1 Report overview: Providing perspective on migration and mobility in increasingly uncertain times

McAuliffe, Marie; Khadria, Binod

doi:10.1002/wom3.11

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“…The United Nations International Office of Migration recently reported that in 2020 there were 164 million migrant workers. These workers provided 689 billion US dollars in remittances ( McAuliffe et al, 2019 ). From review of literature, it has become evident that there is a lack of consistency in terminology to describe the type of employment where mobile workers are employed within their country of residency but working in locations thousands of kilometers away from their families and home communities.…”

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“…Delving further into literature examples from Australia, the Philippines, and Mexico were discovered. In these countries employment occurred internally or internationally resulting in prolonged periods of family separation ( Parreñas, 2000 ; Grzywacz et al, 2006 ; Taylor and Graetz Simmonds, 2009 ; Torkington et al, 2011 ; Meredith et al, 2014 ; McAuliffe et al, 2019 ). Australian researchers reported that among fly-in and fly-out workers there are higher rates of marital stress, divorce and extramarital affairs ( Torkington et al, 2011 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the United States, approximately 75 percent of migrant farmworkers come from Mexico ( Mccoy et al, 2016 ). Researchers have discovered that depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and high-risk sexual activity are experienced more frequently among these farmworkers ( Torkington et al, 2011 ; Mccoy et al, 2016 ; McAuliffe et al, 2019 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Upon further examination of literature, it was noted that the experiences of families impacted by mobile labor are deeply rooted in gender. Globally trends in migrant labor also reveal the gendered nature of this phenomenon with 96 million men compared to 68 million women employed as migrant laborers in 2017 ( McAuliffe et al, 2019 ). In the Philippines women working abroad continue to be the primary caregiver and authority who is making decisions for their children while they are working away ( Parreñas, 2000 ; Parreñas, 2001 ).…”

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“He Never Wants to Leave. I Would Leave in a Second.” Examining Perceptions of Rural Life and its Impact on Families who Migrate for Employment and Those who Stay Behind in Atlantic Canadian Communities

2021

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In Canada, interprovincial labor migration is a common form of mobile work that is significant for rural communities especially in Atlantic Canada. Unique to this form of labor migration is the gendered nature of the phenomenon resulting in men often leaving their wives, families and rural communities behind for employment opportunities in the oil and gas sectors thousands of kilometers away. As men leave their families and communities for employment, women who are left behind become primary caregivers to children in addition to also being the primary caretakers of the family home. The Tale of Two Islands project was a multi-year, cross regional mixed methods research study that examined labor mobility and its impact on families and communities. This paper examines how labor migration has impacted families and rural communities. Drawing upon focus group, conversational and key informant interviews with families impacted by mobile labor and practitioners who serve them, societal perceptions of gendered norms and perceptions of rural life became illuminated. This has contributed to multiple contradictions and role confusion as families adapt and adjust to periods of reunification and separation while striving to remain connected to their rural communities. Men yearn for opportunities to be an active member of their home communities but cannot a result of living away for extended periods of time. In contrast, women who stay behind in rural communities often chose to isolate from community activities as a result of perceived judgments that are attributed to traditional views of rural life and family roles.

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Section: Background and Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Background and Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Background and Contextmentioning

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“He Never Wants to Leave. I Would Leave in a Second.” Examining Perceptions of Rural Life and its Impact on Families who Migrate for Employment and Those who Stay Behind in Atlantic Canadian Communities

2021

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“…In 2019, the global international migrant population was around 272 million. International migrants in Europe were about 82 million and in Italy around 6 million, representing 10% of the whole Italian population [1]. The literature indicates a greater self-reported change in diet associated with deterioration in health with increasing length of stay [2].…”

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Outcomes of Culturally Tailored Dietary Intervention in the North African and Bangladeshi Diabetic Patients in Italy

Piombo¹,

Nicolella²,

Barbarossa³

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Immigrants show higher adjusted diabetes prevalence than Italians, especially among South-East Asians followed by North and Sub-Saharan Africans. Diabetes progression is influenced by food behaviors, and diet control is a critical aspect in disease management. Food habits have many cultural and symbolic implications. Guidelines recommend that every patient should receive appropriate self-management education according to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics. This study aims to test whether a customized diet and transcultural mediator’s support can improve immigrants’ food habits. A pre-post quali-quantitative study was conducted among 20–79-year-old Bangladeshi and North African diabetic immigrants. The INMP transcultural mediator, an expert in the social and health care field, actively participates in clinical activity by decoding linguistic and cultural needs expressed by the foreigner patient. Five culturally tailored dietary profiles were designed according to international diabetes guidelines and adjusted to traditional food habits. Data were collected with two different semi-structured questionnaires. Changes in food consumption were assessed through McNemar’s test, while paired Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test was used to analyze pre and post intervention. Fifty-five patients were enrolled. At follow-up, cereals, meat, and potatoes intake significantly improved, and the number of adequate dietary habits for each patient increased significantly. Transcultural mediator support was 90% positively evaluated. Adherence to dietary control is favorably influenced by a transcultural intervention, which is based on clinical and socio-cultural criteria, in compliance with patient’s lifestyles.

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Using international migration links for early detection of COVID‐19 risk exposure in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Khan

Ahsan

Iqbal

et al. 2023

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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Reliable testing data for new infectious diseases like COVID‐19 is scarce in developing countries making it difficult to rapidly diagnose spatial disease transmission and identify at‐risk areas. We propose a method that uses readily available data on bi‐lateral migration channels combined with COVID‐19 cases at respective migrant destinations to construct a spatially oriented risk index. We find significant and consistent association between our measure and various types of outcomes including actual COVID‐19 cases and deaths, indices of government policy responses, and community mobility patterns. Results suggest that future pandemic models should incorporate migration‐linkages to predict regional socio‐economic and health risk exposure.

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1 Report overview: Providing perspective on migration and mobility in increasingly uncertain times

Cited by 123 publications

References 18 publications

“He Never Wants to Leave. I Would Leave in a Second.” Examining Perceptions of Rural Life and its Impact on Families who Migrate for Employment and Those who Stay Behind in Atlantic Canadian Communities

“He Never Wants to Leave. I Would Leave in a Second.” Examining Perceptions of Rural Life and its Impact on Families who Migrate for Employment and Those who Stay Behind in Atlantic Canadian Communities

Outcomes of Culturally Tailored Dietary Intervention in the North African and Bangladeshi Diabetic Patients in Italy

Using international migration links for early detection of COVID‐19 risk exposure in low‐ and middle‐income countries

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