Yoon Myeong Sook, Feyissa Israel Fisseha, Suk So-Won
Department of Social Welfare, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju City 54896, Korea.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Feb 12;9(2):199. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9020199.
In the COVID-19 pandemic, marginalized groups like migrants are disproportionately affected. As panic, fear of neglect, and mistrusting institutions in these groups are presumed to be apparent, their detachment to health services still needs to be investigated. This study comparatively analyzed the level of panic and trust between South Koreans and immigrants who are living within highly affected areas of South Korea. Mann-Whitney-U-Test and Pearson correlation showed panic is more pronounced in the Korean group while having a similar panic display pattern with the immigrants. The immigrant group appears to highly trust the Korean health system, health institutions, local media, and the local native community. Beyond conventional expectations, participant's average panic score showed a statistically significant positive correlation with items of the trust scale, indicating a level of individual reliance amid the pandemic panic. Thus, ascertaining institutional trust and matured citizenry are identified as factors for effective public health outcomes. During such a pandemic, this study also reminded the public health needs of immigrants as secondary citizens, and presumptions of immigrants' mistrust in such settings might not always be true.
在新冠疫情中，像移民这样的边缘化群体受到的影响尤为严重。由于这些群体中的恐慌、对被忽视的恐惧以及对机构的不信任被认为很明显，他们与医疗服务的脱节情况仍有待调查。本研究比较分析了韩国人和居住在韩国高感染地区的移民之间的恐慌程度和信任度。曼-惠特尼-U检验和皮尔逊相关性分析表明，韩国人群体中的恐慌更为明显，同时与移民有着相似的恐慌表现模式。移民群体似乎高度信任韩国的医疗系统、医疗机构、当地媒体和当地社区。超出传统预期的是，参与者的平均恐慌得分与信任量表项目显示出具有统计学意义的正相关，这表明在疫情恐慌中存在一定程度的个人依赖。因此，确定机构信任和成熟的公民意识是有效公共卫生成果的因素。在这样的疫情期间，本研究还提醒人们，作为二等公民的移民的公共卫生需求，以及在这种情况下对移民不信任的假设可能并不总是正确的。
