Online Peer-Support Group’s Role in Addressing Filipino Domestic Workers’ Social Support Needs: Content and Social Media Metrics Analysis

Cheng, Qijin; Vicera, Christine

doi:10.3390/ijerph19159665

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“…Sharing and pooling resources and services were the most common ways in which migrant groups mobilized to help fellow Filipinos. This included responding to material needs such as food packs, vitamins, winter clothes, COVID testing kits, masks and disinfectants, and offering temporary shelter or raising funds for housing for those who became homeless (Galam, 2020;Vilog and Piocos III, 2020;Pandey et al, 2021;Cheng and Vicera, 2022). These communities of care also offered a range of free services, including paralegal assistance, counseling, and food delivery, to Filipinos who had contracted the virus or were unable to go outside due to quarantine measures or the risk of arrest.…”

Section: In Host Countries Community Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

“…OFWs would check the health and wellbeing of their fellow OFWs in their proximity, subsequently coordinating more structured and unified initiatives. Online peer support groups for domestic workers in Hong Kong emerged, offering emotional and practical assistance by sharing information on COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, dispelling misinformation, and providing credible sources (Cheng and Vicera, 2022). Some Filipino nurses engaged in conversations with each other as a means of stress relief (Elmaco, 2022).…”

Section: In Host Countries Community Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some Filipino nurses engaged in conversations with each other as a means of stress relief (Elmaco, 2022). Migrant organizations played a crucial role in connecting migrant workers with government agencies and other relevant organizations (Cheng and Vicera, 2022). In collaboration with the government, they developed a mental health application called "Kamusta Kabayan" (How are you, fellow Filipino) (Liem et al, 2022).…”

Section: In Host Countries Community Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

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Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Overseas Filipino Workers and their left-behind families: a scoping review

Gomez-Magdaraog,

Burton-Jeangros,

Jackson

2024

Front. Polit. Sci.

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Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are considered bagong bayani, or modern-day heroes, as their remittances have a positive long-term impact on the Philippines economy. The Philippines ranked 10th worldwide in terms of net emigration from 2010 to 2020. The deployment of OFWs declined during the pandemic, and this was estimated to have adverse effects on remittances. As a migrant-sending country, the Philippine government had to deal with the mass of unemployed OFWs stranded in their host countries and organize large-scale repatriation of OFWs. This scoping review aims to assess the existing literature, identify research gaps, and propose future research directions concerning the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on OFWs and their left-behind families. The results indicate that the impact of the pandemic on OFWs was not uniform. It is evident that OFWs in precarious situations beforehand have become even more vulnerable. The loss of their source of income in the host country and the restrictions on international mobility during the pandemic had significant detrimental effects on their wellbeing and their families left behind, regardless of their income level or type of job. Upon returning to their home country, they often experienced anxiety, depression, discrimination, and difficulty in finding a job. Overall, this scoping review highlights the urgent need for greater recognition and protection of OFWs in times of crisis. It is crucial to address the systemic issues that contribute to their vulnerability and to ensure that they receive adequate support and protection in host countries and the Philippines.

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Section: In Host Countries Community Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: In Host Countries Community Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: In Host Countries Community Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

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Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Overseas Filipino Workers and their left-behind families: a scoping review

Gomez-Magdaraog,

Burton-Jeangros,

Jackson

2024

Front. Polit. Sci.

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“…In Hong Kong's more liberal regime (in 2014), Facebook was the main vehicle to mobilise advocacy groups following the torture and abuse of Indonesian Erwiana Sulistyaningsih (Allmark and Wahyudi 2016). Filipinos have also turned to social media for online peer support -both emotional and practical (Cheng and Vicera 2022). Fellow migrants who pass away are mourned 'digitally' on Facebook in Israel (Babis 2021).…”

Section: Commiseration Audience and Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Play and Counter-Conduct: Migrant Domestic Workers on TikTok

Chee¹

2022

Preprint

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This paper examines how migrant domestic workers subvert domination, exploitation and subjection through performances on TikTok videos. Through this confessional social medium, workers exercise a form of autonomy in severely restrictive employment and living conditions, where collective action may not only be improbable but also illegal. I argue that these videos demonstrate Foucauldian counter-conduct or the “art of not being governed so much.” Counter-conduct is an exercise of agency which transforms the self and others through relations of power. It is a form of resistance distinct to a category of workers who have limited access to the public sphere due in part to the gendered nature of cooking, cleaning and caring. Domestic work is not normally included in labour laws and the place of employment are employers’ private homes. This makes it difficult to organize or make rights claims. I build on a Foucauldian ‘analytics of resistance’ to examine the practices, mentalities and subjectivities performed by migrant domestic workers in videos produced at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a period of tremendous stress on households. These videos became a popular medium among workers in the Middle East to express themselves, alleviate isolation and connect with others. In so doing, so-called ‘modern slaves,’ enact freedom, already present, as subjects of ethics and politics.

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“…Social networks, specifically employers and peers, may serve not just as direct sources of health information but can become “access points to health institutions and services” (Piocos et al, 2021, p. 95). Beyond medical concerns, access to interpersonal network via technologically mediated communication, primarily media, also helps in addressing mental health issues and general well-being of many FHSWs in HK (Cheng & Vicera, 2022; Zhong et al, 2022).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community organizations and ethnic media working with foreign household service workers: Applying communication infrastructure theory to migrant health

Bernadas

Piocos

Vilog

2023

Communication and the Public

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Informed by Communication Infrastructure Theory (CIT), this article explores the ways community organizations and ethnic media serve as communicative resources and form into storytelling networks with different health-enhancing purposes for Filipina household service workers (FHSWs) in Hong Kong (HK). Using key informant interviews with print and broadcast media, non-governmental organizations, and faith-based organizations in HK, it found that cancer, stroke, and depression were shared concerns among FHSWs. Community organizations and ethnic media explained these concerns based on work and labor conditions. As communicative resources, they provided health information, offered tangible support, and campaigned to employers and governments. In discussing social media for health, community organizations highlighted accessibility, whereas ethnic media focused on journalistic practices. Overall, this article highlights ethnic media and community organizations as key but often overlooked publics in health communication and the importance of further incorporating temporality in CIT-informed research for migrant health. Implications to public health campaigns and health reporting are discussed.

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Online Peer-Support Group’s Role in Addressing Filipino Domestic Workers’ Social Support Needs: Content and Social Media Metrics Analysis

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Overseas Filipino Workers and their left-behind families: a scoping review

Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Overseas Filipino Workers and their left-behind families: a scoping review

Play and Counter-Conduct: Migrant Domestic Workers on TikTok

Community organizations and ethnic media working with foreign household service workers: Applying communication infrastructure theory to migrant health

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