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Critical Illness in Migrant Workers in the Windsor-Essex Region: A Descriptive Analysis
Despite their essential role in Canadian agriculture, migrant workers face numerous healthcare barriers. There is a knowledge gap regarding the healthcare experiences of migrant workers with critical illness in the Windsor-Essex region. Our objective was to collect information on the experiences of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454922/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37623172 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166587 |
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author | Zhou, Alex Osman, Abdelhady Flores, Genesis Srikrishnaraj, Dhuvaraha Mohanty, Jayashree Al Bader, Retage Llancari, Amy El-Hashemi, Aya Elias, Manahel Mirza, Kanza Muldoon, Maureen Palazzolo, Ryan Zaib, Farwa Woldie, Indryas Hamm, Caroline |
author_facet | Zhou, Alex Osman, Abdelhady Flores, Genesis Srikrishnaraj, Dhuvaraha Mohanty, Jayashree Al Bader, Retage Llancari, Amy El-Hashemi, Aya Elias, Manahel Mirza, Kanza Muldoon, Maureen Palazzolo, Ryan Zaib, Farwa Woldie, Indryas Hamm, Caroline |
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description | Despite their essential role in Canadian agriculture, migrant workers face numerous healthcare barriers. There is a knowledge gap regarding the healthcare experiences of migrant workers with critical illness in the Windsor-Essex region. Our objective was to collect information on the experiences of migrant workers experiencing a critical illness at Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) between 31 December 2011 and 31 December 2021. We conducted a retrospective chart review and interviews with migrant workers. We identified 14 migrant workers who presented to WRH with a critical illness over these 10 years. Despite occasional barriers regarding access to care, the migrant workers received an appropriate standard of care in Canada. Five of the fourteen patients identified were repatriated to their home countries. The migrant worker patients interviewed expressed satisfaction with the care they received in Canada but identified repatriation as a specific concern to receiving continuity of care. The health and financial burden imposed by critical illness on migrant workers and their employers makes critically ill workers vulnerable to medical repatriation as a unique social determinant of health. Considering the critical role of migrant workers in Canada’s food security, policy changes should be considered to ensure critically ill workers are able to remain until recovery. |
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spelling | pubmed-104549222023-08-26 Critical Illness in Migrant Workers in the Windsor-Essex Region: A Descriptive Analysis Zhou, Alex Osman, Abdelhady Flores, Genesis Srikrishnaraj, Dhuvaraha Mohanty, Jayashree Al Bader, Retage Llancari, Amy El-Hashemi, Aya Elias, Manahel Mirza, Kanza Muldoon, Maureen Palazzolo, Ryan Zaib, Farwa Woldie, Indryas Hamm, Caroline Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Despite their essential role in Canadian agriculture, migrant workers face numerous healthcare barriers. There is a knowledge gap regarding the healthcare experiences of migrant workers with critical illness in the Windsor-Essex region. Our objective was to collect information on the experiences of migrant workers experiencing a critical illness at Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) between 31 December 2011 and 31 December 2021. We conducted a retrospective chart review and interviews with migrant workers. We identified 14 migrant workers who presented to WRH with a critical illness over these 10 years. Despite occasional barriers regarding access to care, the migrant workers received an appropriate standard of care in Canada. Five of the fourteen patients identified were repatriated to their home countries. The migrant worker patients interviewed expressed satisfaction with the care they received in Canada but identified repatriation as a specific concern to receiving continuity of care. The health and financial burden imposed by critical illness on migrant workers and their employers makes critically ill workers vulnerable to medical repatriation as a unique social determinant of health. Considering the critical role of migrant workers in Canada’s food security, policy changes should be considered to ensure critically ill workers are able to remain until recovery. MDPI 2023-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10454922/ /pubmed/37623172 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166587 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zhou, Alex Osman, Abdelhady Flores, Genesis Srikrishnaraj, Dhuvaraha Mohanty, Jayashree Al Bader, Retage Llancari, Amy El-Hashemi, Aya Elias, Manahel Mirza, Kanza Muldoon, Maureen Palazzolo, Ryan Zaib, Farwa Woldie, Indryas Hamm, Caroline Critical Illness in Migrant Workers in the Windsor-Essex Region: A Descriptive Analysis |
title | Critical Illness in Migrant Workers in the Windsor-Essex Region: A Descriptive Analysis |
title_full | Critical Illness in Migrant Workers in the Windsor-Essex Region: A Descriptive Analysis |
title_fullStr | Critical Illness in Migrant Workers in the Windsor-Essex Region: A Descriptive Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Critical Illness in Migrant Workers in the Windsor-Essex Region: A Descriptive Analysis |
title_short | Critical Illness in Migrant Workers in the Windsor-Essex Region: A Descriptive Analysis |
title_sort | critical illness in migrant workers in the windsor-essex region: a descriptive analysis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454922/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37623172 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166587 |
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