Lee Hayoung, Paeng Eun-Ji, Devakumar Delanjathan, Huq Mita, Lee Garin, Kim Seung-Sup
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2024 Nov 7;52:101228. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101228. eCollection 2024 Nov.
To understand racism and its impact on health in South Korea, it is essential to consider the political and social context of the migrant population, including ethnic Korean migrants, marriage migrants, migrant workers, and bi-ethnic adolescents. This paper has two goals. First, we examined the increasing trends of the foreign population in South Korea, with a focus on the growth of migrant workers and marriage migrants. Following this, we reviewed the historical contexts and discussed the characteristics of racism in South Korea: 'ethnic homogeneity', 'White supremacy', and 'ethnic discrimination against ethnic Koreans'. Second, we conducted a systematic review of 43 articles on the association between discrimination and health among racially and ethnically minoritized populations in South Korea. The review revealed statistically significant associations across various migrant groups but highlighted several limitations: all studies were cross-sectional, many used non-standardized discrimination measures, all focused on interpersonal discrimination, most examined mental health outcomes, and certain migrant groups were neglected in the research. Future research is needed to address these gaps.
This work was supported by the New Faculty Startup Fund from Seoul National University.
为了解韩国的种族主义及其对健康的影响，必须考虑移民人口的政治和社会背景，包括韩裔移民、婚姻移民、移民工人和双族裔青少年。本文有两个目标。首先，我们研究了韩国外国人口的增长趋势，重点关注移民工人和婚姻移民的增长情况。在此之后，我们回顾了历史背景并讨论了韩国种族主义的特征：“民族同质性”、“白人至上”以及“对韩裔的种族歧视”。其次，我们对43篇关于韩国种族和族裔少数群体中歧视与健康之间关联的文章进行了系统综述。该综述揭示了不同移民群体之间具有统计学意义的关联，但也突出了几个局限性：所有研究均为横断面研究，许多研究使用的是非标准化的歧视测量方法，所有研究都集中在人际歧视上，大多数研究考察的是心理健康结果，并且某些移民群体在研究中被忽视了。未来需要开展研究来填补这些空白。
这项工作得到了首尔国立大学新教师启动基金的支持。
