Mental Health Challenges of Young Labor Migrants from the Healthcare Professionals Perspective: Lessons Learned from a Multi-Country Meeting

Daisy Michelle Princeton, Ida Marie Bregård, Marianne Annion, Gine Shooghi, Gitte Rom, Brynja Örlygsdóttir, Hildur Sigurðardóttir, Riita Kuismin, Joonas Korhonen and Sezer Kisa
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Daisy Michelle Princeton: Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway
Ida Marie Bregård: Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway
Marianne Annion: Department of Nursing, School of Health Care, Tallinn Health Care College, 13418 Tallinn, Estonia
Gine Shooghi: Department of Nursing, University College Copenhagen, 1799 Copenhagen, Denmark
Gitte Rom: Department of Nursing, University College Copenhagen, 1799 Copenhagen, Denmark
Brynja Örlygsdóttir: Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Hildur Sigurðardóttir: Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Riita Kuismin: Department of Rehabilitation and Health Care, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences-Xamk, FI-50101 Mikkeli, Finland
Joonas Korhonen: Faculty of Health and Well-Being, Turku University of Applied Sciences, 20520 Turku, Finland
Sezer Kisa: Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 18, 1-5

Abstract: The mental health of young labor immigrants (YLI’s) is a public health issue that has become notably more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is well established in the literature that most YLI’s are young and healthy when they arrive in the host country. However, due to the poor living and working conditions, as well as linguistic and socioeconomic barriers to health care in the host country, their physical and mental health often deteriorates. Between 1 March 2021 and 5 March 2021, a virtual meeting was organized by Oslo Metropolitan University in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers mobility and network program for education in the Nordic and Baltic countries (Nordplus). It consisted of a multidisciplinary team of 26 participants from Nordic and Baltic countries. Topics included working and living conditions of YLI’s, prejudices towards immigrants, and mental health-related interventions for YLI’s in the participating countries. This paper draws attention to some of the mental health challenges and needs of YLI’s and to the suggestions gathered from the Nordplus meeting to combat these challenges from a healthcare professional’s perspective.

Keywords: immigrants; health care students; mental health; young laborers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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