"My young life, finished already?": a qualitative study of embedded social stressors and their effects on mental health of low-wage male migrant workers in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing evidence shows low-wage migrant workers experience a high prevalence of mental health disorders and adverse health outcomes. Significant disparities in health services usage among migrant workers create added vulnerability to health complications. However, much remains unclear about how vulnerabilities are constructed in migrant worker populations. Additionally, no studies in Singapore have attempted to critically examine the degree to which social environment and structures affect the health and wellbeing of migrant workers. Therefore, this study aimed to critically situate the socio-structural factors creating conditions of vulnerability among migrant workers using a social stress perspective.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured individual and group

SUBMITTER: Farwin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10329802 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature