Publications by authors named "D MOSTO"
Article Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected the health and socioeconomic conditions of recently immigrated populations, with studies conducted in Northern Italy focusing on this group's experiences in reception centers.
- A mixed-methods approach was utilized, combining quantitative data from reception centers and qualitative insights from focus groups and interviews to assess the pandemic's impact on migrant health and access to services.
- Findings indicated no higher COVID-19 incidence or severity among migrants compared to the broader Italian population, despite risks from poor living conditions, while pandemic-related disruptions led to both health challenges and new opportunities for disease management, alongside increased mental health issues.
Background: As coronavirus infection spread across the world, the dramatic consequences of Sars-CoV-2 and confinement measures highlighted the disparities within our society, impacting more severely on the wellbeing of the most disadvantaged groups of people, such as migrants. The structural characteristics of reception centres create many challenges in the implementation of measures to contrast the diffusion of the virus, putting refugees and asylum seekers (RAS) even more at risk. For these reasons, we carried out a qualitative study to analyze the impact of the syndemic on the health of RAS who reside in reception facilities in Bologna (one of the cities with the highest number of migrants in Italy) and the measures that were introduced to contrast the diffusion of Sars-CoV-2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: to characterize healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers.
Design: a quali-quantitative study with semi-structured interviews was carried out with key informants of the regional clinics which provide health assistance to refugees and asylum seekers during the first phases of arrival.
Setting And Participants: key informants of 14 health centres were interviewed across the 9 provinces of the region.