Department of Psychology, University of Denver, 2155 S Race St, Denver, CO, 80210, USA.
Center for Research To Advance Community Health, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Oct;23(5):885-894. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01187-7. Epub 2021 Mar 23.
The mounting evidence highlighting the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in ethnic minority communities underscores the need to understand how distress and healthcare access impacts the well-being of undocumented Latino/a immigrants (ULIs), one of the most marginalized and vulnerable ethnic minority communities in the U.S. We used existing data from a cross sectional study (Proyecto Voces) of 252 ULIs to conduct path analyses that explored the relations among distress due to immigration legal status, healthcare access difficulties, and the health of ULIs. Results demonstrated that distress due to immigration legal status is related to the physical and mental health of ULIs, and that difficulties in accessing healthcare explained these relations. These data support the importance of immediate, targeted efforts for increasing access to healthcare among undocumented immigrants and highlight the long-term importance of a much-needed healthcare reform for improving access to marginalized populations.
越来越多的证据表明，COVID-19 大流行对少数族裔社区的影响不成比例，这突显出需要了解痛苦和获得医疗保健如何影响无证拉丁裔/美洲移民（ULIs）的福祉，他们是美国最边缘化和脆弱的少数族裔社区之一。我们使用了一项横断面研究（Proyecto Voces）中 252 名 ULIs 的现有数据进行路径分析，以探讨因移民法律地位而产生的痛苦、获得医疗保健的困难与 ULIs 的健康之间的关系。结果表明，因移民法律地位而产生的痛苦与 ULIs 的身心健康有关，而获得医疗保健的困难解释了这些关系。这些数据支持了为无证移民增加获得医疗保健机会的紧急、有针对性的努力的重要性，并强调了急需医疗改革以改善边缘化人群获得医疗保健机会的长期重要性。
