COVID-19 stressors on migrant workers in Kuwait: cumulative risk considerations
COVID-19 stressors on migrant workers in Kuwait: cumulative risk considerations
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DOI：
10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002995
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
8.1
通讯作者：
Fox, Mary A.
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作者：
Alahmad, Barrak;Kurdi, Hussam;Fox, Mary A.
作为一个边缘化的亚群体，移徙工人往往得不到公共政策的保护，他们从事不稳定的工作，工作和生活条件不安全，他们还面临文化和语言障碍。鉴于目前的COVID-19大流行，农民工现在面临病毒和相关反应的额外压力。我们对居住在科威特的移徙工人采用了全面的定性累积风险评估框架。这一流行病可能是压力源覆盖移徙工人生活所有领域的少数例子之一。任何单一的干预措施都不能解决所有问题;必须有一套干预措施来解决所有领域的问题。地方当局和雇主必须迅速采取行动，阻止疫情蔓延，确保易于获得检测和治疗，提供适足住房和清晰的沟通，鼓励广泛的社会支持，保障经济保护和精神健康，并随着收集到更多数据，不断重新评估情况。
As a marginalised subpopulation, migrant workers often fall short from protection by public policies, they take precarious jobs with unsafe working and living conditions and they grapple with cultural and linguistic barriers. In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, migrant workers are now exposed to additional stressors of the virus and related responses. We applied a comprehensive qualitative cumulative risk assessment framework for migrant workers living in Kuwait. This pandemic could be one of the few examples where the stressors overlap all domains of migrant workers' lives. No single intervention can solve all the problems; there must be a set of interventions to address all domains. Local authorities and employers must act quickly to stop the spread, ensure easy access to testing and treatment, provide adequate housing and clear communication, encourage wide social support, safeguard financial protection and mental well-being and continuously re-evaluate the situation as more data are collected.