Health of International Migrant Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review

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Título: Health of International Migrant Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review
Autor/es: Oliva-Arocas, Adriana | Benavente, Pierina | Ronda-Pérez, Elena | Diaz, Esperanza
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: Salud Comunitaria (SALUD) | Salud Pública
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia
Palabras clave: Scoping review | COVID-19 | Coronavirus | Health | Migrant workers | International workers
Área/s de conocimiento: Enfermería | Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública
Fecha de publicación: 16-feb-2022
Editor: Frontiers Media
Cita bibliográfica: Oliva-Arocas A, Benavente P, Ronda E and Diaz E (2022) Health of International Migrant Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Front. Public Health 10:816597. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.816597
Resumen: Background: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and control measures adopted have had a disproportionate impact on workers, with migrants being a group specifically affected but poorly studied. This scoping review aims to describe the evidence published on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health of migrant workers. Methods: Papers written in English covering physical and mental health among international migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, retrieved from six electronic databases searched on July 31, 2021, were included. A total of 1,096 references were extracted, of which 26 studies were finally included. Results: Most of the migrant populations studied were born in Asia (16 of 26) and Latin America (8 of 26) and were essential workers (15 of 26). Few studies described the length of stay in the host country (9 of 26), the legal status of the migrant population (6 of 26), or established comparison groups (7 of 26). Ten studies described COVID-19 outbreaks with high infection rates. Fourteen studies evaluated mental health (anxiety, depression, worries, fears, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder). Three of the 26 studies presented collateral positive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic because of improved hygiene. Conclusion: There is a limited number of original publications related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health of migrant workers around the world. These publications mainly focus on migrants born in Asia and Latin America. The physical, long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has, so far, not been evaluated. The positive collateral effects of improving healthcare conditions for migrant workers should also be further investigated.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/121717
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.816597
Idioma: eng
Tipo: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Derechos: © 2022 Oliva-Arocas, Benavente, Ronda and Diaz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Versión del editor: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.816597
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