Hitch Lisa, Masoud Dima, Moujabber Marvy, Hobbs L Ansley, Cravero Kathleen
Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
Center for Immigrant, Refugee, and Global Health, Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
J Public Health Policy. 2024 Dec;45(4):757-770. doi: 10.1057/s41271-024-00519-9. Epub 2024 Nov 21.
Migrants living in large urban areas are disproportionately impacted by health crises such as pandemics. This policy brief explores how urban areas mitigate and/or exacerbate the impact of COVID-19 on migrant groups and provides policy recommendations. We conducted a policy review to focus on the effects of COVID-19 on migrants living in cities with > 500,000 residents. We found that structural inequity, lack of migrants' inclusion in as relief programs, and residential segregation exacerbated COVID-19 impacts. Engagement of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and e-governance showed promising effects mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on these groups; yet the use of technology introduced additional barriers such as access to devices and internet connection. We recommend increasing policy attention to systemic social inequities faced by migrant groups in urban areas and supporting innovative and inclusive implementation of public health policies, urban design, and greater engagement of CSOs in the delivery of services to migrants.
生活在大城市地区的移民受大流行病等健康危机的影响尤为严重。本政策简报探讨了城市地区如何减轻和/或加剧新冠疫情对移民群体的影响，并提供了政策建议。我们进行了一项政策审查，重点关注新冠疫情对居住在居民人数超过50万的城市中的移民的影响。我们发现，结构性不平等、移民未被纳入救济计划以及居住隔离加剧了新冠疫情的影响。民间社会组织（CSO）的参与和电子治理在减轻新冠疫情对这些群体的影响方面显示出了有前景的效果；然而，技术的使用带来了额外的障碍，如设备和互联网接入问题。我们建议加大政策对城市地区移民群体所面临的系统性社会不平等问题的关注，并支持以创新和包容的方式实施公共卫生政策、城市设计，以及让民间社会组织更多地参与为移民提供服务。
