the world health organization quality of life-bref (whoqol-bref) has generally been used for patients, few studies in migrants who move from rural to urban within one country. many studies asserted that social isolation presents a risk to individual health. poor social networks are associated with worse qol. this study examined health-related quality of life (hrqol) and social support in new-ge...

The screening of cancer is important in secondary prevention in clinical oncology. The cervical cancer screening by pelvic examination and Pap smear test is the standard practice worldwide. However, the coverage of the screening is an important consideration in public health. Some specific vulnerable populations are considered to have a low chance of having access to health care services includ...

The screening of cancer is important in secondary prevention in clinical oncology. The cervical cancer screening by pelvic examination and Pap smear test is the standard practice worldwide. However, the coverage of the screening is an important consideration in public health. Some specific vulnerable populations are considered to have a low chance of having access to health care services includ...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) has generally been used for patients, few studies in migrants who move from rural to urban within one country. Many studies asserted that social isolation presents a risk to individual health. Poor social networks are associated with worse QOL. This study examined health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and social suppor...

This paper presents an approach for estimating the impact of migrant workers on wage of native workers. If a particular group of native workers is replaced by migrant workers, the wages of the native workers will decline. The reduction of the wages of native workers may depend on how easily their jobs can be taken to migrant workers. Second, if migrant workers complement a particular group of n...

background china is a country with a high prevalence of hepatitis b. as a special population, migrant workers are more vulnerable to hepatitis b. objectives the present study was conducted to gain insight into the prevalence of hepatitis b and knowledge about hepatitis b among migrant workers in shandong province, china, as well as to explore a series of strategies for preventing and controllin...

The magnitude of migrant workers reached 274 million in 2014. Since the social welfare system of China is locality-based depending on the household registration (hukou) system, migrant workers are excluded from the urban public health service system (1). They are especially vulnerable to three health threats: infectious diseases, maternal health, and occupational diseases and injuries (2). To p...

BACKGROUND 20 million migrant workers in China lost their jobs during the economic crisis of 2008. Both urban migration and unemployment have long been documented to be associated with vulnerability to mental problems. This study aims to examine the mental health of unemployed migrant workers in Eastern China and its relation to duration of unemployment and coping strategy during the recent eco...

BACKGROUND There has been a dramatic increase in internal migrant workers in China over recent decades, and there is a recent concern of poor mental health particularly amongst younger or "new generation" migrants who were born in 1980 or later. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in Guangzhou city between May and July in 2012. Mental wellbeing was measured using the World Health Or...

This article examines the role of migrant workers in meat-processing factories in the UK. Drawing on materials from mixed methods research in a number of case study towns across Wales, we explore the structural and spatial processes that position migrant workers as outsiders. While state policy and immigration controls are often presented as a way of protecting migrant workers from work-based e...