ArticleJournal of migration and health2024
Gaps in health coverage for racialized im/migrant sex workers in metro Vancouver: Findings of a community-based cohort study (2014-2021).
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Background: Sex workers face substantial health inequities related to sexual health and gender-based violence, many of which are amplified for the large proportion of workers who are racialized im/migrants. While criminalization and stigma are known barriers to health care for this population, we know little about health insurance coverage, and in particular how this relates to im/migration experience and racialization. We examined associations between im/migration status, duration, and racialization on gaps in health insurance coverage in a cohort of women sex workers. Methods: Analyses used data from a prospective, community-based cohort of women sex workers in Vancouver, BC (Sept 2014-August 2021). Interviewer-administered questionnaires were by experiential (current/former sex workers) and community-based staff. We developed multivariable logistic regression confounder models with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to examine associations between migration and racialization exposures of interest and health insurance coverage. Results: Of 644 sex workers, 411 (63.8%) reported lacking health insurance coverage for services needed during the 7-year study. In multivariable GEE analysis, precarious im/migration status (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.37, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.56 - 3.60), recent (AOR 4.22, 95% CI 2.42 - 7.35) and long-term (AOR 2.13, 95% CI 1.54 - 2.96) migration, and being a racialized Asian im/migrant (AOR 3.06, 95% CI 2.14 - 4.39) were associated with recent lack of health insurance coverage. Conclusion: Policy and program reforms are needed to decouple health insurance access from immigration status, remove mandatory waiting periods for health insurance coverage, and ensure that provincial insurance provides sufficient coverage for marginalized women's healthcare needs.
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