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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4326</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2022.14213</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Health Problems of Low Skilled Indian Male Migrants Living in Gulf Countries: A Cross-sectional Study&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rafiuddin</surname><given-names>Mohammed</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kalpana</surname><given-names>Kosalram</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>16</day><month>01</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>60</fpage><lpage>67</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Due to an increase in migrant__ampersandsignrsquo;s movement, health has become a key issue. Moving across different ecological conditions may expose migrants to new diseases and promote disease transmission. Aims: The present study aimed to determine among low-skilled male migrants health problems and their access to health services in gulf countries. Methodology: This cross-sectional study involved only male migrants from six countries. The study took place at Warangal district, Telangana, India. The survey questionnaire was interviewed. The questionnaire consisted of items pertaining to general health, illness, treatment and diseases including access to health care services in the host countries. Data were analyzed using frequencies, percentages and the chi-square test was used for comparison. Results: A total of 410 participated with a response rate of 82.32%. The majority of sampled respondents were from Saudi Arabia 183(44.63%) and UAE 101(24.63%). The greater number of respondents were employed as construction labour (25.4%), re-tail salesperson (10.2%) and driver (10.5%). The health problem frequently occurring reported are headaches (62.0%), difficulty concentrating (50%), stomach or digestive problems (58.5%) pain or a tight feeling in the chest (42.4%), irritated eyes (57.6%) and dry skin (50.5%). High blood pressure (41%), Cardiovascular diseases (33%), Insomnia (35%), Muscular or joint problems (53%) and Neck problem (60%) are the major illness are ailments reported. Hypertension (196), metabolic arthritis (159), cardiovascular (133) and diabetes (114) are the sufferings of the current disease. The majority of the participants reported having access to health care (77%) in their respective countries of employment provided by the employer. The biggest obstacles are no transportation availability, travelling issues, no time, language problem and lack of finance to access the healthcare services. Conclusions: The findings showed that a substantial portion of health problems were attributed to prolonged working conditions among low-skilled migrants. It emphasizes implementing various strategies or policies to protect the health and well-being and improve their access to essential health services to all types of migrant workers in the host countries government and Indian government by tracking them.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Gulf countries</kwd><kwd> Health problems</kwd><kwd> Healthcare</kwd><kwd> Low skilled workers</kwd><kwd> treatment and Migrants.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
