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Internal Migration and Health in China

Choices, Constraints and Implications

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Authors:
  1. Yan Li

    1. School of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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  • Covers the health constraints and health services access of rural-urban migrants in China

  • Investigates environmental health risks of migrants, their health seeking behaviours, and the constraints encountered

  • Discusses the health issues of migrants under China’s 2016 reformed medical insurance scheme

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Yan Li
    Pages 1-15

  3. Current State of Knowledge on Health-Related Issues Among Migrants

    • Yan Li
    Pages 17-45

  4. The Methodology and Methods of the Research

    • Yan Li
    Pages 47-59

  5. Constraints on Health and Health Services Access: One Class of Migrants?

    • Yan Li
    Pages 61-101

  6. Social Networks: What Helps and What Limits?

    • Yan Li
    Pages 103-127

  7. Understanding of Health-Related Issues: Health Constraints Among Migrants?

    • Yan Li
    Pages 129-150

  8. Discussion and Conclusion

    • Yan Li
    Pages 151-165

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 167-200
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About this book

This book focuses on the multifaceted reality of social and health constraints and health services access among migrants in China, by originally exploring the social strata, social networks, and the understanding of health and health services among migrants. Furthermore, this book investigates the health constraints and health services access of rural-urban migrants in the absence of equal social protection by the government. It argues that the main obstacles to access health services are not only the shortage of financial resources among rural-urban migrants, but also lie in the institutional blindness regarding health security provision, rural-urban dualism and the household registration system in China. The book highlights the key function that social networks play in health and health services access among migrants in China, which has rarely been discussed in previous studies. And it also discusses the understanding of health among migrants, and further analyses that although many migrants have not formed proper understanding of the connotation of health and have limited knowledge of health, prime responsibility should not be put on the migrants because their poor understanding of health mainly results from their rural perspective while health and health services access depend on the social-economic environment in which they live and work.


This book would be of interest to people in migration studies, social exclusion and social welfare studies and to people interested in rural-urban migration and health in China.


Reviews

“This is, without question, an important and high quality research on the health choices, constraints and strategies of rural-urban migrants in China, of great value in understanding the contemporary Chinese Social Policy and Society and the problems of rural-urban migrants in China, and essential reading for policy experts and anyone interested in contemporary China.”

Gillian Pascall, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK 

“Based on rich interviews in Beijing, Yan Li’s important lucid book advances understanding about heterogeneity in migrants’ health. The analysis provides a wealth of original insights into inequalities among migrants in exposure to physical and mental health risks, health implications of living conditions, health insurance coverage, access to health services, use of illegal clinics, social support in health emergencies, and access to public health knowledge.”

Rachel Murphy, Professor of Chinese Development and Society, University of Oxford, UK


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

    Yan Li

About the author

Yan Li is a Professor of Social Policy at Nanjing University, China. He obtained a PhD from the University of Nottingham, UK. His main research areas are social security and social policy, migration studies, health inequalities and health promotion, social stratification and mobility, and China studies. Yan Li worked as a Lecturer and a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is also a Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK (FHEA). He has published in major international journals, including Social Science & Medicine, Qualitative Health Research, BMJ, Journal of Contemporary China, among others.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Internal Migration and Health in China

  • Book Subtitle: Choices, Constraints and Implications

  • Authors: Yan Li

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8624-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-8623-1Published: 24 January 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-8626-2Due: 07 February 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-8624-8Published: 23 January 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 200

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Migration, Health Care Management, Economic Policy, Sociology, general, Social Structure, Social Inequality

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