Health and social needs of migrant construction workers for big sporting events

Kristine Husøy Onarheim; Kai Hong Phua; Zahra R Babar; Andreas D Flouris; Sally Hargreaves

doi:10.1136/bmj.n1591

Health and social needs of migrant construction workers for big sporting events

BMJ. 2021 Aug 5:374:n1591. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n1591.

Authors

Kristine Husøy Onarheim¹, Kai Hong Phua², Zahra R Babar³, Andreas D Flouris⁴, Sally Hargreaves⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Norway kristine.onarheim@uib.no.
² Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan and Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
³ Georgetown University-Qatar, Qatar.
⁴ FAME Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Greece.
⁵ The Migrant Health Research Group, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London, UK.

Abstract

Governments, international sports bodies, and industry must take responsibility for barriers to health experienced by migrant workers involved in events such as the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup, argue Kristine Husøy Onarheim and colleagues

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / mortality
Construction Industry / statistics & numerical data*
Health Services Needs and Demand / trends*
Humans
Japan
Occupational Health
Occupational Injuries / epidemiology
Occupational Injuries / prevention & control
Qatar
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
Sports and Recreational Facilities / statistics & numerical data*
Transients and Migrants / psychology*
Transients and Migrants / statistics & numerical data
Vulnerable Populations / ethnology
Workplace / psychology
Workplace / statistics & numerical data