The effectiveness and impact of an intervention program on migration and health with Mexican undergraduate students

• Main Authors: María Elena Rivera-Heredia, Diana Tamara Martínez-Ruiz, Ericka Ivonne Cervantes-Pacheco, Nydia Obregón-Velasco
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios 2019-04-01
• Series: REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana
• Subjects: migração; saúde mental; mexicano; programa de intervenção
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-85852019000100063&lng=en&tlng=en

Abstract Migration has psychological impact on those that migrate, and on their families left behind. We evaluate an intervention program to strengthen individual, social, and family resources in 120 Mexican undergraduate students with migration in their families. The study was a quasi-experimental design. Data was gathered before, during, at the end, of the intervention and a year after. Depressive symptomatology, individual, social and family resources scales were evaluated. Participants increased their individual, social, and family resources, and decreased their depressive symptomatology more than the control group. We concluded that interventions within an educational and reflective open discussion space will help to address psychosocial problems in immigrant families member left behind.