%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Gosselin, A.
%A Melchior, M.
%A Carillon, Séverine
%A Gubert, Flore
%A Ridde, Valéry
%A Kohou, V.
%A Zoumenou, I.
%A Senne, J. N.
%A Desgrées du Loû, Annabel
%A Makasi Study Group
%T Deterioration of mental health and insufficient Covid-19 information among disadvantaged immigrants in the greater Paris area
%D 2021
%L fdi:010082092
%G ENG
%J Journal of Psychosomatic Research
%@ 0022-3999
%K Immigrants ; Covid-19 ; Mental health ; Social epidemiology ; Lockdown containment
%K FRANCE ; PARIS
%M ISI:000656659500012
%P 110504 [4 ]
%R 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110504
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010082092
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2021-07/010082092.pdf
%V 146
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Objectives: The aim of this study is to provide information on changes in mental health among disadvantaged immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in the Greater Paris area and their level of information about Covid-19. Methods: Prior to the Covid-19 epidemic, the Makasi community-based cohort followed 850 immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa in the Greater Paris area. Between the 1st of April and the 7th of June 2020, all participants scheduled for a follow-up survey were systematically included into an additional COVID-19-related wave of data collection (N = 100). We compared participants' type of housing, level of food insecurity, work and mental health (PHQ9) before and during the first COVID-19-related lockdown, using paired-Mc Nemar chi-2 tests. We next described their level of information on Covid-19 and policy measures, broken down by sex. Results: Among the 100 participants, 68% had no legal residence permit. Food insecurity was more often reported during lockdown than before (62% vs 52%). 9% of participants had a score indicative of severe depression (PHQ9) before lockdown and 17% afterwards (p = 0.17). Only 51% knew about the possibility of asymptomatic transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Conclusions: This study brings original information on a hard-to-reach population group. Our results suggest that the lockdown had a detrimental impact on various economic and mental health aspects among disadvantaged migrants residing in the Greater Paris area.
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