Verywell Health February 8, 2021
Key Takeaways
- A study conducted by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University finds that mobile applications aided by artificial intelligence may help migrants better address their physical and mental health.
- Immigrants face many barriers to quality health care and are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
- Experts say providers should keep these barriers and health risks in mind when treating patients who are migrants.
In countries across the globe, some immigrants are twice as likely to contract COVID-19 compared to those born in the country.1 Throughout the pandemic, immigrants have been disproportionately impacted due to poor housing conditions, jobs that make physical distancing difficult, and lack of access to affordable health care.