Impact of economic crisis on mental health of migrant workers: what happened with migrants who came to Spain to work?
| Contribuinte(s) |
Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia Salud Pública |
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| Data(s) |
22/09/2014
22/09/2014
01/08/2013
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| Resumo |
Objectives: To assess changes in mental health in a sample of migrant workers after the eruption of the economic crisis in Spain. Methods: 318 migrant workers were interviewed. Mental health, sociodemographic, and economic crisis related variables were obtained through face-to-face (2008) and phone (2011) interviews. Prevalence of poor mental health (PMH) was compared (2011–2008) and multivariate logistic regression models were fitted. Results: Change in prevalence of PMH was higher in men (aOR 4.63; 95 % CI 2.11–10.16). Subgroups of men showing the largest detrimental mental health effects were: unemployed, with low salaries (≤1,200 euros) and those reporting family burden. An increase of PMH was found in women, without significant associations. Conclusions: Mental health of migrant workers in Spain has worsened during the economic crisis. This work was supported by the Healthcare Research Fund of the Spanish Ministry of Health (PI11/01192). |
| Identificador |
International Journal of Public Health. 2013, 58(4): 627-631. doi:10.1007/s00038-013-0475-0 1661-8556 (Print) 1661-8564 (Online) http://hdl.handle.net/10045/40518 10.1007/s00038-013-0475-0 |
| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Publicador |
Springer Basel |
| Relação |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0475-0 |
| Direitos |
© Swiss School of Public Health 2013. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0475-0 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
| Palavras-Chave | #Working conditions #Economic crisis #Migrants #Mental health #Spain #Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública |
| Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
