Centre of International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
Pandemic Centre, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 27;20(7):5273. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20075273.
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the measures imposed to control it have impacted food security globally, particularly among vulnerable populations. Food insecurity, in turn, has repercussions on health, exacerbating pre-existing inequalities. This scoping review maps the literature describing associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and food insecurity among migrants, with a particular view toward health. A total of 909 papers were extracted through four electronic databases, and 46 studies were included. The migrant populations described originated mainly from Latin America (11/46) and were located in North America (21/46). Most studies included refugees and asylum seekers (20/46). The main challenges described were financial hardship (28/46), the effect of migrants' documentation status on using public food aid (13/46), and the suspension of or reduction in humanitarian assistance due to the economic recession (7/46). The impact of food insecurity on migrants' mental and physical health was described in 26 of the 46 studies. Authorities in all destination countries should focus their attention and efforts into ensuring nutrition security for migrants in a holistic way, including their economic and legal integration, to be better prepared for health crises in the future.
新型冠状病毒（SARS-CoV-2）及其控制措施对全球粮食安全产生了影响，尤其是对弱势群体。粮食不安全又对健康产生影响，加剧了先前存在的不平等现象。本范围综述描述了 COVID-19 大流行与移民粮食不安全之间的关联文献，特别关注健康问题。通过四个电子数据库共提取了 909 篇论文，其中包括 46 项研究。所描述的移民群体主要来自拉丁美洲（46 项中的 11 项），并分布在北美洲（46 项中的 21 项）。大多数研究包括难民和寻求庇护者（46 项中的 20 项）。所描述的主要挑战包括经济困难（46 项中的 28 项）、移民身份对使用公共粮食援助的影响（46 项中的 13 项）以及经济衰退导致人道主义援助暂停或减少（46 项中的 7 项）。46 项研究中有 26 项描述了粮食不安全对移民身心健康的影响。所有目的国的当局都应集中精力，以整体方式为移民确保营养安全，包括他们的经济和法律融入，以便为未来的健康危机做好更好的准备。
