Discrimination, integration and self-perceived mental health among immigrants in Italy

Petrelli, Alessio; Napoli, Angela; Mandolini, D; Rossi, Alessandra; Gatta, Rosaria; Costanzo, Gianfranco; Perez, Monica

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckv167.057

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“…These analyses made it possible to develop codes and classifications that could be easily understood and used by health personnel in first aid settings, starting from the classifications of violence and torture as described in the Istanbul Protocol [44], then arriving at a synthesis adopted by various studies [4,7,12,16,17,23,25,45]. The analysis of the literature focused on studies that observed violence and torture suffered from the beginning to the end of the migration journey, detailing the country, type, place, and perpetrator.…”

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Anthropological Research Study of Migrants at the First Aid and Reception Center (CPSA) of Lampedusa

Segneri¹,

Napoli²,

Costanzo

et al. 2022

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A medical anthropology research study was conducted in 2015 at the First Aid and Reception Center (CPSA) on the island of Lampedusa (Italy) as part of a larger health project carried out by the National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (INMP) in Rome. The study investigated the health conditions of migrants at the moment of their departure and on arrival, their migration journey, and their life plans and expectations for the future. The ethnographic method adopted for the study was based on participant observation and on data collection by means of a semi-structured interview (51 items simultaneously translated by cultural mediators into Tigrinya, Arabic, English, and French). Interviewed were 112 adults (82 men and 30 women) from the Gulf of Guinea and the Horn of Africa. The cooccurrence of forced migration and economic concerns was confirmed; violence and torture were constants throughout the migration journey in 81% of cases. Ethnographic data detailed the timing, countries, settings, perpetrators, and types of violence endured. A combination of qualitative and quantitative findings can both facilitate the identification of fragile health conditions and support clinicians in the diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitation pathways. These data illustrate the importance and feasibility of multidisciplinary collaboration even in emergency contexts.

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