What is it about?
A review of what has been written about Nepalese migrant workers working abroad. We did a scoping review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews using a five-stage protocol. We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, and NepJol for published international peer-reviewed literature. The database search identified 707 total records published between 2000 to 2022, with 69 of these assessed for eligibility. The quality of the papers was appraised by the JBI Critical Appraisal Tool or the Mixed-Method Appraisal Tool.
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Why is it important?
Nepalese migrant workers face serious issues around mental health, lifestyle and health-promoting behaviours, work environments and workplace accidents, health problems and access to healthcare services, awareness of sexual behaviours, and perceived risk of sexually transmitted infections and/or HIV. Evidence is scarce on the health and well-being of Nepali migrants who study and work in high-income countries along with the limitation in study design and the methodological rigor.
Perspectives
One of the most important results of our review is the recommendation that we need more extensive, large-scale studies with improved study design across various regions to shed light on the health challenges faced by Nepal's migrant workers.
Prof. Edwin R van Teijlingen
Bournemouth University
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This page is a summary of: Health and Wellbeing Among Nepali Migrants: A Scoping Review, Journal of Health Promotion, December 2024, Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL),
DOI: 10.3126/jhp.v12i1.72699.
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