“The COVID 19 pandemic worsened my living and working conditions”. A qualitative research study of female Brazilian immigrants in Oporto

Diego‐Cordero, Rocío de; Borges, Elisabete; Silva, camila gleydes Vitória da; Muñoz, Ma Ángeles García‐Carpintero; Hermoso, Isabel María Argueta; Tarriño‐Concejero, Lorena

doi:10.1080/03630242.2022.2140379

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“…In addition, participants reported not having enough support to deal with grief. These findings are consistent with research demonstrating how migrants, as well as other minority groups, were heavily affected by the pandemic (de Diego-Cordero et al, 2022;Istiko & Elliott, 2022;Spiritus-Beerden et al, 2021). In Aotearoa New Zealand, research has found that refugees and migrants face several challenges such as increased discrimination, housing difficulties, and being stressed about their residency status (Spiritus-Beerden et al, 2021).…”

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“…Recent research in Aotearoa New Zealand reported that racism experiences are prevalent among some groups, including people from MELAA ethnicity, in which Brazilians are included (Simon-Kumar et al, 2022) (Barata, 2022;de Diego-Cordero et al, 2022). For example, a qualitative study of Brazilian women living in Portugal found that most participants suffered discrimination for being Brazilians in their workplaces (de Diego-Cordero et al, 2022). In another example, a qualitative study interviewed Brazilian women in 2019 and again in 2021 about their experiences with obstetric care in Portugal (Barata, 2022).…”

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"Fast food psychology" or serious support: Brazilian migrant women talk about their experiences with digital tools for mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Abstract Background: Migrants face specific mental health pressures. In addition, being a woman migrant might increase challenges. Digital tools for mental health and wellbeing (DTMH) have shown the potential to support people’s mental health and overcome some barriers to mental health care. However, there is limited research regarding how DTMH can better support migrants' mental health, and I identified no research about how DTMH can better support the mental health of women migrants in New Zealand. Aim: To investigate how DTMH can better support migrant women’s mental health in New Zealand with a particular focus on Brazilian women. Methods: I used a critical realist approach and sequential mixed-methods, comprising an online survey (n =104) and semi-structured interviews (n=10). Women who migrated to Aotearoa New Zealand at 18 years or over completed a brief online survey (n=104). Survey participants could opt in to be invited for semi-structured interviews to explore the topics more deeply; 48 did so. I purposely selected 10 Brazilian migrant women with varied experiences for the interviews. All 10 agreed and were interviewed. I used descriptive statistics to analyse the online survey data and an inductive thematic analysis to examine the semi-structured interviews. Survey findings were used to refine and focus interview questions as well as to select the interviewees. After each set of results was analysed, I triangulated the data and created a joint display to present the integrated findings on my primary research questions. Findings: Data from the online survey and semi-structured interviews demonstrated that being a migrant in Aotearoa New Zealand is hard and Brazilian migrant women (as well as migrant women, in general) are under pressure. Many seek help for their mental wellbeing; however, they experience this as a challenging journey. Many use digital resources to support their mental health. However, rather than using DTMH, which were built purposely to support mental health, they often used social media and internet resources to help connect to others and find social support. Integrated findings highlighted that they were open to DTMH but had usually found these unsatisfying or inaccessible (paid content). There were two key areas of insight regarding how DTMH could better meet participants needs. First, better promotion to increase DTMH reach, so migrant communities are aware of these resources. Second, improving DTMH engagement, improving features of the tools themselves such as increased chat or communication features, being free, and including a focus on active steps for mental wellbeing. There were key findings outside the primary research question: experiences of racism and discrimination were a key cause of distress, and many experienced a lack of culturally competent health care in Aotearoa New Zealand. Conclusions: This exploratory mixed-methods research suggests that Digital Tools for Mental Health have promise for supporting migrant women’s mental wellbeing. However, tailored promotion and specific areas of development of the tools appear important for Brazilian women in New Zealand. These findings can help support the wellbeing of this group and offer insights that may be valuable for supporting other migrant minorities. Keywords: migrant, immigrant, woman, digital, tools, mental health, wellbeing.

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"Fast food psychology" or serious support: Brazilian migrant women talk about their experiences with digital tools for mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand

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“…Migrant women possessed fewer opportunities in the manufacturing, retail and trade, and service sectors and were unable to work remotely. The lack of remote work options for migrant women was met with increasing risk of occupational hazards relative to employed, non-migrant women or men, as their activities required working in congested factories (Kabir et al, 2020 ) or interacting with customers in densely populated areas where disease was more widespread (de Diego-Cordero et al, 2022 ).…”

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The Gendered Consequences of COVID-19 for Internal Migration

Mueller

Páez-Bernal

Gray

et al. 2023

Popul Res Policy Rev

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Scant evidence exists to identify the effects of the pandemic on migrant women and the unique barriers on employment they endure. We merge longitudinal data from mobile phone surveys with subnational data on COVID cases to examine whether women were left more immobile and vulnerable to health risks, relative to men, during the pandemic in Kenya and Nigeria. Each survey interviewed approximately 2000 men and women over three rounds (November 2020–January 2021, March–April 2021, November 2021–January 2022). Linear regression analysis reveals internal migrants are no more vulnerable to knowing someone in their network with COVID. Rather, rural migrant women in Kenya and Nigeria were less vulnerable to transmission through their network, perhaps related to the possible wealth accumulation from migration or acquired knowledge of averting health risks from previous destinations. Per capita exposure to COVID cases hinders the inter-regional migration of women in both countries. Exposure to an additional COVID case per 10,000 people resulted in a decline in women’s interregional migration by 6 and 2 percentage points in Kenya and Nigeria, respectively.

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Triggering competence may protect multiple minority members from hiring discrimination

Reese,

Santos,

Palma

et al. 2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Hiring managers may consider hundreds of applicants for one position, leading to rapid decisions based on minimal information which may discriminate against certain individuals. However, past research shows that individuals belonging to multiple minority groups may, in fact, benefit from their intersectional status in certain contexts. First, to identify possible types of prejudice, the Attitudes Toward Gay Men (ATG) and Attitudes Toward Brazilian Men (ATB) explicit measures were created and paired with implicit association tests (IATs). Whereas participants did not show signs of explicit negative attitudes toward outgroup members, they did exhibit implicit preferences toward ingroup members. Using another sample from the same sociocultural context, potential discrimination faced by straight or gay Brazilian applicants in Portugal was examined in high or low competence scenarios, drawing inspiration from the stereotype content model. Results indicated, compared to ingroup applicants, straight and gay outgroup members were perceived alike in competence and were offered statistically similar salaries when competence was triggered; in contrast, only straight outgroup members were perceived as less competent and were offered statistically lower salaries when competence was not triggered. Findings suggest that multiple minority status may protect certain individuals from hiring discrimination, particularly in contexts where competence is not assumed.

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“The COVID 19 pandemic worsened my living and working conditions”. A qualitative research study of female Brazilian immigrants in Oporto

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"Fast food psychology" or serious support: Brazilian migrant women talk about their experiences with digital tools for mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand

"Fast food psychology" or serious support: Brazilian migrant women talk about their experiences with digital tools for mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand

The Gendered Consequences of COVID-19 for Internal Migration

Triggering competence may protect multiple minority members from hiring discrimination

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