Impact of legal status change on undocumented migrants' health and well-being (Parchemins): protocol of a 4-year, prospective, mixed-methods study.

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Title
Impact of legal status change on undocumented migrants' health and well-being (Parchemins): protocol of a 4-year, prospective, mixed-methods study.
Journal
BMJ open
Author(s)
Jackson Y., Courvoisier D.S., Duvoisin A., Ferro-Luzzi G., Bodenmann P., Chauvin P., Guessous I., Wolff H., Cullati S., Burton-Jeangros C.
ISSN
2044-6055 (Electronic)
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2044-6055
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Published
Issued date
01/06/2019
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
9
Number
5
Pages
e028336
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Migrants without residency permit, known as undocumented, tend to live in precarious conditions and be exposed to an accumulation of adverse determinants of health. Only scarce evidence exists on the social, economic and living conditions-related factors influencing their health status and well-being. No study has assessed the impact of legal status regularisation. The Parchemins study is the first prospective, mixed-methods study aiming at measuring the impact on health and well-being of a regularisation policy on undocumented migrants in Europe.
The Parchemins study will compare self-rated health and satisfaction with life in a group of adult undocumented migrants who qualify for applying for a residency permit (intervention group) with a group of undocumented migrants who lack one or more eligibility criteria for regularisation (control group) in Geneva Canton, Switzerland. Asylum seekers are not included in this study. The total sample will include 400 participants. Data collection will consist of standardised questionnaires complemented by semidirected interviews in a subsample (n=38) of migrants qualifying for regularisation. The baseline data will be collected just before or during the regularisation, and participants will subsequently be followed up yearly for 3 years. The quantitative part will explore variables about health (ie, health status, occupational health, health-seeking behaviours, access to care, healthcare utilisation), well-being (measured by satisfaction with different dimensions of life), living conditions (ie, employment, accommodation, social support) and economic situation (income, expenditures). Several confounders including sociodemographic characteristics and migration history will be collected. The qualitative part will explore longitudinally the experience of change in legal status at individual and family levels.
This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Geneva, Switzerland. All participants provided informed consent. Results will be shared with undocumented migrants and disseminated in scientific journals and conferences. Fully anonymised data will be available to researchers.
Keywords
Adult, Case-Control Studies, Female, Health Status, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Observational Studies as Topic, Prospective Studies, Qualitative Research, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Switzerland, Transients and Migrants/legislation & jurisprudence, Transients and Migrants/psychology, Transients and Migrants/statistics & numerical data, health, migration, public health, regularization, undocumented migrant, wellbeing
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