Economic deprivation as a mediator in the relationship between housing affordability stress and mental and general health among humanitarian migrants in Australia
The findings demonstrate that housing affordability stress leads to elevated psychological distress and poor self-rated general health among humanitarian migrants. A substantial portion of this impact occurs through economic deprivation, which could be attenuated by targeting economic deprivation as a key intervention point during early years of resettlement.
Authors
- Jennifer Kent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-7698)
- Kritika Rana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-7805)
- Sithum Munasinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-1889)
- Sandro Leonardo Martins Sperandei
- Andrew Page
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Translational Research Institute (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2025-224802
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00