Deterioration of mental health and insufficient Covid-19 information among disadvantaged immigrants in the greater Paris area.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study is to provide information on changes in mental health among disadvantaged immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in the Greater Paris area and their level of information about Covid-19.

Methods

Prior to the Covid-19 epidemic, the Makasi community-based cohort followed 850 immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa in the Greater Paris area. Between the 1st of April and the 7th of June 2020, all participants scheduled for a follow-up survey were systematically included into an additional COVID-19-related wave of data collection (N = 100). We compared participants' type of housing, level of food insecurity, work and mental health (PHQ9) before and during the first COVID-19-related lockdown, using paired-Mc Nemar chi-2 tests. We next described their level o

SUBMITTER: Gosselin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188482 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature