Transnational ties and mental health: A need for a link between here and there? The case of African migrations in France

Julie Pannetier

Transnational ties and mental health: A need for a link between here and there? The case of African migrations in France
Suivre cet auteur Julie Pannetier
In Revue européenne des migrations internationales Volume 34, Issue 2-3, April 2018, pages 79 to 99

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Migrants may be embedded in logics of material, social or emotional debts to relatives in the country of origin, therefore the emotional cost of transnational practices (espacially remittances) has been underlined. However, few studies have focused on the protective effect of transnational support (material, social, emotional) from relatives in migrant mental health. The Parcours survey was conducted in 2012-2013 in seventy-four health care facilities in the Parisian region among 2.468 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa. Through different indicators, this survey examines the role of transnational parenthood and transnational support on migrant mental health. This study shows that women and men who claim to be able to rely on relatives or friends, both in the country of origin and in France, have lower levels of anxiety and depression. A support network from both “here and there” may have a protective effect on the mental health of migrants.

mental health
transnational ties
African migrations
transnational parenthood
transnational support

Julie Pannetier

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ISO 690		Copy PANNETIER Julie, « ‪Liens transnationaux et santé mentale : de la nécessité du lien entre ici et là-bas ? Le cas des migrations africaines en Île-de-France‪ », Revue européenne des migrations internationales, 2018/2-3 (Vol. 34), p. 79-99. DOI : 10.4000/remi.10817. URL : https://preprod.cairn.info/revue-europeenne-des-migrations-internationales-2018-2-page-79.htm
ISO 690		Copy PANNETIER Julie, "Transnational ties and mental health: A need for a link between here and there? The case of African migrations in France", Revue européenne des migrations internationales, 2018/2-3 (Vol. 34), p. 79-99. DOI: 10.4000/remi.10817. URL: https://preprod.cairn-int.info/journal-revue-europeenne-des-migrations-internationales-2018-2-page-79.htm
MLA		Copy Pannetier, Julie. « ‪Liens transnationaux et santé mentale : de la nécessité du lien entre ici et là-bas ? Le cas des migrations africaines en Île-de-France‪ », Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 34, no. 2-3, 2018, pp. 79-99.
MLA		Copy Pannetier, Julie. "Transnational ties and mental health: A need for a link between here and there? The case of African migrations in France", Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 34, no. 2-3, 2018, pp. 79-99.
APA		Copy Pannetier, J. (2018). ‪Liens transnationaux et santé mentale : de la nécessité du lien entre ici et là-bas ? Le cas des migrations africaines en Île-de-France‪. Revue européenne des migrations internationales, 34, 79-99. https://doi.org/10.4000/remi.10817
APA		Copy Pannetier, J. (2018). Transnational ties and mental health: A need for a link between here and there? The case of African migrations in France. Revue européenne des migrations internationales, 34, 79-99. https://doi.org/10.4000/remi.10817
DOI		Copy https://doi.org/10.4000/remi.10817

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