The social determinants of migrant domestic worker (MDW) health and well-being in the Western Pacific Region

A Scoping Review

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19590901
AutoresJamie Chan (0000-0003-1601-2439, Johns Hopkins University, autor correspondente), Georgia Dominguez (0000-0003-3243-4535, Hospital for Sick Children, autor correspondente), Antonia Hua (New York University Shanghai, autor correspondente), Melissa R Garabiles (0000-0002-2928-740X, New York University Shanghai, autor correspondente), Melissa Garabiles, Carl A Latkin, Carl Latkin (0000-0002-7931-2116, Johns Hopkins University, autor correspondente), Brian J Hall (0000-0001-9358-2377, Johns Hopkins University, autor correspondente)
EditoresNanette Gottlieb (0000-0001-9199-2321), Nora Gottlieb
Ano2024
Volume4
Fascículo3
Páginase0002628
Data de publicação2024-03-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
EditoraPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0002628
PMID38536868
OpenAlexW4393218664
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas105

The health and well-being of transnational migrant domestic workers (MDWs) is a pressing but largely neglected public health concern. The Asia Pacific region is home to over 20% of the global MDW population. Living and working conditions, social contexts, political environments, and migration regimes are recognized as consequential to the health of this population, but currently no synthesis of available literature to prioritize research or policy agenda setting for MDW has yet been conducted. This scoping review screened 6,006 peer-reviewed articles and 1,217 gray literature sources, identifying 173 articles and 276 gray literature sources that reported key MDW health outcomes, social determinants of health, and related interventions. The majority of identified studies were observational and focused on the prevalence of common mental disorders and chronic physical conditions, with most studies lacking population representativeness. Identified social determinants of health were primarily concerned with personal social and financial resources, and health knowledge and behaviors, poor living and working conditions, community resources, experienced stigma and discrimination, poor healthcare access, exploitation within the MDW employment industry, and weak governance. Six interventional studies were identified that targeted individual-level health determinants such as financial and health knowledge with mixed effectiveness. Future population representative epidemiological and respondent driven sampling studies are needed to estimate population health burdens. In addition, randomized control trials and public health intervention studies are needed to improve women’s health outcomes and address proximal health determinants to reduce health inequalities. Leveraging social networks and community facing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are promising directions to overcome access to care for this population

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