Confidence in government and rumors amongst migrant worker men involved in dormitory outbreaks of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey

Tan, Edina Yq; Albarazi, Dalia; Saw, Young Ern; Buvanaswari, P; Doshi, Kinjal; Liu, Jean C J

doi:10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100069

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“…Second, although participants described a high adherence to recommendations, almost 40% believed at least one COVID-19 rumor. This result confirms previous data from male migrant workers in Singapore, where authors found a high rate of participants believing in COVID-19 rumors [33] . Social determinants such as housing conditions (community center vs private apartment), legal status and language barriers (low French language proficiency) were associated with lower knowledge and belief to rumors.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Asylum Seekers’ Responses to Government COVID-19 Recommendations: A Cross-sectional Survey in a Swiss Canton

Morisod

Durand

Selby

et al. 2022

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Asylum seekers face multiple language, cultural and administrative barriers that could result in the inappropriate implementation of COVID-19 measures. This study aimed to explore their knowledge and attitudes to recommendations about COVID-19. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among asylum seekers living in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. We used logistic regressions to analyze associations between knowledge about health recommendations, the experience of the pandemic and belief to rumors, and participant sociodemographic characteristics. In total, 242 people participated in the survey, with 63% of men (n = 150) and a median age of 30 years old (IQR 23–40). Low knowledge was associated with linguistic barriers (aOR 0.36, 95% CI 0.14–0.94, p = 0.028) and living in a community center (aOR 0.43, 95% CI 0.22–0.85, p = 0.014). Rejected asylum seekers were more likely to believe COVID-19 rumors (aOR 2.81, 95% CI 1.24–6.36, p = 0.013). This survey underlines the importance of tailoring health recommendations and interventions to reach asylum seekers, particularly those living in community centers or facing language barriers.

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Asylum Seekers’ Responses to Government COVID-19 Recommendations: A Cross-sectional Survey in a Swiss Canton

Morisod

Durand

Selby

et al. 2022

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…One study supported the findings that encouraging factory workers’ compliance with hand washing and physical distancing was significant in controlling COVID-19 transmission [ 25 ]. Another study reported that multiple social determinants, such as factory policies about working and living conditions, workers’ socioeconomic constraints, the accessibility of health care, especially a complete vaccination program, and reliable health information provided by official public health organizations, influenced the cooperative adoption of personal prevention measures among migrant workers [ 26 , 27 ]. Hence, these factors should be thoroughly considered in drafting and shaping local health strategic policies to control the disease epidemics.…”

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Integrative Effects between a Bubble and Seal Program and Workers’ Compliance to Health Advice on Successful COVID-19 Transmission Control in a Factory in Southern Thailand

Kongkamol

Ingviya

Chusri

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Applying health measures to prevent COVID-19 transmission caused disruption of businesses. A practical plan to balance public health and business sustainability during the pandemic was needed. Herein, we describe a “Bubble and Seal” (B&S) program implemented in a frozen seafood factory in southern Thailand. We enrolled 1539 workers who lived in the factory dormitories. First, the workers who had a high fatality risk were triaged by RT-PCR tests, quarantined and treated if they had COVID-19. Newly diagnosed or suspected COVID-19 workers underwent the same practices. The non-quarantined workers were regulated to work and live in their groups without contact across the groups. Workers’ personal hygiene and preventive measures were strongly stressed. Between the 6th and 9th weeks of the program, the post-COVID-19 infection status (PCIS) of all participants was evaluated by mass COVID-19 antibody or RT-PCR tests. Finally, 91.8% of the workers showed positive PCIS, which was above the number required for program exit. Although no workers had received a vaccination, there was only one case of severe COVID-19 pneumonia, and no evidence of COVID-19 spreading to the surrounding communities. Implementation of the B&S program and workers’ adherence to health advice was the key to this success.

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“…Xia et al [25] investigated the impact of mass media on epidemic transmission, and their results showed that mass media had an important impact on delaying epidemic outbreaks and reducing the final scale. Facts show that mass media can properly mitigate the negative impact of negative information by dispelling them in time [26] , [27] . Yang et al [28] focused on the design of routing strategies for traffic-driven epidemic spreading, proposed an adaptive routing strategy that incorporates topological distance with local epidemic information.…”

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The impact of the self-recognition ability and physical quality on coupled negative information-behavior-epidemic dynamics in multiplex networks

Huo

2023

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals

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Confidence in government and rumors amongst migrant worker men involved in dormitory outbreaks of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey

Cited by 15 publications

References 29 publications

Asylum Seekers’ Responses to Government COVID-19 Recommendations: A Cross-sectional Survey in a Swiss Canton

Asylum Seekers’ Responses to Government COVID-19 Recommendations: A Cross-sectional Survey in a Swiss Canton

Integrative Effects between a Bubble and Seal Program and Workers’ Compliance to Health Advice on Successful COVID-19 Transmission Control in a Factory in Southern Thailand

The impact of the self-recognition ability and physical quality on coupled negative information-behavior-epidemic dynamics in multiplex networks

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