Structural Oppression and Immigrant Health Study: COVID-19, Migration, Discrimination, and Reproductive Health

This qualitative study included in-depth interviews in 2020 and 2021 with 44 cis-gender immigrant women from different national origins and 19 direct service providers for immigrant communities in New York City to explore how immigrants conceptualized their experiences of discrimination and adapted their reproductive health preferences and behaviors due to the structural syndemic of barriers present during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Goleen Samari, Heather M. Wurtz, Tara F. Abularrage, and Mienah Z. Sharif. 2024. “Structural Gendered Racism as Conceptualized by Immigrant Women in the United States.” Social Science & Medicine.

  2. Heather M. Wurtz and Goleen Samari. 2024. “Intimate Partnerships during COVID-19 for Immigrant Women in New York City.” Journal of Marriage and Family.

  3. Goleen Samari, Heather M. Wurtz, Sheila Desai, and Kate Coleman-Minahan. 2024. “Perspectives from the Pandemic Epicenter: Sexual and Reproductive Health of Immigrants.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.

  4. Heather M. Wurtz, Tara F. Abularrage, Anna-Michelle McSorley, Stephanie J. Rameau, and Goleen Samari. 2024. “We’ve reimagined the way we serve: Strategies of community-based organizations in New York City to support immigrant women during and after COVID-19.” Health Equity: 96 – 104.

  5. Tara F. Abularrage, Healther M. Wurtz, and Goleen Samari. 2024. “Responding to Structural Inequities: Coping Strategies among Immigrant Women during COVID-19.” Social Science & Medicine Mental Health.

  6. Goleen Samari, Heather M. Wurtz, and Kate Coleman-Minahan. 2023. “Disruptions in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Service Delivery for Immigrants during COVID-19.” Women’s Health Reports 4(1): 319-327.

  7. Monika Damle, Heather M. Wurtz, and Goleen Samari. 2022. “Racism and Health Care: Experiences of Latinx Immigrant Women in NYC during COVID-19.” Social Science & Medicine Qualitative Research in Health.

Reports

  1. Goleen Samari, Heather Wurtz, Stephanie Rameau, Allison Park, Trena Mukherjee, and Monika Damle. 2021. Accessing SRH Care during COVID-19: Experiences of Xenophobia and Racism

  2. Heather M. Wurtz, Allison Park, Stephanie Rameau, Trena Mukherjee, Monika Damle, and Goleen Samari. 2021. Primary Challenges of Latinx Immigrant Women during COVID-19