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Health status and access to health care of migrant workers in China.
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92 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Residential Environment and Health and Well-Being of Chinese Migrant Populations: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Rural-to-urban migrants are at high risk of sexually transmitted and viral hepatitis infections in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2014Pooled it
- Occupational injury among migrant workers in China: a systematic review.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2013Pooled it
- Prevalence of psychological symptoms in contemporary Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers: an exploratory meta-analysis of observational studies using the SCL-90-R.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2013Pooled it
- Labor migration and HIV risk: a systematic review of the literature.AIDS and behavior · 2012Pooled it
- Rural-to-Urban Migrants' Experiences with Primary Care under Different Types of Medical Institutions in Guangzhou, China.PloS one · 2015Trial
- The ecology of medical care in Beijing.PloS one · 2013Trial
- The Role of Social Integration in Chronic Disease Prevalences Among the Internal Migrant Populations in China: Evidence from a National Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Preference for primary care in Chinese homebound patients.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Outcomes and associated factors of cervical human papillomavirus infection among 608 women in Shenzhen, China, 2018-2023.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Assessing Barriers and Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Female Migrant Workers in Vietnam.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Migration experiences and reported commercial and non-commercial sexual behaviors among newly diagnosed HIV infections in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Analysis of spatial pattern and influencing factors of private clinics in the main urban area of Guiyang in China from 2021 to 2022 based on multi-source data.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- The impact of migration-related characteristics on the risk of TORCH infections among women of childbearing age: a population-based study in southern China.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Housing cost burden, homeownership, and self-rated health among migrant workers in Chinese cities: The confounding effect of residence duration.Cities (London, England) · 2023Article
- Health service behaviors of migrants: A conceptual framework.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Exploring the Effect of Health on Migrants' Social Integration in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association between resident status and patients' experiences of primary care: a cross-sectional study in the Greater Bay Area, China.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe explored living and working conditions, health status, and health-care access in Chinese rural-to-urban migrants and compared them with permanent rural and urban residents.
methodsA questionnaire was administered to 1,958 urban workers, 1,909 rural workers, and 4,452 migrant workers in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China, in 2004. Blood samples for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis were taken from the migrant and urban workers.
resultsMigrants were young, worked very long hours, and their living conditions were very basic. Nineteen percent had some form of health insurance and 26% were entitled to limited sick pay compared with 68% and 66%, respectively, for urban workers. Migrants had the best self-rated health and reported the least acute illness, chronic disease, and disability, after controlling for age and education. There were no HIV infections detected in either the migrant or urban workers. However, 15 urban workers (0.68%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.35, 1.02) and 20 migrants (0.48%, 95% CI 0.26, 0.66, p=0.06) tested positive for syphilis. The high cost of health care in the city was a barrier to health-care access in the last year for 15% of the migrants and 8% of the urban workers. Forty-seven percent of the migrants were unwilling to make contributions to health insurance.
conclusionsThese migrants demonstrated the "healthy migrant effect." However, poor living conditions and inattention to health may make migrants vulnerable to poor long-term health. Because health insurance schemes will remain limited for the forseeable future, attention should focus on providing affordable health care to both uninsured migrants and the urban poor.
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