In the COVID-19 and Latino Immigrants in Rural California (CLIMA) Study, we conducted in-depth interviews with individuals in the San Joaquin Valley and the Imperial Valley – two of the state’s critical agricultural regions – to understand how federal, state, and local health and economic policy responses to COVID-19 are impacting the health of Latino immigrants.

As the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession unfolds, immigrants in rural and agricultural parts of California continue to labor in vital services, despite facing exclusion from health care, financial assistance, and other safetynet services due to their legal status. Check out our papers that describe the challenges that Latinx immigrant families faced during the pandemic - from access to nutrition and basic needs to health and financial resources to mental health services. All available open access.

Young, M.-E., Perez-Lua, F., Sarnoff, H., Plancarte, V., Goldman-Mellor, S., Payan, D. (2022). Working around safety net exclusions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study of rural Latinx immigrants. Social science & medicine (1982), 311, 115352.  0277-9536.

Payan, D., Perez-Lua, F., Goldman-Mellor, S., Young, M.-E. (2022). Rural Household Food Insecurity among Latino Immigrants during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nutrients, 14(13). 

Goldman-Mellor, S., Plancarte, V., Perez-Lua, F., Payan, D., Young, M.-E. (2022). Mental health among rural Latino immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. SSM-Mental health, 3, 100177.