The next phases of the Migrante Project: Study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the Mexico—U.S. border
BackgroundMexican migrants traveling across the Mexico-United States (U.S.) border region represent a large, highly mobile, and socially vulnerable subset of Mexican nationals. Population-level health data for this group is hard to obtain given their geographic dispersion, mobility, and largely unau...
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| author | Ana P. Martinez-Donate Gudelia Rangel Catalina Correa Leah Bakely Jesús Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga Ahmed Asadi González Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes Xiao Zhang Carlos Magis-Rodriguez Félice Lê-Scherban Sylvia Guendelman Emilio Parrado |
| author_facet | Ana P. Martinez-Donate Gudelia Rangel Catalina Correa Leah Bakely Jesús Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga Ahmed Asadi González Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes Xiao Zhang Carlos Magis-Rodriguez Félice Lê-Scherban Sylvia Guendelman Emilio Parrado |
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| description | BackgroundMexican migrants traveling across the Mexico-United States (U.S.) border region represent a large, highly mobile, and socially vulnerable subset of Mexican nationals. Population-level health data for this group is hard to obtain given their geographic dispersion, mobility, and largely unauthorized status in the U.S. Over the last 14 years, the Migrante Project has implemented a unique migration framework and novel methodological approach to generate population-level estimates of disease burden and healthcare access for migrants traversing the Mexico-U.S. border. This paper describes the rationale and history of the Migrante Project and the protocol for the next phases of the project.Methods/designIn the next phases, two probability, face-to-face surveys of Mexican migrant flows will be conducted at key crossing points in Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, and Matamoros (N = 1,200 each). Both survey waves will obtain data on demographics, migration history, health status, health care access, COVID-19 history, and from biometric tests. In addition, the first survey will focus on non-communicable disease (NCD), while the second will dive deeper into mental health and substance use. The project will also pilot test the feasibility of a longitudinal dimension with 90 survey respondents that will be re-interviewed by phone 6 months after completing the face-to-face baseline survey.DiscussionInterview and biometric data from the Migrante project will help to characterize health care access and health status and identify variations in NCD-related outcomes, mental health, and substance use across migration phases. The results will also set the basis for a future longitudinal extension of this migrant health observatory. Analyses of previous Migrante data, paired with data from these upcoming phases, can shed light on the impact of health care and immigration policies on migrants’ health and inform policy and programmatic responses to improve migrant health in sending, transit, and receiving communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6cc94e012a74acd8a6692e343735b932023-04-17T06:00:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-04-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.10324201032420The next phases of the Migrante Project: Study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the Mexico—U.S. borderAna P. Martinez-Donate0Gudelia Rangel1Catalina Correa2Leah Bakely3Jesús Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga4Ahmed Asadi González5Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes6Xiao Zhang7Carlos Magis-Rodriguez8Félice Lê-Scherban9Sylvia Guendelman10Emilio Parrado11Department of Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMexico Section of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission, Tijuana, Baja California, MexicoDepartment of Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesDepartment of Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMexico Section of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission, Tijuana, Baja California, MexicoSchool of Medicine and Psychology, Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Tijuana, Baja California, MexicoDepartment of Economics, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United StatesSchool of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, MexicoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United StatesDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesSchool of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDepartment of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesBackgroundMexican migrants traveling across the Mexico-United States (U.S.) border region represent a large, highly mobile, and socially vulnerable subset of Mexican nationals. Population-level health data for this group is hard to obtain given their geographic dispersion, mobility, and largely unauthorized status in the U.S. Over the last 14 years, the Migrante Project has implemented a unique migration framework and novel methodological approach to generate population-level estimates of disease burden and healthcare access for migrants traversing the Mexico-U.S. border. This paper describes the rationale and history of the Migrante Project and the protocol for the next phases of the project.Methods/designIn the next phases, two probability, face-to-face surveys of Mexican migrant flows will be conducted at key crossing points in Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, and Matamoros (N = 1,200 each). Both survey waves will obtain data on demographics, migration history, health status, health care access, COVID-19 history, and from biometric tests. In addition, the first survey will focus on non-communicable disease (NCD), while the second will dive deeper into mental health and substance use. The project will also pilot test the feasibility of a longitudinal dimension with 90 survey respondents that will be re-interviewed by phone 6 months after completing the face-to-face baseline survey.DiscussionInterview and biometric data from the Migrante project will help to characterize health care access and health status and identify variations in NCD-related outcomes, mental health, and substance use across migration phases. The results will also set the basis for a future longitudinal extension of this migrant health observatory. Analyses of previous Migrante data, paired with data from these upcoming phases, can shed light on the impact of health care and immigration policies on migrants’ health and inform policy and programmatic responses to improve migrant health in sending, transit, and receiving communities.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1032420/fullMexican migrantsmigrant flowshealthhealthcare accessMexico-U.S. border |
| spellingShingle | Ana P. Martinez-Donate Gudelia Rangel Catalina Correa Leah Bakely Jesús Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga Ahmed Asadi González Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes Xiao Zhang Carlos Magis-Rodriguez Félice Lê-Scherban Sylvia Guendelman Emilio Parrado The next phases of the Migrante Project: Study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the Mexico—U.S. border Frontiers in Public Health Mexican migrants migrant flows health healthcare access Mexico-U.S. border |
| title | The next phases of the Migrante Project: Study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the Mexico—U.S. border |
| title_full | The next phases of the Migrante Project: Study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the Mexico—U.S. border |
| title_fullStr | The next phases of the Migrante Project: Study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the Mexico—U.S. border |
| title_full_unstemmed | The next phases of the Migrante Project: Study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the Mexico—U.S. border |
| title_short | The next phases of the Migrante Project: Study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the Mexico—U.S. border |
| title_sort | next phases of the migrante project study protocol to expand an observatory of migrant health on the mexico u s border |
| topic | Mexican migrants migrant flows health healthcare access Mexico-U.S. border |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1032420/full |
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