Coping With COVID-19: The Impact of the Pandemic on Latina Immigrant Women’s Mental Health and Well-being

Ornelas, India J.; Tornberg-Belanger, Stephanie N.; Balkus, Jennifer E.; Bravo, Perla; Solorio, S Adriana Perez; Perez, Georgina; Tran, Anh N.

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“…In addition, a study on psychological distress in the general population in China showed that individuals between 18 and 30 years of age or above 60 years of age had the highest COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) scores and that the level of distress was highest among migrant workers ( Qiu et al, 2020 ). Another recent study among immigrant women during the pandemic found that symptoms of depression and anxiety among participants were at a much higher level than prior to the pandemic ( Ornelas et al, 2021 ).…”

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Fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD among Syrian refugee parents in Canada

Sharif-Esfahani

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Morr

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Journal of Migration and Health

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Introduction The high frequency of COVID-19 has had an impact on the psychological health of all countries and socioeconomic groups around the world, with refugees suffering the brunt of the burden. The aim was to assess the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD among Syrian refugee parents residing in the Greater Toronto Area. Methods A convenience sample of 274 Syrian refugee parents residing in Ontario was recruited. Fear of COVID-19 was measured using the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S). Levels of depression, anxiety, stress and PTSD were assessed using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), and Primary Care PTSD screen (PC-PTSD). Multiple Linear Regression analyses were performed to assess the relationship between FCV-19S and the DASS-21 subscales and PC-PTSD. Results Severe levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were reported by 12.2%, 26.8%, and 9.7% of participants respectively, and 24.1% screened positive for PTSD. FCV-19S was associated with higher levels of stress ( β = 0.27, p =0.006), anxiety ( β = 0.40, p <0.001), depression ( β = 0.32, p =0.001) and PTSD ( β = 0.04, p =0.015). Discussion Government initiatives should consider tackling fear around pandemics among Syrian refugee parents to help enhance their mental well-being.

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Fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD among Syrian refugee parents in Canada

Sharif-Esfahani

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Morr

et al. 2022

Journal of Migration and Health

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“…A community-based survey was done in April 2020 by Saltzman et al ( 38 ) to assess this among 341 participants, and it reported that those people who identified themselves as Latinx, Latina, and Hispanic had a 10 times more probability of having a threshold score for depression ( 38 ). Another survey by Ornelas et al ( 39 ) was conducted to determine “how these Latina immigrants residing in King’s County coped with this pandemic” and reported that only a minority of women got infected with COVID-19; however, only 23% of them underwent the COVID-19 testing. This study also found that only 14% reported no knowledge of where to go, whereas 15% were concerned about the cost of the test and 12% did not want to know if they were infected at all.…”

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A Review Study on the Trends of Psychological Challenges, Coping Ways, and Public Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Vulnerable Populations in the United States

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant mortality and morbidity in the United States. The mental health impact during the pandemic was huge and affected all age groups and population types. We reviewed the existing literature to understand the present trends of psychological challenges and different coping strategies documented across different vulnerable sections of the United States population. This rapid review was carried out to investigate the trends in psychological impacts, coping ways, and public support during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in the United States.Materials and MethodsWe undertook a rapid review of the literature following the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. We searched PubMed as it is a widely available database for observational and experimental studies that reported the psychological effects, coping ways, and public support on different age groups and healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.ResultsWe included thirty-five studies in our review and reported data predominantly from the vulnerable United States population. Our review findings indicate that COVID-19 has a considerable impact on the psychological wellbeing of various age groups differently, especially in the elderly population and HCWs. Review findings suggest that factors like children, elderly population, female gender, overconcern about family, fear of getting an infection, personality, low spirituality, and lower resilience levels were at a higher risk of adverse mental health outcomes during this pandemic. Systemic support, higher resilience levels, and adequate knowledge were identified as protecting and preventing factors. There is a paucity of similar studies among the general population, and we restricted our review specifically to vulnerable subgroups of the population. All the included studies in our review investigated and surveyed the psychological impacts, coping skills, and public support system during the COVID-19 pandemic.ConclusionThe evidence to date suggests that female gender, child and elderly population, and racial factors have been affected by a lack of support for psychological wellbeing. Further, research using our hypothesized framework might help any population group to deal with a pandemic-associated mental health crisis, and in that regard, analysis of wider societal structural factors is recommended.

