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Fear of Deportation and Associations with Mental Health Among Michigan Residents of Middle Eastern & North African Descent.
- Source :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health; Apr2023, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p382-388, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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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]
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15571912
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162258809
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-022-01394-w