scholarly journals Addressing the Needs of Migrant Workers in ICUs in Singapore

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 238212052097719
Author(s):  
Crystal Lim ◽  
Jamie Xuelian Zhou ◽  
Natalie Liling Woong ◽  
Min Chiam ◽  
Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Medical Terminology ◽  
Singapore General Hospital ◽  
Medical Interpreters ◽  
General Wards

Background: With nearly 400 000 migrant workers in Singapore, many from Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, language and cultural barriers posed a great many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was especially so as majority of the COVID-19 clusters in Singapore emerged from their communal dormitories. With concerns arising as to how this minority group could be best cared for in the intensive care units, the need for medical interpreters became clear. Main: In response, the Communication and Supportive Care (CSC) workgroup at the Singapore General Hospital developed the ‘Medical Interpreters Training for ICU Conversations’ program. Led by a medical social worker-cum-ethicist and 2 palliative care physicians, twenty volunteers underwent training. The program comprised of 4 parts. Firstly, volunteers were provided with an overview of challenges within the COVID-19 isolation ICU environment. Discussed in detail were common issues between patients and families, forms of distress faced by healthcare workers, family communication modality protocols, and the sociocultural demographics of Singapore’s migrant worker population. Secondly, key practice principles and ‘Do’s/Don’ts’ in line with the ethical principles of medical interpretation identified by the California Healthcare Interpreters Association were shared. Thirdly, practical steps to consider before, during and at the end of each interpretation session were foregrounded. Lastly, a focus group discussion on the complexities of ICU cases and their attending issues was conducted. Targeted support was further provided in response to participant feedback and specific issues raised. Conclusion: As a testament to its efficacy, the program has since been extended to the general wards and the Ministry of Health in Singapore has further commissioned similar programs in various hospitals. In-depth training on the fundamentals of medical terminology, language and cultural competency should be provided to all pertinent healthcare workers and hospitals should consider hiring medical interpreters in permanent positions.

Exploring Drug Use Process among Kurdish Migrant Workers in Workplaces: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Khazaee-Pool ◽  
Fatemeh Darabi ◽  
Koen ponnet ◽  
Hossein Mashhadi Abdolahi ◽  
Alireza Rohban ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Worker Rights ◽  
Face To Face

Abstract Background: Drug addiction is a significant social, medical, and health problem. . Although employment has often a positive effect on people’s quality of life, there is evidence that inappropriate condition in the workplace may trigger for drug use in employees. The aim this study was to explore contributing factors to drug use among migrant workers. Methods: In this qualitative study, Thirty-five subjects were recruited through purposive sampling. Data were collected by using a variety of qualitative techniques such as in-depth, semi-structured face-to-face interviews with open-ended questions and group discussion. Results: Among the entire interviews, 529 initial codes and 283 main codes were extracted and classified into 18 categories and five themes after careful examination. Conclusion: As the results showed, drug use is prevalent among workers. The most important recommendations to prevent drugs use in workplace are taking more serious measures against drug dealers, prohibiting carrying drugs at workplace, implementing stricter drug test before recruitment and periodical tests and considering worker rights is useful. Keywords: Drug use, addiction, migrant worker, workplace, employee

Language competence, identity construction and discursive boundary-making: Distancing and alignment in domestic migrant worker narratives

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (262) ◽  
pp. 97-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans J. Ladegaard
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Boundary Making

AbstractMany people in developing countries are faced with a dilemma. If they stay at home, their children are kept in poverty with no prospects of a better future; if they become migrant workers, they will suffer long-term separation from their families. This article focuses on one of the weakest groups in the global economy: domestic migrant workers. It draws on a corpus of more than 400 narratives recorded at a church shelter in Hong Kong and among migrant worker returnees in rural Indonesia and the Philippines. In sharing sessions, migrant women share their experiences of working for abusive employers, and the article analyses how language is used to include and exclude. The women tell how their employers construct them as “incompetent” and “stupid” because they do not speak Chinese. However, faced by repression and marginalisation, the women use their superior English language skills to get back at their employers and momentarily gain the upper hand. Drawing on ideologies of language as the theoretical concept, the article provides a discourse analysis of selected excerpts focusing on language competence and identity construction.

