Migrant Men Living in Brazil during the Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Ramon Vinicius Peixoto da Silva Santos, João Cruz Neto, Sidiane Rodrigues Bacelo, Oscar Yovani Fabian José, Oscar Javier Vergara-Escobar, Felipe Machuca-Contreras, Maria Cecilia Leite de Moraes, Luciano Garcia Lourenção, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa (), Layze Braz de Oliveira, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes and Anderson Reis de Sousa
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Ramon Vinicius Peixoto da Silva Santos: School of Nursing, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40110-909, BA, Brazil
João Cruz Neto: Nursing Department, University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony, Redenção 43900-000, CE, Brazil
Sidiane Rodrigues Bacelo: Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande 96203-900, RS, Brazil
Oscar Yovani Fabian José: Faculty of Nursing, Veracruz University, Minatitlán Campus, Veracruz 91700, Mexico
Oscar Javier Vergara-Escobar: Juan N Corpas University Foundation, Cra. 111 #159a-61, Bogotá 111321, Colombia
Felipe Machuca-Contreras: Virrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado., Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 7500912, Chile
Maria Cecilia Leite de Moraes: School of Nursing, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40110-909, BA, Brazil
Luciano Garcia Lourenção: Ministry of Social Security, Brasília 70059-900, DF, Brazil
Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa: Institute of Teaching and Research Sírio Libanês Hospital, São Paulo 01308-050, SP, Brazil
Layze Braz de Oliveira: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-902, SP, Brazil
Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-902, SP, Brazil
Anderson Reis de Sousa: School of Nursing, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40110-909, BA, Brazil

IJERPH, 2024, vol. 21, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: This study aims to analyze the repercussions of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the health of male immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Brazil. A qualitative study involving 307 adult men living in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted. Data were collected between August 2021 and March 2022 and interpreted based on the Transcultural Nursing Theory. Cultural care repercussions were identified in various dimensions: technological: changes in daily life and disruptions in routine; religious, philosophical, social, and cultural values: changes stemming from disrupted social bonds, religious practices, and sociocultural isolation; political: experiences of political partisanship, conflicts, government mismanagement, a lack of immigration policies, human rights violations, and xenophobia; educational/economic: challenges arising from economic impoverishment, economic insecurity, unemployment, language difficulties, and challenges in academic and literacy development during the pandemic. The persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil had significant repercussions for the health of migrant men, resulting in a transcultural phenomenon that requires sensitive nursing care. Implications for nursing: the uniqueness of cultural care in nursing and health, as most of the repercussions found were mostly negative, contributed to the increase in social and health vulnerabilities.

Keywords: human migration; men’s health; Transcultural Nursing; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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