Health of International Migrant Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and control measures adopted have had a disproportionate impact on workers, with migrants being a group specifically affected but poorly studied. This scoping review aims to describe the evidence published on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health of migrant workers.

Methods

Papers written in English covering physical and mental health among international migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, retrieved from six electronic databases searched on July 31, 2021, were included. A total of 1,096 references were extracted, of which 26 studies were finally included.

Results

Most of the migrant populations studied were born in Asia (16 of 26) and Latin America (8 of 26) and were essential wor

SUBMITTER: Oliva-Arocas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888537 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature