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Healthcare-Seeking Practices of African and Rural-to-Urban Migrants in Guangzhou
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Abstract "Taking the examples of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant and African migrant businesspeople in Guangzhou, this article inquires into the commonalities and differences in the health status and healthcare-seeking practices of both groups. While both populations of migrants are diverse and heterogeneous,... view more
"Taking the examples of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant and African migrant businesspeople in Guangzhou, this article inquires into the commonalities and differences in the health status and healthcare-seeking practices of both groups. While both populations of migrants are diverse and heterogeneous, there are many commonalities with regard to the challenges they face compared to the Chinese local population. Mixed-methods research frameworks and qualitative and quantitative methods were applied. While existing publications emphasise lacking financial access to healthcare, further individual and social factors account for migrants' healthcare choices. Their access to healthcare can be improved only by introducing insurance schemes with portable benefits, providing localised and culturally adequate health services adapted to migrants' specific needs and health risks, and enhancing patient orientation and responsiveness by health professionals." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
China; internal migration; labor migration; migrant; Chinese; African; businessman; health status; health care; health policy; reform; health care delivery system; international migration; rural-urban migration; Far East
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Health Policy
Method
empirical; qualitative empirical; quantitative empirical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 49-81
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 44 (2015) 4
Issue topic
Foreign Lives in a Globalising City: Africans in Guangzhou
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed