"We also deserve help during the pandemic": The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

被引：45

作者：

Lui, Ingrid D. ^{[1
]}

Vandan, Nimisha ^{[1
]}

Davies, Sara E. ^{[2
]}

Harman, Sophie ^{[3
]}

Morgan, Rosemary ^{[4
]}

Smith, Julia ^{[5
]}

Wenham, Clare ^{[6
]}

Grepin, Karen Ann ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Hong Kong, Li Ka Shing Fac Med, Sch Publ Hlth, Pokfulam, Patrick Manson Bldg North Wing,7 Sassoon Rd, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Griffith Univ, Sch Govt & Int Relat, 170 Kessels Rd, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

[3] Queen Mary Univ London, Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, England

[4] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Int Hlth, Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA

[5] Simon Fraser Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, Blusson Hall,Room 11300,8888 Univ Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada

[6] London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Dept Hlth Policy, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF MIGRATION AND HEALTH | 2021年 / 3卷

关键词：

COVID-19; Foreign domestic workers; Hong Kong; Pandemic; Migrant; HEALTH;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100037

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses particular challenges for migrant workers around the world. This study explores the unique experiences of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong, and how COVID-19 impacted their health and economic wellbeing. Interviews with FDWs (n = 15) and key informants (n = 3) were conducted between May and August 2020. FDWs reported a dual-country experience of the pandemic, where they expressed concerns about local transmission risks as well as worries about their family members in their home country. Changes to their current work situation included how their employers treated them, as well as their employment status. FDWs also cited blind spots in the Hong Kong policy response that also affected their experience of the pandemic, including a lack of support from the Hong Kong government. Additional support is needed to mitigate the particularly negative effects of the pandemic on FDWs.

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