Positive Mental Health of Migrants in the UK during COVID-19: A Review

Yasuhiro Kotera, Habib Adam, Ann Kirkman, Muhammad Aledeh (), Michelle Brooks-Ucheaga, Olamide Todowede, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone and Jessica Eve Jackson
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Yasuhiro Kotera: School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2TU, UK
Habib Adam: Institut für Religionswissenschaft, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Ann Kirkman: College of Health, Psychology and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Muhammad Aledeh: Department of Psychiatry, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Klinik Donaustadt, Langobardenstraße 122, 1220 Vienna, Austria
Michelle Brooks-Ucheaga: College of Health, Psychology and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Olamide Todowede: School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2TU, UK
Stefan Rennick-Egglestone: School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2TU, UK
Jessica Eve Jackson: College of Health, Psychology and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 22, 1-11

Abstract: COVID-19 impacted the mental health of many people in the UK. The negative impact was especially substantial among vulnerable population groups, including migrants. While research has focused on the negative aspects of mental health during the pandemic, the positive mental health of migrants in the UK during COVID-19 remained to be evaluated. This review aimed to identify literature that focused on positive mental health, and thematically synthesise the findings to understand what positive mental health approaches were employed to support specific outcomes during the pandemic for them to survive in this difficult time. Medline, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched using terms including “mental health”, “migrants”, and “COVID-19”. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist was used to assess the quality of the included studies. There were only two studies examining the positive mental health of UK migrants during this period. They describe approaches such as religious beliefs, passion for and acknowledgement of their job, learning new things, being physically active, social media, and social activities, producing outcomes such as inner peace, confidence, well-being, and a sense of belonging. The quality of the included studies was high. More research about positive mental health in migrants in the UK during the pandemic is needed.

Keywords: migrant health; positive mental health; COVID-19; literature review; UK migrants; under-researched areas; quality assessment; pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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