Longitudinal health survey of women from Venezuela in Colombia (ELSA-VENCOL): First report
<h4>Background</h4> Colombia is currently the world’s main recipient country for Venezuelan migrants, and women represent a high proportion of them. This article presents the first report of a cohort of Venezuelan migrant women entering Colombia through Cúcuta and its metropolitan area....
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| author | Jorge Acosta-Reyes Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño Maylen Liseth Rojas-Botero Laura Juliana Bonilla-Tinoco Melissa Aguirre Luis Ángel Anillo David Alejandro Rodríguez Lida Yoana Cifuentes Iván Jiménez Luisa Fernanda León Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela |
| author_facet | Jorge Acosta-Reyes Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño Maylen Liseth Rojas-Botero Laura Juliana Bonilla-Tinoco Melissa Aguirre Luis Ángel Anillo David Alejandro Rodríguez Lida Yoana Cifuentes Iván Jiménez Luisa Fernanda León Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4> Colombia is currently the world’s main recipient country for Venezuelan migrants, and women represent a high proportion of them. This article presents the first report of a cohort of Venezuelan migrant women entering Colombia through Cúcuta and its metropolitan area. The study aimed to describe the health status and access to healthcare services among Venezuelan migrant women in Colombia with irregular migration status, and to analyze changes in those conditions at a one-month follow-up. <h4>Methods</h4> We carried out a longitudinal cohort study of Venezuelan migrant women, 18 to 45 years, who entered Colombia with an irregular migration status. Study participants were recruited in Cúcuta and its metropolitan area. At baseline, we administered a structured questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, migration history, health history, access to health services, sexual and reproductive health, practice of early detection of cervical cancer and breast cancer, food insecurity, and depressive symptoms. The women were again contacted by phone one month later, between March and July 2021, and a second questionnaire was applied. <h4>Results</h4> A total of 2,298 women were included in the baseline measurement and 56.4% could be contacted again at the one-month follow-up. At the baseline, 23.0% of the participants reported a self-perceived health problem or condition in the past month and 29.5% in the past 6 months, and 14.5% evaluated their health as fair or poor. A significant increase was found in the percentage of women who reported a self-perceived health problem during the past month (from 23.1% to 31.4%; p<0.01); as well as in the share who reported moderate, severe, or extreme difficulty working or performing daily chores (from 5.5% to 11.0%; p = 0.03) and who rated their health as fair (from 13.0% to 31.2%; p<0.01). Meanwhile, the percentage of women with depressive symptoms decreased from 80.5% to 71.2% (p<0.01). <h4>Conclusion</h4> This report presents initial information on the health status of Venezuelan migrant women in Colombia, and is a starting point for further longer longitudinal follow-ups to assess changes over time in health conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f9243f1422744c2bd99fd4b3bd376152023-04-05T05:31:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01183Longitudinal health survey of women from Venezuela in Colombia (ELSA-VENCOL): First reportJorge Acosta-ReyesJulián Alfredo Fernández-NiñoMaylen Liseth Rojas-BoteroLaura Juliana Bonilla-TinocoMelissa AguirreLuis Ángel AnilloDavid Alejandro RodríguezLida Yoana CifuentesIván JiménezLuisa Fernanda LeónIetza Bojorquez-Chapela<h4>Background</h4> Colombia is currently the world’s main recipient country for Venezuelan migrants, and women represent a high proportion of them. This article presents the first report of a cohort of Venezuelan migrant women entering Colombia through Cúcuta and its metropolitan area. The study aimed to describe the health status and access to healthcare services among Venezuelan migrant women in Colombia with irregular migration status, and to analyze changes in those conditions at a one-month follow-up. <h4>Methods</h4> We carried out a longitudinal cohort study of Venezuelan migrant women, 18 to 45 years, who entered Colombia with an irregular migration status. Study participants were recruited in Cúcuta and its metropolitan area. At baseline, we administered a structured questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, migration history, health history, access to health services, sexual and reproductive health, practice of early detection of cervical cancer and breast cancer, food insecurity, and depressive symptoms. The women were again contacted by phone one month later, between March and July 2021, and a second questionnaire was applied. <h4>Results</h4> A total of 2,298 women were included in the baseline measurement and 56.4% could be contacted again at the one-month follow-up. At the baseline, 23.0% of the participants reported a self-perceived health problem or condition in the past month and 29.5% in the past 6 months, and 14.5% evaluated their health as fair or poor. A significant increase was found in the percentage of women who reported a self-perceived health problem during the past month (from 23.1% to 31.4%; p<0.01); as well as in the share who reported moderate, severe, or extreme difficulty working or performing daily chores (from 5.5% to 11.0%; p = 0.03) and who rated their health as fair (from 13.0% to 31.2%; p<0.01). Meanwhile, the percentage of women with depressive symptoms decreased from 80.5% to 71.2% (p<0.01). <h4>Conclusion</h4> This report presents initial information on the health status of Venezuelan migrant women in Colombia, and is a starting point for further longer longitudinal follow-ups to assess changes over time in health conditions.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10062563/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Acosta-Reyes Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño Maylen Liseth Rojas-Botero Laura Juliana Bonilla-Tinoco Melissa Aguirre Luis Ángel Anillo David Alejandro Rodríguez Lida Yoana Cifuentes Iván Jiménez Luisa Fernanda León Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela Longitudinal health survey of women from Venezuela in Colombia (ELSA-VENCOL): First report PLoS ONE |
| title | Longitudinal health survey of women from Venezuela in Colombia (ELSA-VENCOL): First report |
| title_full | Longitudinal health survey of women from Venezuela in Colombia (ELSA-VENCOL): First report |
| title_fullStr | Longitudinal health survey of women from Venezuela in Colombia (ELSA-VENCOL): First report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Longitudinal health survey of women from Venezuela in Colombia (ELSA-VENCOL): First report |
| title_short | Longitudinal health survey of women from Venezuela in Colombia (ELSA-VENCOL): First report |
| title_sort | longitudinal health survey of women from venezuela in colombia elsa vencol first report |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10062563/?tool=EBI |
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