Migrant Worker Health

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
High Status ◽  
New Host ◽  
Worker Health

More than 150 million international migrant workers and an unknown number of internal migrant workers toil across the globe. More than workplace exposures affect migrant worker health; their health is also affected by exposures in the sociocultural milieu from which they came and in which they currently live. Although some of these migrant workers include professionals in high-status occupations such as doctors, nurses, engineers, and computer scientists, most are low skill workers employed in the most dangerous jobs in the most hazardous industries. The health of these migrant workers has been a long-term concern in public health, and this concern has increased with the rise of greater globalization, the recent growth of displaced and refugee populations that will need to enter the workforce in their new host countries, and the anticipated effects of climate change. The domain of migrant worker health is expansive, and is necessarily limited in this bibliography. This bibliography focuses on workers and not the family members who may accompany them, although other family members also may be workers. It focuses on low-skill migrant workers, rather than on professionals who migrate for work. Low-skill migrant workers are the individuals for whom health and public health are concerns. Additionally, research on the health of migrant professional workers is scant. At the same time, this bibliography attempts to place migrant worker health in a holistic context; because migrant worker health is affected by more than workplace exposures, the bibliography addresses exposures in their current sociocultural milieu. This bibliography has three major sections. The first section summarizes general resources that provide information on migrant workers, including International Agencies, Nongovernmental Organizations, Data Sources, Reference Works, and Journals. The second section addresses the characteristics of migrant workers that affect their health, including their Personal Characteristics, the Circumstances of Migration, Forced Migration, Industries which employ migrant workers, and 3-D Jobs: Dangerous, Dirty, and Demanding. The final section considers the health status of migrant workers, with discussions of Conceptual Frameworks for understanding migrant worker health, Work Organization Exposures, Environmental Exposures, Sociocultural Exposures, Health Conditions, Approaches to Improve Migrant Worker Health, and Policy/Regulations.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and reverse migration of workers during lock down their health and prevention

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 2411-2415
Author(s):  
Milind Abhimanyu Nisargandha ◽  
Shweta Dadarao Parwe
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Reverse Migration ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Native Place ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Migrant workers are a valuable community for developing the Indian economy; adverse effect occurs on their mental and physical health during this pandemic situation. The coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic emerged in India due to spread nationwide from China, Wuhan city, and then Spread overall, 213 Countries and Territories worldwide have been reported. The Indian Government immediately set up a lockdown and quarantined the patients in the hospital and declared that area as a contentment Zone to avoid infection transmission. In this pandemic situation, many labour workers were living with their families in metropolitan cities. The urgent demand for public transport in the migrant workers from different states in India. For reaching them to the native place. These lead to spreading the coronavirus infection and increase the cases of nCOVID-19. It concluded that public health services and transportation for the migrant worker to reach the native place from all states. A maximum number of trains were needed, rather than travel restriction aware of them regarding wearing of Mask, Handwashing, and Quarantine after travelled. It has been six months since COVID -19; many questions remain unanswered about the coronavirus and its pathology. It was clear by global authorities that countries need to plan and increase health clear awareness and facilities for the migrant workers. 

LEGAL PROTECTION FOR ILLEGAL INDONESIAN WORKER IN MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asnu Fayakun Arohmi
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Law

This research examines the legal protection provided for illegal Indonesian workers in Malaysia and the obstacles to perform it. Malaysia are the largest number compared to another country in Asia in receiving migrant workers from Indonesia. In total there are 73.178 migrant workers. A large number of Indonesian migrant workers is caused by the lack of jobs vacancy in the country, so citizens look for a job abroad. The requirements to become Indonesian migrant workers are not easy, therefore many of them went abroad illegally. Illegal Indonesian workers often get inhuman treatment. Indonesian goverment should protect every citizen, even though they are illegal workers, since they are still Indonesian citizen. This paper is based on normative-empirical legal research with the data obtained from interviews, as well as from secondary sources provided in laws governing these matters, journals or from trusted sites of internet. The results of this study show that: first, the Law No. 18 of 2017 on Protection of Migrant Worker does not differentiate the protection for illegal and legal Indonesian migrant workers. Second, there are two obstacles faced by the Indonesian government: lack of data regarding the illegal Indonesian workers and lack of state budget to handle the protection of illegal Indonesian workers.

scholarly journals SOSIALISASI UNDANG-UNDANG NO 18 TAHUN 2017 TENTANG PELINDUNGAN PEKERJA MIGRAN INDONESIA DI DESA BONJERUK KECAMATAN JONGGAT KABUPATEN LOMBOK TENGAH

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Lelisari Lelisari ◽  
Imawanto Imawanto ◽  
Hamdi Hamdi
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Youth Leaders ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Work Abroad ◽  
The Village ◽  
Clear Information

