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

Title“We also deserve help during the pandemic”: The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong
Authors
KeywordsCOVID-19
Foreign domestic workers
Hong Kong
Pandemic
Migrant
Issue Date2021
PublisherElsevier: Open Access Journals. The Journal's web site is located at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-migration-and-health
Citation
Journal of Migration and Health, 2021, v. 3, p. article no. 100037 How to Cite?
AbstractThe 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.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/299078
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dc.contributor.authorLui, ID-
dc.contributor.authorVandan, N-
dc.contributor.authorDavies, SE-
dc.contributor.authorHarman, S-
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, R-
dc.contributor.authorSmith, J-
dc.contributor.authorWenham, C-
dc.contributor.authorGrepin, KA-
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-28T02:25:53Z-
dc.date.available2021-04-28T02:25:53Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Migration and Health, 2021, v. 3, p. article no. 100037-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/299078-
dc.description.abstractThe 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.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier: Open Access Journals. The Journal's web site is located at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-migration-and-health-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Migration and Health-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCOVID-19-
dc.subjectForeign domestic workers-
dc.subjectHong Kong-
dc.subjectPandemic-
dc.subjectMigrant-
dc.title“We also deserve help during the pandemic”: The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailLui, ID: ingdlui@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailGrepin, KA: kgrepin@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityGrepin, KA=rp02646-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100037-
dc.identifier.pmid33817682-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC7997943-
dc.identifier.hkuros322293-
dc.identifier.volume3-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 100037-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 100037-
dc.identifier.eissn2666-6235-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000891689100007-
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands-

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