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The Sociology and Healthcare Perspective on Family and Migration

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2023) | Viewed by 7993

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Krim K. Lacey

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College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, Department of Sociology and African and African American Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Michigan, MI 48128, USA
Interests: domestic violence; mental and physical health; migration
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Dr. Karen Powell Sears

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Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Denison University, 101 W. College Street, Granville, OH 43023, USA
Interests: gendered violence; coping and resilience; health disparities; educational attainment
Dr. Sasha R. Drummond-Lewis

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Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan-Flint, 303 E. Kearsley St., Flint, MI 48502, USA
Interests: health and well-being; caribbean children & families; gender health disparities

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Fundamental changes in the examinations of health and migration have occurred in recent years, resulting in considerable refocusing of academic attention. With changing migration patterns worldwide and across receiving countries, sociological discussions on barriers to health and healthcare among migrants and their families have suggested a need for intersectionality perspectives. With limited dialogue on these perspectives, discussions in understanding the impact of the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, culture, economic, and other social influences on the health and health-related experiences of migrant populations become necessary. This Special Issue welcomes articles that address these perspectives and the role of globalization and neocolonialism in shaping patterns of health inequalities in native and/or destination countries. We especially welcome research that utilizes interdisciplinary frameworks (i.e., critical race theory, social determinants of health, etc.) to inform its inquiry.

Dr. Krim K. Lacey
Dr. Karen Powell Sears
Dr. Sasha R. Drummond-Lewis
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • social factors
  • migration
  • health disparities and inequities
  • health
  • healthcare

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Barriers to Health and Social Services for Unaccounted-For Female Migrant Workers and Their Undocumented Children with Precarious Status in Taiwan: An Exploratory Study of Stakeholder Perspectives
by Ming Sheng Wang and Ching-Hsuan Lin
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 956; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20020956 - 5 Jan 2023
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Unaccounted-for migrant workers (UMWs), who have left their employment placement and whose whereabouts are unknown, make up a vulnerable population in Taiwan. The children of UMWs have a particularly precarious status because they are undocumented/stateless, immigrant, and young. Living with this precarious status [...] Read more.
Unaccounted-for migrant workers (UMWs), who have left their employment placement and whose whereabouts are unknown, make up a vulnerable population in Taiwan. The children of UMWs have a particularly precarious status because they are undocumented/stateless, immigrant, and young. Living with this precarious status limits their children’s rights to survival and development. Moreover, services for female UMWs and their undocumented children are underdeveloped. This study explores the accessibility and availability of social services for UMWs and undocumented children, based on interviews with 12 stakeholders from multiple systems, including a local government, a child welfare placement center, a migrant worker detention center, a hospital, a regional religious center, and a foreign country office. Preliminary findings indicate the following: First, UMWs’ rights to healthcare are not preserved, and they experience greater prenatal risks because their illegal status excludes them from universal health coverage. Second, undocumented children’s rights to survival and development are concerning because these children can be placed in residential care without individualized care or environmental stimulation. Third, children’s rights to cultural identity and permanency are uncertain in that repatriation or adoption does not guarantee their future best interests. Full article
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Exclusion or Inclusion: National Differential Regulations of Migrant Workers’ Employment, Social Protection, and Migrations Policies on Im/Mobilities in East Asia-Examples of South Korea and Taiwan
by Yoon Kyung Kwak and Ming Sheng Wang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 16270; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316270 - 5 Dec 2022
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Low fertility rates and an aging society, growing long-term care needs, and workforce shortages in professional, industrial, and care sectors are emerging issues in South Korea and Taiwan. Both governments have pursued economic/industrial growth as productive welfare capitalism and enacted preferred selective migration [...] Read more.
Low fertility rates and an aging society, growing long-term care needs, and workforce shortages in professional, industrial, and care sectors are emerging issues in South Korea and Taiwan. Both governments have pursued economic/industrial growth as productive welfare capitalism and enacted preferred selective migration policies to recruit white-collar migrant workers (MWs) as mobile elites, but they have also adopted regulations and limitations on blue-collar MWs through unfree labor relations, precarious employment, and temporary legal status to provide supplemental labor. In order to demonstrate how multiple policy regulations from a national level affect MWs’ precarity of labor in their receiving countries, which in turn affect MWs’ im/mobilities, this article presents the growing trends of transnational MWs, regardless of them being high- or low-skilled MWs, and it evaluates four dimensions of labor migration policies—MWs’ working and employment conditions, social protection, union rights and political participation, and access to permanent residency in both countries. We found that the rights and working conditions of low-skilled MWs in Korea and Taiwan are improving slowly, but still lag behind those of high-skilled MWs which also affects their public health and well-being. The significant difference identified here is that MWs in Taiwan can organize labor unions, which is strictly prohibited in Korea; pension protection also differs between the nations. Additionally, an application for permanent residency is easier for high-skilled migrant workers compared with low-skilled MWs and both the Korean and Taiwanese immigration policies differentiate the entry and resident status for low-skilled and professional MWs from dissimilar class backgrounds. Policy recommendations for both countries are also discussed. Full article
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The Effect of Health Change on Long-Term Settlement Intentions of International Immigrants in New Destination Countries: Evidence from Yiwu City in China
by Tao Xu
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(13), 7574; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137574 - 21 Jun 2022
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Objective: Previous studies on settlement intentions have mainly focused on the explanations of social and economic rationality, culture, and institution, but insufficient attention had been paid to the relationship between health and settlement intentions. This study explored the relationship between changes in the [...] Read more.
Objective: Previous studies on settlement intentions have mainly focused on the explanations of social and economic rationality, culture, and institution, but insufficient attention had been paid to the relationship between health and settlement intentions. This study explored the relationship between changes in the health status of immigrants and their settlement intentions. Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted both in 2018 and 2019. Foreigners who visited the Yiwu Municipal Exit–Entry Administration Office to extend their visas were invited to participate in the study. Quantitative data, such as the participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, job status, employment, immigration experience, key factors associated with the intention to settle down, medical insurance coverage, and changes in health status, were collected by questionnaire. Results: A change in health status significantly affected the intention to settle down: the more healthy that people became, the more likely they intended to settle down (β = 0.233; p < 0.001), and, simultaneously, changes in health status were also moderated by the length of stay in China (β = 0.320; p < 0.001) and medical insurance (β = 0.134; p < 0.001), which affected people’s willingness to settle down. Conclusions: Changes in health status, and not health status itself, affected immigrants’ willingness to settle down. In addition, social insurance, and the length of stay in the place receiving immigrants, affected immigrants’ willingness to settle down not only directly, but also indirectly by moderating the impact of the change in health status on the willingness to settle down. Full article
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