ABSTRAKUndang-Undang  No 18 tahun 2017 Tentang Pelindungan Pekerja Migran Indonesia (PMI) sangat penting dalam melindungi para PMI yang akan bekerja di Luar negeri. Dimana kita ketahui bahwa mayoritas pekerja migran berasal dari desa, namun selama ini desa nyaris tidak dilibatkan dalam pelindungan calon dan mantan pekerja migran. Padahal untuk memutuskan menjadi pekerja migran dibutuhkan kecukupan informasi dari sumber yang dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Sejak adanya UU No 18 Tahun 2017, desa berperan dalam melindungi PMI dan keluarganya. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan memberikan pemahaman dan pengetahuan terhadap masyarakat desa Bonjeruk  dan aparat desa tentang pentingnya perlindungan terhadap PMI. Metode yang digunakan adalah sosialisasi Undang-Undang No 18 Tahun 2017 Tentang Pelindungan Pekerja Migran Indonesia. Adapun perwakilan yang hadir dalam kegiatan ini adalah aparat desa, Kepala Dusun, calon PMI, mantan PMI, Tokoh Pemuda. Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah aparat desa dan masyarakat mengetahui dan mendapatkan informasi yang jelas tentang  aturan yang baru mengenai perlindungan pekerja migran Indonesia. Kata kunci: sosialisasi; PMI; perlindungan. ABSTRACTLaw No. 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) is very important in protecting PMIs who will work abroad. Where we know that the majority of migrant workers come from villages, but so far the village has barely been involved in protecting prospective and former migrant workers. In fact, to decide to become a migrant worker requires sufficient information from an accountable source. Since the existence of Law No. 18 of 2017, villages have played a role in protecting PMI and their families. This service activity aims to provide understanding and knowledge to the Bonjeruk village community and village officials about the importance of protecting PMI. The method used is the socialization of Law No. 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers. The representatives who attended this activity were village officials, hamlet heads, PMI candidates, former PMIs, youth leaders. The result of this activity is that village officials and the community know and get clear information about the new regulations regarding the protection of Indonesian migrant workers. Keywords: socialization; PMI; protection. 

scholarly journals PERBEDAAN KECERDASAN EMOSI REMAJA DENGAN STATUS PEKERJAAN IBU SEBAGAI TKW DAN NON TKW

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Aini ◽  
Avina Cahyaning Wahyu ◽  
Zaqqi Ubaidillah
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional

Working as a female migrant worker has a positive and negative impact. Negative impacts include children who are left without love, this will cause children to experience intellectual, emotional and moral social problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in emotional intelligence of teenagers with the employment status of mothers as migrant workers and non-migrant workers. Method used comparative descriptive research design with cross sectional approach. Sample was 31 teenagers with mothers of migrant workers and 30 teenagers with non-migrant mothers was taken by purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted at Nurul Huda and Mambaul Ulum Islamic junior high school, and also junior high public school 1 Bantur in September 2017. The dependent variable was emotional intelligence, measured by the TEIQue-ASF questionnaire (Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Adolescent Short Form). Data analyzed by independent t test. The average value of emotional intelligence in teenager with mothers of migrant worker is 129.03, in teenager with non migrant workers is 141.53. P value (0.005) < α (0.05), meaning that there are differences in emotional intelligence in both teenagers, where in teenager with non migrant worker their emotional intelligence is higher. Parental attachments, especially mothers can influence emotional response patterns, so this will affect emotional intelligence. It is recommended to the school to monitor emotional intelligence, because it can have an impact on their social behavior and conduct direction to surrogate family members who work as migrant workers about how to educate children in their teens. Keywords : Emotional Quotient, teenager, Mother Migrant Workers, Mother Non Migrant Workers

scholarly journals MODEL PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM INTEGRATIF BURUH MIGRAN INDONESIA DALAM MASYARAKAT EKONOMI ASEAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Rasyid Saliman ◽  
E. Vita Mutiarawati
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Industrial Relation ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Labor Contract ◽  
The Government

The effort of providing protection for all Indonesian migrant workers abroad is focused on two categories. Firstly, the phase of pre-departure of Indonesian migrant workers in which an approach of cross sectors is carried out by both the Indonesian government and the private agencies in order to prepare them with all the things needed when they arrive at countries of their destination. Secondly is the phase of arrival and post-arrival of Indonesian migrant workers abroad. As in Malaysia, the policy on the arragenment of labor affairs either for Malaysian workers or for foreign workers is officially and legally protected in Labor Act of 1955, Industrial Relation Act of 1967, Trade Union Act of 1959, and in Compensation Act of 1952. The process of labor trials is settled through The Labor Court. This Labor Court no more handles the process of trial of illegally foreign workers. There are needs of establishing Labor Cooperation Agreement (LCA) on the ministerail level, Implementaion Agreement serving as the general policy on the executors level as well as Standardized Labor Contract which has been amended. The establishments of Labor Cooperation Agreement, Implementing Agreement and Standardized Labor Contract should occur before all workers leave Indonesia and are aimed at providing legal protection for every single Indonesian migrant worker. In order that there is no collision between the Malaysian laws and Indonesian laws, the government officials of related issues of both countries must do observations and conduct discussions without neglecting the prevail laws of each country. Any issue of labor affairs should always be referred to the laws of both countries.

