Department of Nutrition and Health Science, Ball State University College of Health, Muncie, IN, USA.
PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 Apr;9(2):589-597. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-00992-y. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
To measure COVID-19 pandemic-related discrimination and stress among Bhutanese and Burmese refugees in the USA and to identify characteristics associated with these two measures.
From 5/15-6/1/2020, Bhutanese and Burmese refugee community leaders were invited to complete an anonymous, online survey and shared the link with other community members who were English-proficient, ≥18 years old, and currently living in the USA. We identified characteristics associated with pandemic-related discrimination and stress applying ordinal logistic regression models.
Among 218 refugees from 23 states, nearly one third of participants reported experiencing at least one type of discrimination, and more than two-thirds experienced at least one type of pandemic-related stress. Having had COVID-19, having a family member with COVID-19, and being an essential worker were associated with discrimination. Discrimination, financial crisis, and female gender were associated with stress.
Reducing pandemic-related discrimination should remain a priority, as should the promotion of social support and coping strategies. Noting that this is a nonrepresentative sample, we recommend that larger national studies tracking experiences with pandemic-related discrimination and stress include Asian American subgroups with limited English proficiency.
测量美国不丹和缅甸难民与 COVID-19 大流行相关的歧视和压力，并确定与这两个措施相关的特征。
2020 年 5 月 15 日至 6 月 1 日，邀请不丹和缅甸难民社区领袖完成一项匿名在线调查，并与其他精通英语、≥18 岁且目前居住在美国的社区成员分享链接。我们应用有序逻辑回归模型确定与大流行相关的歧视和压力的特征。
在来自 23 个州的 218 名难民中，近三分之一的参与者报告至少经历过一种类型的歧视，超过三分之二的参与者至少经历过一种与大流行相关的压力。感染过 COVID-19、有家庭成员感染 COVID-19 和是基本工人与歧视有关。歧视、金融危机和女性性别与压力有关。
减少与大流行相关的歧视应仍然是一个优先事项，同时应促进社会支持和应对策略。鉴于这是一个非代表性样本，我们建议在跟踪与大流行相关的歧视和压力的更大规模全国性研究中，包括英语水平有限的亚裔美国亚群。
