ArticlePreventive medicine reports2022
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups, including homeless persons and migrants, in France: A qualitative study.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to and delivery of maternal and child healthcare services in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- The Impact of Being Homeless on the Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19: Systematic Review.International journal of public health · 2023Pooled it
- Inequality, Trust and Fear: Migrant Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Social Vulnerability and Compliance With World Health Organization Advice on Protective Behaviors Against COVID-19 in African and Asia Pacific Countries: Factor Analysis to Develop a Social Vulnerability Index.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- COVID-19 and (ir)responsible (im)mobility: Reading counter-practices through Levinas and Derrida.Open research Europe · 2024Article
- Reviving health mediation during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond: an implementation study in deprived neighbourhoods of Marseille, France.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Strategies to improve the magnetic resonance imaging experience for autistic individuals: a cross-sectional study exploring parents and carers' experiences.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Asylum Seekers' Responses to Government COVID-19 Recommendations: A Cross-sectional Survey in a Swiss Canton.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- The Fears and Hopes of Ukrainian Migrant Workers in Poland in the Pandemic Era.Journal of international migration and integration · 2023Article
- The impact of social capital and social environmental factors on mental health and flourishing: the experiences of asylum-seekers in France.Conflict and health · 2023Article
- A scoping review of the impacts of COVID-19 physical distancing measures on vulnerable population groups.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Role of social capital in response to and recovery from the first wave of COVID-19 in Thailand: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- A county-level analysis of association between social vulnerability and COVID-19 cases in Khuzestan Province, Iran.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2023Article
- Editorial: Health systems recovery in the context of COVID-19 and protracted conflict.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Analysis of Asylum Seekers' Experiences and Worries in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.International journal of public health · 2023Article
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- "Living in Confinement, Stopped in Time": Migrant Social Vulnerability, Coping and Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in France.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Social inequalities tended to increase in the context of the pandemic, particularly in relation to the measures taken to manage and reduce the risk of COVID-19. When lockdown measures required the general population "to stay home", what were homeless people expected to do? The ECHO study is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a convergent mixed-method design. Data were collected across shelters in France both during and immediately following the lockdown (April - June 2020). This article presents the study's qualitative findings, with a focus on understanding both the experiences and perceptions among these populations of the measures taken to limit the COVID-19 infection. A total of 26 semi-directed individual interviews were conducted across seven shelters in both Lyon (42%) and Paris (58%). Data were analysed using thematic content analysis with partial blinded coding. Four key themes were identified: 1- Reactions to the introduction of lockdown: a sudden implementation reminiscent of prior violent or traumatic circumstances amongst participants, 2- Accommodation during lockdown: participants' conflicting visions of the shelter, 3- Influence of the media and public communication: an abundant flow of information impacting participant's wellbeing and representations on the pandemic, and 4- The individual impact of lockdown: perceived health and limitations to daily life activities. The most vulnerable populations have borne the heaviest burden during the pandemic. It is therefore crucial that we improve both the availability of information, and the health literacy of, all groups within the national population.
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