scholarly journals PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN MENJADI PEKERJA MIGRAN INDONESIA PEREMPUAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
Nurul Aeni
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Destination Country ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Desk Review ◽  
Main Factor

ENGLISHDecision of being woman migrant workers brings both positive and negative consequeces for the woman workers as well as their families live behind. This study aimed: (1) to describe the decision making of being migrant workers among the applicants of woman migrant workers from Pati District; (2) to explain the factors correlate to the migrate decision making, and (3) to explain factors correlate to destination country choosing. It used quantitave approach. The primary data were obtained by spreading questionnaires among women migrant worker applicants at four labour supply companies. Meanwhile the secondary data get through desk review. Then, the data were analysed descriptively using chi square and correspondence analysis. The study resulted: (1) economic was the main factor of decision making for being woman migrant workers; (2) the factors correlated to the decision making for being woman migrant workers were the position in household, previous income, and decision making process; (3) high salary was the main factor on choosing the destination country. The factors correlated to destination country preferences were: the reasons for choosing the destination countries, age, previous job, previous salary, and husband’s age. INDONESIAKeputusan menjadi pekerja migran perempuan dapat berkonsekuensi positif maupun negatif bagi pekerja migran maupun keluarga yang ditinggalkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan: (1) menggambarkan pengambilan keputusan menjadi pekerja migran perempuan pada calon pekerja migran di Kabupaten Pati; (2) mendeskripsikan faktor yang berhubungan dengan pengambilan keputusan; dan (3) mendeskripsikan faktor yang berhubungan dengan pemilihan negara tujuan. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Data primer didapatkan melalui pengisian kuesioner oleh para calon pekerja migran perempuan di empat PPTKIS. Sementara data sekunder didapatkan melalui review penelitian terdahulu dan dokumen yang relevan. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis secara deskriptif menggunakan chi square dan analisis korespondensi. Hasil penelitian adalah: (1) ekonomi adalah faktor utama pengambilan keputusan menjadi pekerja migran perempuan; (2) faktor yang berhubungan dengan pengambilan keputusan menjadi pekerja migran adalah posisi dalam rumah tangga, pendapatan sebelumnya, dan proses pengambilan keputusan; (3) gaji yang tinggi merupakan alasan utama pemilihan negara tujuan migrasi. Adapun faktor yang berhubungan dengan pemilihan negara tujuan migrasi adalah alasan pemilihan negara, usia, pekerjaan sebelumnya, pendapatan sebelumnya, dan usia suami.

scholarly journals Migrant workers and socio-economic changes

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joko Sayono ◽  
Indah Wahyu ◽  
Lutfiah Ayundasari
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Oil Boom ◽  
Job Opportunity ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Economic Landscape ◽  
Social Economic Development

This study was conducted based on the socio-economic changes among South Malang’s residents due to the recognition of a new job opportunity, namely the role of migrant worker. The objective of this study is to describe the socio-economic changes in South Malang from a historical standpoint from the 1980s to 2015. In the 1980s, being a migrant worker as a job opportunity was popular, but in 2015, the number of migrant workers started to decrease drastically due to the changing of the economic direction. This study was conducted in eleven sub-districts in South Malang, which is known as the origin place of migrants, and where many of the residents have worked as migrant workers. The data used in this study was collected by interviewing and tracking the archives of the social economic development of the Malang District by way of various institutions. The results of this study indicate that the South Malang residents chose to work as migrant workers based on three main factors. First, are the internal factors that consist of the economic and infrastructure limitations. The external factor consist of the Oil Boom and Asian Miracle’s impact. Second, are the unproductive and costly environmental conditions which forced the residents to move out and find better life prospects. Third, is the socio-cultural context, where the society has only known about monetisation since the colonial era. Thecombination of these factors motivates the rural community of South Malang to work as migrant workers and this changed the socio-economic landscape of the region from plantations and subsistence agriculture to having a capitalist focus in the period 1980 to 2015. The positive impacts brought about by the presence of migrant workers in South Malang include economic progress, socio-economic welfare, and area improvement. On the other hand, the negative impacts include the increasing number of divorce cases, the cases of child abandonment, and the increase in the number of juvenile delinquency cases.

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