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Intercepted journeys: Associations between migration and mobility experiences and depressive symptoms among substance using migrants at the Mexico-Guatemala border.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Feb 2022, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p297-312, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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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]
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154955208
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2020.1866637