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ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2022

Pre-COVID-19 Social Determinants of Health Among Mexican Migrants in Los Angeles and New York City and Their Increased Vulnerability to Unfavorable Health Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Mireya Vilar-Compte, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Lucía Félix-Beltrán, Arturo V Bustamante

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Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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4 authors.

Mireya Vilar-CompteDepartment of Public Health, Montclair State University, University Hall 4157, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ, 07043, USA. vilarcomptem@montclair.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9047-1102
Pablo Gaitán-RossiEQUIDE Research Institute for Equitable Development, Universidad Iberoamericana, Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 880, A.Obregón, 01219, Mexico City, Mexico.
Lucía Félix-BeltránFielding School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 31-254B CHS, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Arturo V BustamanteFielding School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 31-254B CHS, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 has disproportionally affected underrepresented minorities (URM) and low-income immigrants in the United States. The aim of the study is to examine the underlying vulnerabilities of Mexican immigrants in New York City (NYC) and Los Angeles (LA), its correspondence with area-level COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, and to document the role of trusted and culturally sensitive services offered during the pandemic through the Ventanillas de Salud (i.e. VDS, Health Windows) program. The study uses a mixed-methods approach including a cross-sectional survey of Mexican immigrants in LA and NYC collected in the Mexican Consulates at the onset of the pandemic, complemented with a georeferencing analysis and key informant interviews. Data suggested an increased vulnerability to COVID-19 given participants reported health status, health care profile and place of residence, which coincided with the georeferencing analysis. The key informant interviews confirmed the vulnerability of this population and the supporting role of VDS in helping immigrants navigate health systems and disseminate health information. Mexican immigrants had an increased vulnerability to COVID-19 at the individual, geographic and systemic levels. Trusted and culturally sensitive services are needed to overcome some of the barriers and risk factors that increase the vulnerability of URM and immigrant populations to COVID-19.

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COVID-19Transients and MigrantsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansLos AngelesNew York CityOutcome Assessment, Health CarePandemicsSARS-CoV-2Social Determinants of HealthUnited StatesCOVID-19Health outreachHispanicImmigrant healthInequities

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PMID34596830
PMCPMC8485317

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