1. Fear of Deportation and Associations with Mental Health Among Michigan Residents of Middle Eastern & North African Descent.
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Fleming, Paul J., Patel, Minal R., Green, Molly, Tariq, Madiha, Alhawli, Asraa, Syed, Nadia, Ali, Ali, Bacon, Elizabeth, Goodell, Stefanie, Smith, Alyssa, Harper, Diane, and Resnicow, Kenneth
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *MENTAL depression risk factors , *IMMIGRANTS , *STATISTICS , *DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *FEAR , *DEPORTATION , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *HEALTH insurance , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *GOVERNMENT policy , *DISEASE prevalence , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *DATA analysis software , *WORRY , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *AFRICAN Americans , *SECONDARY analysis - Abstract
Anti-immigrant rhetoric and immigration policy enforcement in the United States over the last 2 decades has increased attention to fear of deportation as a determinant of poor health. We describe its association with mental health outcomes among Middle East and North African (MENA) residents of Michigan. Using a convenience sample of MENA residents in Michigan (n = 397), we conducted bivariate and multiple variable regression to describe the prevalence of deportation worry and examine the relationship between deportation worry and depressive symptoms (PHQ-4 scores). We found that 33% of our sample worried a loved one will be deported. Deportation worry was associated with worse mental health (p < 0.01). Immigration policies are health policies and deportation worry impacts mental and behavioral health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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