Deported Mexican migrants: health status and access to care

Revista de Saúde Pública

Julián Alfredo Fernández-niño¹  Carlos Jacobo Ramírez-valdés¹  Diego Cerecero-garcia¹  Ietza Bojorquez-chapela¹ 

关键词: Emigration and Immigration;    Mexico;    United States;    Health Services Accessibility;    Health Evaluation;    Health Inequalities;    Migração Internacional;    México;    Estados Unidos;    Acesso aos Serviços de Saúde;    Avaliação em Saúde;    Desigualdades em Saúde;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048005150

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVETo describe the health status and access to care of forced-return Mexican migrants deported through the Mexico-United States border and to compare it with the situation of voluntary-return migrants. METHODSSecondary data analysis from the Survey on Migration in Mexico’s Northern Border from 2012. This is a continuous survey, designed to describe migration flows between Mexico and the United States, with a mobile-population sampling design. We analyzed indicators of health and access to care among deported migrants, and compare them with voluntary-return migrants. Our analysis sample included 2,680 voluntary-return migrants, and 6,862 deportees. We employ an ordinal multiple logistic regression model, to compare the adjusted odds of having worst self-reported health between the studied groups. RESULTSAs compared to voluntary-return migrants, deportees were less likely to have medical insurance in the United States (OR = 0.05; 95%CI 0.04;0.06). In the regression model a poorer self-perceived health was found to be associated with having been deported (OR = 1.71, 95%CI 1.52;1.92), as well as age (OR = 1.03, 95%CI 1.02;1.03) and years of education (OR = 0.94 95%CI 0.93;0.95). CONCLUSIONSAccording to our results, deportees had less access to care while in the United States, as compared with voluntary-return migrants. Our results also showed an independent and statistically significant association between deportation and having poorer self-perceived health. To promote the health and access to care of deported Mexican migrants coming back from the United States, new health and social policies are required.

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