Venezuelan migrants in Colombia: COVID-19 and mental health

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The Influence of the Urban Environment on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focus on Air Pollution and Migration—A Narrative Review

“…Factors that contribute to the development of mental health problems in this population are loneliness, lack of familiar support [ 88 ], social exclusion [ 89 ], and difficulties in accessing psychiatric care [ 82 ]. Due to the pandemic situation, these individuals are expected to cope with serious economic load due to job loss in the next future, as already demonstrated in some areas of the world [ 87 ], and could be subject to an inverse migration phenomenon, thus returning to their native villages [ 90 ], which was also demonstrated to be a risk factor for suicide [ 72 ]. Language barriers create further limitations to the acquisition of adequate information about the public health situation and personal protection [ 83 ], with the latter becoming even more difficult to address for migrant workers living in shelter and camps [ 84 ].…”

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Os impactos sociais da Covid-19 no Brasil: populações vulnerabilizadas e respostas à pandemia

“…Comumente, esse grupo populacional vive em residências ou abrigos com infraestrutura precária e experiencia grande incerteza em relação ao futuro. Devido a esses fatores, a população submetida ao deslocamento forçado necessita de atenção especial nas estratégias de Smaps (Espinel et al, 2020;Noal, Passos & Freitas, 2020).…”

“…Isso tende a aumentar inseguranças quanto ao futuro, preconceitos e estigmas, dificultando ainda o acesso aos serviços essenciais e ao trabalho (Baeninger et al, 2020;Teles, 2020). Adicionalmente, essa população tem maior chance de exposição ao vírus, pelo grande número de pessoas nas moradias provisórias e permanentes, o que impede o distanciamento social, bem como pelo reduzido acesso às medidas sanitárias de prevenção (Espinel et al 2020).…”

“…Dessa forma, estratégias para manutenção de contato com a rede socioafetiva devem ser promovidas, por exemplo, utilizando-se tecnologias da informação e da comunicação, sempre que possível. Além disso, deve-se garantir alimentação, moradia e renda, bem como acesso à informação, a serviços de saúde e a outros serviços básicos (Espinel et al, 2020;Kanu, 2020).…”