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Hoping for a Better Future during COVID-19: How Migration Plans Are Protective of Depressive Symptoms for Haitian Migrants Living in Chile
This paper explores the migration experiences, perceived COVID-19 impacts, and depression symptoms among Haitian migrants living in Santiago, Chile. Ninety-five participants from eight neighborhoods with a high density of Haitian migrants were recruited. Descriptive statistics, univariate analysis,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011611 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169977 |
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author | Chen, Yijing Rafful, Claudia Mercado, Mercedes Carte, Lindsey Morales-Miranda, Sonia Cheristil, Judeline Rocha-Jiménez, Teresita |
author_facet | Chen, Yijing Rafful, Claudia Mercado, Mercedes Carte, Lindsey Morales-Miranda, Sonia Cheristil, Judeline Rocha-Jiménez, Teresita |
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description | This paper explores the migration experiences, perceived COVID-19 impacts, and depression symptoms among Haitian migrants living in Santiago, Chile. Ninety-five participants from eight neighborhoods with a high density of Haitian migrants were recruited. Descriptive statistics, univariate analysis, and logistic regression analysis were conducted. Chi-squared tests were used to confirm univariate results. We found that 22% of participants had major depressive symptoms based on the CESD-R-20 scale, 87% reported major life changes due to COVID-19, and 78% said their migration plans had changed due to the pandemic. Factors associated with more depressive symptoms were being in debt (OR = 3.43) and experiencing discrimination (ORs: 0.60 to 6.19). Factors associated with less odds of depressive symptoms were social support (ORs: 0.06 to 0.25), change in migration plans due to COVID-19 (OR = 0.30), and planning to leave Chile (OR = 0.20). After accounting for relevant factors, planning to leave Chile is significantly predictive of fewer symptoms of depression. Haitian migrants living in Chile had a high prevalence of depression. Planning to leave Chile was a significant protector against depressive symptoms. Future studies should explore how nuanced experiences of uncertainty play out in migrants’ lives, mental well-being, and planning for their future. |
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spelling | pubmed-94085262022-08-26 Hoping for a Better Future during COVID-19: How Migration Plans Are Protective of Depressive Symptoms for Haitian Migrants Living in Chile Chen, Yijing Rafful, Claudia Mercado, Mercedes Carte, Lindsey Morales-Miranda, Sonia Cheristil, Judeline Rocha-Jiménez, Teresita Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This paper explores the migration experiences, perceived COVID-19 impacts, and depression symptoms among Haitian migrants living in Santiago, Chile. Ninety-five participants from eight neighborhoods with a high density of Haitian migrants were recruited. Descriptive statistics, univariate analysis, and logistic regression analysis were conducted. Chi-squared tests were used to confirm univariate results. We found that 22% of participants had major depressive symptoms based on the CESD-R-20 scale, 87% reported major life changes due to COVID-19, and 78% said their migration plans had changed due to the pandemic. Factors associated with more depressive symptoms were being in debt (OR = 3.43) and experiencing discrimination (ORs: 0.60 to 6.19). Factors associated with less odds of depressive symptoms were social support (ORs: 0.06 to 0.25), change in migration plans due to COVID-19 (OR = 0.30), and planning to leave Chile (OR = 0.20). After accounting for relevant factors, planning to leave Chile is significantly predictive of fewer symptoms of depression. Haitian migrants living in Chile had a high prevalence of depression. Planning to leave Chile was a significant protector against depressive symptoms. Future studies should explore how nuanced experiences of uncertainty play out in migrants’ lives, mental well-being, and planning for their future. MDPI 2022-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9408526/ /pubmed/36011611 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169977 Text en © 2022 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 Chen, Yijing Rafful, Claudia Mercado, Mercedes Carte, Lindsey Morales-Miranda, Sonia Cheristil, Judeline Rocha-Jiménez, Teresita Hoping for a Better Future during COVID-19: How Migration Plans Are Protective of Depressive Symptoms for Haitian Migrants Living in Chile |
title | Hoping for a Better Future during COVID-19: How Migration Plans Are Protective of Depressive Symptoms for Haitian Migrants Living in Chile |
title_full | Hoping for a Better Future during COVID-19: How Migration Plans Are Protective of Depressive Symptoms for Haitian Migrants Living in Chile |
title_fullStr | Hoping for a Better Future during COVID-19: How Migration Plans Are Protective of Depressive Symptoms for Haitian Migrants Living in Chile |
title_full_unstemmed | Hoping for a Better Future during COVID-19: How Migration Plans Are Protective of Depressive Symptoms for Haitian Migrants Living in Chile |
title_short | Hoping for a Better Future during COVID-19: How Migration Plans Are Protective of Depressive Symptoms for Haitian Migrants Living in Chile |
title_sort | hoping for a better future during covid-19: how migration plans are protective of depressive symptoms for haitian migrants living in chile |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011611 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169977 |
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