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Exploring the Association Between Detention Conditions, Detention- Related Abuse, and Mental Health Among Deported Mexican Migrants
JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED, v 34(3), pp 1021-1036
Aug 2023
PMID: 38009112
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Abstract
Migration, detention, and deportation are often rife with violence. This study sought to examine associations among pre-migration experiences, detention conditions, and mental health among Mexicans deported from the U.S. to Mexico between 2020 and 2021. Data from the Migrante Project (N=306, weighted N=14,841) were analyzed using descriptive statistics and unadjusted and adjusted multivariate regression models. The prevalence of a lifetime mental health diagnosis was 18.5%. Exposure to adverse conditions in detention (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=17.56, p<.001) and having been detained in both immigration and non-immigration facilities (AOR=9.70, p=.042) were significantly associated with increased odds of experiencing abuse during migrants' most recent detention. Experiencing abuse during migrants' most recent detention was, in turn, associated with increased odds of a lifetime mental health diagnosis (AOR=4.72, p<.005). Targeted, trauma-informed mental health services are needed for deported Mexican migrants.
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- Title
- Exploring the Association Between Detention Conditions, Detention- Related Abuse, and Mental Health Among Deported Mexican Migrants
- Creators
- Leah Bakely - Drexel University, Community Health and PreventionCatalina Correa-Salazar - Universidad de Los AndesMaria Gudelia Rangel Gomez - El Colegio de la Frontera NorteJesus Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga - University of ArizonaAhmed Ali Asadi Gonzalez - Universidad Autónoma de Baja California SurEmilio A. Parrado - University of PennsylvaniaFernando Riosmena - The University of Texas at San AntonioAna P. Martinez-Donate - Drexel University, Community Health and Prevention
- Publication Details
- JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED, v 34(3), pp 1021-1036
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press; BALTIMORE
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- Research reported in this publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01HD046886. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001064283100012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85167974714
- Other Identifier
- 991021861194304721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health