1. Intercepted journeys: Associations between migration and mobility experiences and depressive symptoms among substance using migrants at the Mexico-Guatemala border.
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Rocha-Jiménez, Teresita, Fernández-Casanueva, Carmen, Suárez-Lopéz, José R., Zúñiga, María Luisa, Crespo, Noe, Morales-Miranda, Sonia, Goldenberg, Shira M., Silverman, Jay G., and Brouwer, Kimberly C.
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MENTAL depression risk factors ,NONPARAMETRIC statistics ,STATISTICS ,SUBSTANCE abuse ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,RURAL conditions ,SELF-evaluation ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,MIGRANT labor ,UNCERTAINTY ,INTERVIEWING ,FISHER exact test ,MANN Whitney U Test ,REGRESSION analysis ,EXPERIENCE ,RISK assessment ,SEX distribution ,INCOME ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CHI-squared test ,RESEARCH funding ,HOMELESSNESS ,METROPOLITAN areas ,STATISTICAL sampling ,STATISTICAL correlation ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,ODDS ratio ,DATA analysis software ,RESIDENTIAL mobility ,PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants ,DRUG abusers ,DISEASE complications - Abstract
Substance use and depressive psychiatric symptoms have been associated with migration and mobility. The Mexico-Guatemala border is a key transit point for internal, regional, and international migration flows. However, there is limited knowledge of the role of substance use, migration, and mobility on mental health among migrants at this border. Our paper explores the association of migration and mobility patterns with possible major depressive symptoms among migrants at this key geographic region. We recruited 392 substance-using migrants using modified time-location sampling. Crude and adjusted logistic regression models were developed. We found that 12% of the sample had possible major depressive symptoms. After adjusting for relevant covariates, including gender, income, and perceived homelessness, we found that recent rural-urban and short-term migrants had higher odds of possible major depressive symptoms, whereas international migrants had lower odds. Findings of this paper suggest that although migrants experience hardship and uncertainty, they may respond with complex and nuanced forms of coping and planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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