"If I get sick here, I will never see my children again": The mental health of international migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
| dc.contributor.author | Blukacz, Alice | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cabieses, Báltica | |
| dc.contributor.author | Obach, Alexandra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Madrid, Paula | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carreño, Alejandra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pickett, Kate E | |
| dc.contributor.author | Markkula, Niina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-17T01:49:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-17T01:49:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-11-29 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.healthandmigration.info/xmlui/handle/123456789/618 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A qualitative case study was carried out through individual online interviews to 30 international migrants living in Chile during the pandemic and 10 experts of the social and health care sectors. An inductive content analysis was carried out, a process during which the researchers sought to identify patterns and themes derived from the data. Participants experienced mainly negative mental health outcomes, including anxiety and depression symptomatology. Stressors included the virus itself, work, living and socioeconomic conditions, discrimination, fear for their family and distance caring. Institutional responses to address the mental health of international migrants during the pandemic in Chile were limited and participants relied mainly on individual coping strategies | en |
| dc.title | "If I get sick here, I will never see my children again": The mental health of international migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile | en |
| eihealth.country | Chile | en |
| eihealth.category | Mental health | en |
| eihealth.type | Published Article | en |
| eihealth.enlace.uri | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707751/ | en |
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