Correa-Salazar C, Amon J J, Page K R, Groves A K, Agudelo-Avellaneda E N, Torres-Benítez D S, Martínez-Donate A
Psychology Department, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
J Migr Health. 2025 Jan 1;11:100299. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100299. eCollection 2025.
Migrant and refugee women and adolescents are extremely vulnerable in humanitarian crisis and armed conflict contexts. The Venezuelan crisis has unleashed the largest exodus of migrants/refugees in recent Latin American history, most of whom have relocated to Colombia. There is a scarcity of research addressing the how adverse and traumatic experiences related to violence presents mental health amidst the Venezuelan-Colombian humanitarian crisis context and how it affects communities in relocation communities. This study sought to explore how traumatic experiences pre-, during and post-migration might relate to mental health risks for Venezuelan migrant and refugee women and adolescents and assess feasible mechanisms that can protect and promote these populations upon relocation in Colombia. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 migrant women and adolescents, inclusive of cis- and transgender women in two Colombian cities using a participatory-action research framework. Key findngs suggest that parental abandonment in origin contexts, experiences of household and community violence before and after migration and structural barriers to access services are main factors impacting this population. Feasible strategies to promote and support wellbeing and better mental health access ought to include community leaderships and community-based support networks post-migration that can support trust in services, disseminate information and engage vulnerable groups in services.
在人道主义危机和武装冲突背景下，移民及难民妇女和青少年极其脆弱。委内瑞拉危机引发了拉丁美洲近代史上规模最大的移民/难民潮，其中大多数人前往了哥伦比亚。在委内瑞拉-哥伦比亚人道主义危机背景下，针对与暴力相关的不良和创伤经历如何影响心理健康，以及如何影响重新安置社区中的群体，相关研究匮乏。本研究旨在探讨迁移前、迁移期间和迁移后的创伤经历如何与委内瑞拉移民及难民妇女和青少年的心理健康风险相关，并评估在他们重新安置到哥伦比亚后能够保护和促进这些人群健康的可行机制。我们使用参与式行动研究框架，在哥伦比亚的两个城市对30名移民妇女和青少年进行了半结构化访谈，其中包括顺性别和跨性别女性。主要研究结果表明，原籍地的父母遗弃、迁移前后的家庭和社区暴力经历以及获取服务的结构性障碍是影响这一人群的主要因素。促进和支持福祉以及更好地获得心理健康服务的可行策略应包括迁移后的社区领导力和基于社区的支持网络，这些网络可以增强对服务的信任、传播信息并促使弱势群体参与服务。
