Therapeutic landscapes, networks, and health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study among female domestic workers

Winata, Fikriyah; McLafferty, Sara

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115803

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“…One study found that MDW participants (n = 1945) scored worse on general self-rated physical and mental health than the general Hong Kong population [ 22 ]. Data collected from MDWs (n = 203) in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, found that 70% self-reported their health status in the past month as “good” or “very good,” and over 80% were either “moderately satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their life [ 88 ].…”

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

Chan,

Dominguez,

Hua

et al. 2024

PLOS Glob Public Health

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

Chan,

Dominguez,

Hua

et al. 2024

PLOS Glob Public Health

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“…Although self-care practices, therapeutic networks (the members of a personal network who are involved in health self-care activities; Smyth, 2005), and self-evaluated personal health (individual perception of their health condition; Dispenza et al, 2016) have been examined extensively separately and dyadically, the triad of these concepts has rarely been investigated (Winata and McLafferty, 2023). As such, there are currently a limited number of explanatory links to detail how self-care practices, therapeutic networks, and self-evaluated health are connected (Alsarrani et al, 2022).…”

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Russian young people’s subjective health evaluations, self-care practices, and therapeutic networks

Mikhaylova

2024

Front. Psychol.

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This study investigates the relationship between young people’s subjective health evaluations, self-care practices, and therapeutic networks using semi-structured interviews and the computerized qualitative thematic analysis capabilities of the MAXQDA software. In the summer of 2022, 41 Russian youths, ages 16 to 25, took part in this investigation. The major findings demonstrate that young people who had low health evaluations were more likely to conduct self-care with the intention of enhancing their health and to have mothers and other medical experts in their therapeutic networks. Furthermore, individuals who claimed that their health was inadequate engaged in more sports and took care of themselves even when they were ill. There was no association between the objectives of self-care practices, members of the therapeutic network, and self-care activities in terms of the type of health evaluation. Overall, it is possible to suggest that the practices and the structure of therapeutic networks are related to self-evaluated health, but quantitative study is needed to verify the causal relationship.

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Therapeutic landscapes and networks in restricted lives: Constructing restorative experiences among Indonesian female domestic workers in Hong Kong

Winata

McLafferty

2023

Wellbeing, Space and Society

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Therapeutic landscapes, networks, and health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study among female domestic workers

Cited by 4 publications

References 42 publications

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

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

Russian young people’s subjective health evaluations, self-care practices, and therapeutic networks

Therapeutic landscapes and networks in restricted lives: Constructing restorative experiences among Indonesian female domestic workers in Hong Kong

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