Improving the evidence on health inequities in migrant construction workers preparing for big sporting events

Andreas D Flouris; Zahra Babar; Leonidas G Ioannou; Kristine H Onarheim; Kai H Phua; Sally Hargreaves

doi:10.1136/bmj.n1615

Improving the evidence on health inequities in migrant construction workers preparing for big sporting events

BMJ. 2021 Aug 5:374:n1615. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n1615.

Authors

Andreas D Flouris¹, Zahra Babar², Leonidas G Ioannou³, Kristine H Onarheim⁴, Kai H Phua^{5

6}, Sally Hargreaves⁷

Affiliations

¹ FAME Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece andreasflouris@gmail.com.
² Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University, Doha, Qatar.
³ FAME Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece.
⁴ Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen Norway.
⁵ Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
⁶ Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁷ Migrant Health Research Group, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London, London, UK.

Abstract

Data suggest migrant construction workers are at risk of work related ill health, injury, and death, but better evidence to inform policy making and improve their health is needed, say Andreas Flouris and colleagues

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / mortality
COVID-19 / prevention & control
Construction Industry / statistics & numerical data*
Data Collection / methods
Health Services Accessibility / ethics
Healthcare Disparities / ethnology
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Occupational Health / statistics & numerical data*
Occupational Health / trends
Occupational Injuries / epidemiology
Occupational Injuries / mortality
Occupational Injuries / prevention & control
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
Social Welfare / legislation & jurisprudence
Sports and Recreational Facilities / statistics & numerical data*
Transients and Migrants / education*
Transients and Migrants / psychology
Transients and Migrants / statistics & numerical data
Vaccination / standards
Vulnerable Populations / ethnology
Workplace / statistics & numerical data