, C. (2020). Parent–child relationships among African immigrant families in Canada. Family Relations, 69(4), 743–755. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12454

24. Salami, B., Alaazi, D. A., Okeke‐Ihejirika, P., Yohani, S., Vallianatos, H., Tetreault, B., & Nsaliwa, C. (2020). Parenting challenges of African immigrants in Alberta, Canada. Child & Family Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12725

25. Salami, B., Hervieux, E., Dorow, S., & Okeke-Ihejirika, P. (2020). Intensified exploitation and mental stress as impacts of changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Alberta, Canada. Global Social Welfare, 7(1), 57–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-019-00164-1

26. Salami, B., Salma, J., Hegadoren, K., Meherali, S., Kolawole, T., & Diaz, E. (2019). Sense of community belonging among immigrants: perspective of immigrant service providers. Public Health, 167, 28–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2018.10.017

27. Salami, B., Salma, J., & Hegadoren, K. (2019). Access and utilization of mental health services for immigrants and refugees: Perspectives of immigrant service providers. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 152–161. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12512

28. Salami, B., & Meherali, S. (2018). One of the family? Familial and professional relationships between migrant live-in caregivers and their employers. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 14(2), 174–185.  https://doi.org/10.1108/ijmhsc-09-2016-0034

29. Salami, B., Hegadoren, K., Kirova, A., Meherali, S., Nsaliwa, C., & Chiu, Y. (2017). “And when a certain health issue happen, they try to cover it”: Stakeholder perspectives on the health of temporary foreign workers and their families. Social Work in Health Care, 57(1), 13–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2017.1379458

30. Salami, B., Meherali, S., & Covell, C. L. (2018). Movilidad ocupacional descendente de enfermeras graduadas, enfermeras internacionalmente preparadas a auxiliares de enfermería. International Nursing Review En Español: Revista Oficial Del Consejo Internacional de Enfermeras, 65(2), 188–196. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6558730

31. Salami, B., Meherali, S., & Covell, C. L. (2017). Downward occupational mobility of baccalaureate-prepared, internationally educated nurses to licensed practical nurses. International Nursing Review, 65(2), 173–181. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12400

32. Salami, B., Yaskina, M., Hegadoren, K., Diaz, E., Meherali, S., Rammohan, A., & Ben-Shlomo, Y. (2017). Migration and social determinants of mental health: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 108(4), 362–367. https://doi.org/10.17269/cjph.108.6105

33. Salami, B., Hirani, S. A. A., Meherali, S., Amodu, O., & Chambers, T. (2017). Parenting practices of African immigrants in destination countries: a qualitative research synthesis. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 36, 20–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2017.04.016

34. Salami, B., Duggleby, W., & Rajani, F. (2016). The perspective of employers/families and care recipients of migrant live-in caregivers: a scoping review. Health & Social Care in the Community, 25(6), 1667–1678. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12330

35. Salami, B., Kirova, A., Hegadoren, K., Meherali, S., Chiu, Y., & Nsaliwa, C. (2016). The challenges encountered by immigrant-serving agencies in addressing the health of temporary foreign workers. Social Work in Public Health, 31(7), 599–606. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2016.1160347

36. Salami, B., Dada, F. O., & Adelakun, F. E. (2016). Human resources for health challenges in Nigeria and nurse migration. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 17(2), 76–84. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527154416656942

37. Salami, B. (2016). Migrant nurses and federal caregiver programs in Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 48(2), 35–40.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0844562116663951

38. Salami, B., Meharali, S., & Salami, A. (2015). The health of temporary foreign workers in Canada: A scoping review. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 106(8), e546–e554. https://doi.org/10.17269/cjph.106.5182

39. Salami, B., Nelson, S., Hall, L. M., Muntaner, C., & Hawthorne, L. (2014). Discourse / Discours - Workforce integration of Philippine-educated nurses who migrate to Canada through the live-in caregiver program. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research Archive, 65–82. https://cjnr.archive.mcgill.ca/article/view/2467

40. Salami, B., Nelson, S., Hawthorne, L., Muntaner, C., & McGillis Hall, L. (2014). Motivations of nurses who migrate to Canada as domestic workers. International Nursing Review, 61(4), 479–486. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12125

41. Salami, B., Nelson, S., Hawthorne, L., Muntaner, C., & McGiIIis Hall, L. (2014). Motivaciones de enfermeras que emigran a Canadá como trabajadoras domésticas. International Nursing Review En Español: Revista Oficial Del Consejo Internacional de Enfermeras, 61(4 (Diciembre)), 517–525. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5055732