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Migrant Live-in Caregivers Mental Health in Canada

Vahabi, Mandana, Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing, Lofters, Aisha·2018·Community Mental Health Journal
DOI 10.1007/s10597-017-0225-5
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Empirical evidence suggests rapid health decline among temporary migrant workers but there is limited knowledge about their mental health. This study explored live-in care givers' (LCs) mental health and its determinants. Using a mixed methods design, a purposeful sample of 30 LCs was recruited. Data were collected through a selfcompleted questionnaire. A third of participants reported their mental health as poor or fair. Almost half experienced major depression. The poor mental health was associated with the average working hours and living accommodation. The average resiliency scores was moderately high and appeared to function as a protective factor against mental illness. Our findings suggest LCs are at risk of compromised mental health associated to their substandard working and living conditions. These conditions originates from violation of employment contracts, unfair employment practices, and the lack of enforcement of LCs' legal and human rights.

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  • The result of this study supports the healthy immigrant effect: migrant workers arrive healthy but their health status declines during their stay in Canada.

    “The result of this study supports the healthy immigrant effect (ie, migrant workers arrive healthy as indicated during predeparture medical screening); however, their health status declines during their stay in Canada [21,44-46].”

    From Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Mental Health and Resiliency of Migrant Live-in Caregivers in Canada: Pilot Randomized Wait List Controlled Trial (2022) · cites this paper as [21]

  • High psychological distress among migrant live-in caregivers in Canada is mainly related to concerns about family at home, inability to fulfill requests for money, precarious employment and immigration, excessive work demands, lack of privacy, reproaches and abuse from employers, fear of deportation and job loss, feelings of alienation, extreme loneliness, and limited social support.

    “These studies reported high psychological distress among live-in caregivers, mainly related to concerns about family at home, an inability to fulfill requests for money, precarious employment and immigration, excessive work demands, lack of privacy, reproaches and abuse from employers, fear of deportation and job loss, feelings of alienation, extreme loneliness, and limited social support [14,15].”

    From Implementation of an internet-based acceptance and commitment therapy for promoting mental health among migrant live-in caregivers in canada: Protocol (2021) · cites this paper as [14]

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  1. Arat-Koç, S. (2001). Caregivers break the silence: A participatory action research on the abuse and violence, including the impact of family separation, experienced by women in the Live-in Caregiver Program. Toronto: INTERCEDE.
  2. McLaughlin, J. (2009b). Migration and health: Implications for development. A case study of Mexican and Jamaican migrants in Canada’s seasonal agricultural workers pro-gram. Ottawa: FOCAL.

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Authors
Vahabi, M., Wong, J. P.-H., & Lofters, A.
Affiliations
Toronto Metropolitan University (CA)
Corresponding author
Vahabi, Mandana
ORCID
Venue
Community Mental Health Journal
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-01-12
Volume
54
Issue
5
Pages
590-599
ISSN
  • 0010-3853 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2789
DOI
10.1007/s10597-017-0225-5
OpenAlex
W2782552059
Cited by
30
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1
FWCI
2.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Community Mental Health Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
the Partnership for Change: The RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project Research Grant.
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Identity, and Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
Keywords
mental health, temporary foreign workers, depression, working hours, living conditions, resilience, human rights
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Canada, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Health Status, Housing, Humans, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Transients and Migrants, Caregivers, Self Report

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