Ramos Vinicius Peixoto da Silva Santos, João Cruz Neto, Sidiane Rodrigues Bacelo, Oscar Yovani Fabian José, Oscar Javier Vergara-Escobar, Felipe Machuca-Contreras, Maria Cecilia Leite de Moraes, Luciano Garcia Lourenção, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Layze Braz de Oliveira, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Anderson Reis de Sousa
This study aims to analyze the repercussions of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the health of male immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Brazil. A qualitative study involving 307 adult men living in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted. Data were collected between August 2021 and March 2022 and interpreted based on the Transcultural Nursing Theory. Cultural care repercussions were identified in various dimensions: technological: changes in daily life and disruptions in routine; religious, philosophical, social, and cultural values: changes stemming from disrupted social bonds, religious practices, and sociocultural isolation; political: experiences of political partisanship, conflicts, government mismanagement, a lack of immigration policies, human rights violations, and xenophobia; educational/economic: challenges arising from economic impoverishment, economic insecurity, unemployment, language difficulties, and challenges in academic and literacy development during the pandemic...
January 18, 2024: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health