The social determinants of migrant domestic worker (MDW) health and well-being in the Western Pacific Region: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: The health and well-being of transnational migrant domestic workers (MDWs) is a pressing but largely neglected public health concern. The Asia Pacific region is home to over 20% of the global MDW population. Living and working conditions, social contexts, political environments, and migration regimes are recognized as consequential to the health of this population, but currently no synthesis of available literature to prioritize research or policy agenda setting for MDW has yet been conducted. This scoping review screened 6,006 peer-reviewed articles and 1,217 gray literature sources, identifying 173 articles and 276 gray literature sources that reported key MDW health outcomes, social determinants of health, and related interventions. The majority of identified studies were observational

SUBMITTER: Chan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10971684 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature