World Psychiatric Association-Asian Journal of Psychiatry Commission on Public Mental Health

Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 98, P. 104105 - 104105

Published: June 5, 2024

Although there is considerable evidence showing that the prevention of mental illnesses and adverse outcomes health promotion can help people lead better more functional lives, public overlooked in broader contexts psychiatry health. Likewise, undergraduate postgraduate medical curricula, have often been ignored. However, has a recent increase interest health, including an emphasis on psychiatric disorders improving individual community wellbeing to support life trajectories, from childhood through adulthood into older age. These lifespan approaches significant potential reduce onset related burdens for communities, as well mitigating social, economic, political costs. Informed by principles social justice respect human rights, this may be especially important addressing salient problems communities with distinct vulnerabilities, where prominent disadvantages barriers care delivery exist. Therefore, Commission aims address these topics, providing narrative review relevant literature suggesting ways forward. Additionally, proposals preventing are presented, particularly amongst at-risk populations.

Language: Английский

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Migration and Social Determinants of Health

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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“A Room of One’s Own”: Transnational Leisure in Public Spaces—The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong

Leisure Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 22

Published: Jan. 18, 2025

Language: Английский

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Experiences of live-in migrant caregivers providing long-term care for older adults at home: A qualitative systematic review and meta-ethnography

International Journal of Nursing Studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 164, P. 105019 - 105019

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Policy making for emotional support: Tackling loneliness in migrant domestic workers

European Public & Social Innovation Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 10, P. 1 - 19

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Introduction: The article delves into the experience of loneliness among migrant women employed as domestic workers in Spain, shedding light on intersections gender, race, and status. Methodology: Employing a constructivist grounded theory approach, study conducted 31 in-depth interviews with working workers. Results: analysis first demonstrates that feeling is predominantly influenced by characteristics migration process their subsequent integration work. Factors exacerbating include separation from loved ones, challenging conditions limit leisure time privacy, absence emotional social support. Secondly, results highlight psychological physical consequences loneliness. Discussion: research underscores importance implementing innovation policies to address alleviate effects this vulnerable group. It highlights not only an individual but also structural consequence living conditions. Conclusion: emphasizes urgent need for proactive measures mitigate impact Spain. acknowledges intricate interplay factors influence overall well-being.

Language: Английский

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Barriers to health access among Filipinos in Spain: results from interviews with immigrants

Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: March 12, 2025

Introduction Immigrants across the globe face significant healthcare access barriers. Beyond fundamental right to health, well-being of immigrant populations directly impacts overall health host country. Despite presence over 200,000 Filipino immigrants in Spain, existing literature on their and remains limited. Methods A face-to-face, interview-based, qualitative study consisting 8 individual interviews (7 women 1 man) 2 focus groups: (7) men (5) were carried out. Participants recruited through convenience snowball sampling. Data was analyzed thematically. Results Barriers encountered by divided into 3 subthemes: socio-cultural (health-seeking behavior, diet, endures suffering), socio-economic (family dynamics, working conditions, education), services related (negative experiences). community organizations faith helped manage stress. Conclusion To improve access, literacy integration must be promoted. Before coming equipped with cultural linguistic knowledge mitigate work stress facilitate assimilation. Structural changes promoted both countries such as streamlining immigration processes reduce economic burden ensuring a healthy workplace for immigrants.

Language: Английский

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

PLOS Global Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(3), P. e0002628 - e0002628

Published: March 27, 2024

The health and well-being of transnational migrant domestic workers (MDWs) is a pressing but largely neglected public concern. Asia Pacific region home to over 20% the global MDW population. Living working conditions, social contexts, political environments, migration regimes are recognized as consequential this population, currently no synthesis available literature prioritize research or policy agenda setting for has yet been conducted. This scoping review screened 6,006 peer-reviewed articles 1,217 gray sources, identifying 173 276 sources that reported key outcomes, determinants health, related interventions. majority identified studies were observational focused on prevalence common mental disorders chronic physical with most lacking population representativeness. Identified primarily concerned personal financial resources, knowledge behaviors, poor living community experienced stigma discrimination, healthcare access, exploitation within employment industry, weak governance. Six interventional targeted individual-level such mixed effectiveness. Future representative epidemiological respondent driven sampling needed estimate burdens. In addition, randomized control trials intervention improve women's outcomes address proximal reduce inequalities. Leveraging networks facing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) promising directions overcome access care

Language: Английский

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Overlooked by nurses: A scoping review on health stressors, problems and coping of migrant domestic workers

Nursing Open, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10(3), P. 1166 - 1179

Published: Sept. 30, 2022

Abstract Aim The first scoping review is to map and synthesize the stressors, problems coping strategies surrounding health issues of migrant domestic workers. Design Scoping using Arksey O'Malley's five‐stage framework. Methods Ten electronic databases were systematically searched by keywords for literature published between January 1995 December 2019. Data extracted into tables collated summarized themes presentation. Results Twenty‐seven reports included in final review. Analysis revealed that stressors abuse, poor service accessibility, ongoing financial hardship despite demanding working conditions social isolation. Physical mental identified which workers largely depended on networks religion cope with problems. Training para‐professional peer leaders community nurses including them interprofessional teams a possible way promote their well‐being.

Language: Английский

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Coping, Surviving, or Thriving:A Scoping Review Examining Social Support for Migrant Care Workers Through Four Theoretical Lenses

Social Science & Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 360, P. 117335 - 117335

Published: Sept. 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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Leveraging the Expertise of the Community: A Case for Expansion of a Peer Workforce in Child, Adolescent, and Family Mental Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(11), P. 5921 - 5921

Published: May 23, 2023

The rise in child and adolescent mental health concerns has led to the need for an expanded workforce meet needs of our nation's families. Peer paraprofessionals (PPs) have proven be impactful areas adult (MH) substance use disorders, persons with chronic medical conditions. PPs can contribute addressing child, adolescent, family MH by being deployed community settings providing both emotional tangible support families children. Additional address equity gaps services improving access enhancing cultural acceptability interventions. A concentrated effort expand develop this may help alleviate strain on current system. Georgetown University Infant Early Childhood Certificate program is a paraprofessional training that prepares members young authors will describe results qualitative study examining landscape peer DC was conducted expansion include individuals expertise infant early childhood health.

Language: Английский

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