IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i19p12303-d927452.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Preliminary Observations from The FILLED Project (FILipino Lived Experiences during COVID-19)

Author

Listed:
  • Melanie D. Sabado-Liwag

    (Department of Public Health, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA)

  • Mayra Zamora

    (Department of Public Health, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA)

  • Shenazar Esmundo

    (Department of Health Sciences, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USA)

  • Jake Ryann Sumibcay

    (Department of Public Health, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA)

  • Patchareeya P. Kwan

    (Department of Health Sciences, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USA)

Abstract

Health outcomes for Asian American subgroups are often aggregated, masking unique experiences and disparities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically among Filipino Americans (FilAms). The FILLED (Filipino Lived Experiences during COVID-19) Project launched a cross-sectional online survey between April-August 2021 among FilAm adults in Southern California to document community issues and outcomes during the pandemic. Among 223 participants, 47.5% were immigrants, 50.9% identified as essential workers, and 40.6% had a pre-existing health condition before the pandemic. Despite high rates of health insurance (93.3%), 24.4% of the sample did not have a regular health care provider. During the pandemic, 32.7% needed mental health help but did not get it and 44.2% did not know where to get such services. Most respondents felt that the COVID-19 vaccination was a personal responsibility to others (76.9%) and the majority had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine (82.4%). Regarding COVID-19 impact, participants reported moderate-severe changes in their daily routines (73.5%), access to extended social support (38.9%), housing issues (15.4%), and access to medical care (11.6%). To our knowledge, this study is the first community-driven effort highlighting FilAm community experiences in Southern California, where the highest proportion of FilAms in the United States reside, specifically after the COVID-19 vaccine was made widely available. The observational findings may help community leaders, policy makers, and public health researchers in the design, development, and implementation of post-pandemic intervention strategies used by community-partnered projects that address FilAm and sub-Asian group health disparities at grassroots to societal levels.

Suggested Citation

  • Melanie D. Sabado-Liwag & Mayra Zamora & Shenazar Esmundo & Jake Ryann Sumibcay & Patchareeya P. Kwan, 2022. "Preliminary Observations from The FILLED Project (FILipino Lived Experiences during COVID-19)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-17, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:19:p:12303-:d:927452
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/12303/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/12303/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Jennifer Nazareno & Emily Yoshioka & Alexander C Adia & Arjee Restar & Don Operario & Catherine Ceniza Choy, 2021. "From imperialism to inpatient care: Work differences of Filipino and White registered nurses in the United States and implications for COVID‐19 through an intersectional lens," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(4), pages 1426-1446, July.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:19:p:12303-:d:927452. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.