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“…COVID-19 infections, illness, and death have had especially devastating consequences for U.S. communities of color, consistent with long-standing structural disparities in race/ethnicity, gender, and other identities (Anderson et al, 2021; Cobb et al, 2021; Garcia et al, 2021; Gomez-Aguinaga et al, 2021; Kormendi & Brown, 2021). Latinx communities have reported significant economic, family, immigration, and health-related stressors during the pandemic, further compounded by COVID-19 federal relief efforts creating additional barriers to health for immigrant and mixed-status families (Garcini et al, 2022; Hill et al, 2021; Ornelas et al, 2021; Villatoro et al, 2022). Latinx people have reported fear of/and or exposure to COVID-19, the presence of people vulnerable to COVID in the home, and economic and psychosocial stressors that the pandemic exacerbated such as limited health care access, loss of income, and job insecurity (Garcini et al, 2022; Gomez-Aguinaga et al, 2021; Jamieson et al, 2021; Ornelas et al, 2021; Villatoro et al, 2022).…”

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“…The pandemic has had gendered impacts on U.S. households, such as reducing women’s employment, decreasing social support, while simultaneously increasing childcare responsibilities (Connor et al, 2020; Ornelas et al, 2021; Zamarro & Prados, 2021). These profound changes also happened in Latinas’ work and home lives (Blanco et al, 2022; Ornelas et al, 2021). For example, Latinas were more likely to report unemployment, reduced income, and more childcare responsibilities during the panedemic than Latinos (Blanco et al, 2022), and Latina mothers of younger children reported higher psychological distress during the pandemic than Latino fathers (Zamarro & Prados, 2021).…”

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An intersectional and social determinants of health framework for understanding Latinx psychological distress in 2020: Disentangling the effects of immigration policy and practices, the Trump Administration, and COVID-19-specific factors.

McConnell¹,

Sheehan²,

Lopez³

2023

Journal of Latinx Psychology

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted U.S. communities of color, such as the Latino/x population. The pandemic coincides with other major contemporary structural factors affecting Latinxs, including the effects of U.S. immigration policies and President Trump's xenophobic rhetoric and priorities. Yet, the independent and simultaneous implications of the larger sociopolitical climate and specific COVID-19 concerns for Latinx mental health remain less clear. The present study uses an intersectional and social determinants of health framework to examine these relationships. Multivariable regression models were estimated with three waves of population-based panel data from the Pew American Trends Study (collected between 2019 and 2020) with Latinx adults (n = 1,132). We simultaneously examined how worries regarding deportation, respondents' citizenship and legal status, perceptions regarding the Trump Administration, anti-Hispanic discrimination, and pandemicrelated concerns predicted variation in Latinx self-reported psychological distress, after adjusting for other important covariates. We also conducted analyses separately by gender. The results indicated that worrying about a family member or a friend being deported, perceiving higher anti-Hispanic discrimination, and viewing coronavirus as a threat to respondents' personal health and finances were significantly associated with higher levels of psychological distress. Stratified analyses revealed that gender filters the ways that some of these stressors affect the mental health of Latinas, such as perceived threats about deportation, compared to Latinos. Taken together, this work demonstrates the diverse social determinants shaping Latinx mental health in intersectional ways early in the pandemic. Public Significance StatementThis study finds that worries about deportation, perceptions of anti-Hispanic discrimination, and having higher levels of COVID-19-related financial and health concerns were significantly associated with increased psychological distress among Latinxs in Spring 2020, net of other covariates. Gender-stratified analyses reveal that worries about deportation, legal and citizenship status, and pandemic-related effects on This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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Coping With COVID-19: The Impact of the Pandemic on Latina Immigrant Women’s Mental Health and Well-being

Cited by 22 publications

References 17 publications

Fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD among Syrian refugee parents in Canada

Fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD among Syrian refugee parents in Canada

A Review Study on the Trends of Psychological Challenges, Coping Ways, and Public Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Vulnerable Populations in the United States

An intersectional and social determinants of health framework for understanding Latinx psychological distress in 2020: Disentangling the effects of immigration policy and practices, the Trump Administration, and COVID-19-specific factors.

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