De La Salle University Publishing House (DLSUPH)
The Health Dimension of Southeast Asian Migration to Europe: Abridged Report

Authors:
Trinidad Osteria,
Daniela Carrillo and
Anna Vittoria Sarli
Published and distributed by:
De La Salle University (DLSU) Publishing House, 2012
ISBN 978-971-555-550-0
60 pages
Table of Contents
- Background
- Objectives
- Methodology
- Research Findings-Spain
- 1 Illness Patterns of Migrants in Spain
- 2 Factors Affecting Access to Health Services
- 2.1 Health Beliefs and Health-Seeking Behaviour
- 2.2 Linguistic Barriers
- 2.3 Stigma and Anxiety
- 2.4 Time Constraints
- 2.5 Socio-cultural Barriers
- 2.6 Health Effects of Employment
- 2.7 Environmental Hazards
- 2.8 Psychosocial Effects
- 3 Utilisation of Health Services
- 4 Providers’ Perspectives
- 5 Clients’ Perspectives
- 6 Current Research Findings
- 7 The Chinese Perspective
- 7.1 Illness Experience
- 7.2 Illness Response
- 7.3 Attitudes Toward Health Service Providers
- 7.4 Services Known
- 7.5 Services Utilised
- 7.6 Normative Cultural Values Expected by Filipinos from Health Providers
- 7.7 Interviews of Providers
- 7.8 Key Informants’ Perceptions
- 7.9 Barriers To Access of Health System from Clients’ Perspective
- 7.10 Issues Emanating from the Research
- Research Findings-Italy
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Results
- 2.1 Quantitative Analysis: Findings and Challenges
- 2.2 Qualitative Analysis
- 2.2.1 Chinese Migrants
- 2.2.1.1 Chinese and Western Medicine: Different and Complementary Therapeutic Sources
- 2.2.1.2 Language Barrier
- 2.2.1.3 Bureaucratic Apparatus
- 2.2.1.4 Access to the Health System and the General Practitioner’s Role
- 2.2.1.5 Chinese Therapeutic System in Milan
- 2.2.1.6 Critical Health Issues Emerging from the Research
- 5.2.2.2 The Filipino Community
- 2.2.2.1 Discrepancy in Mutual Perceptions
- 2.2.2.2 National Health System: Use and Access
- 2.2.2.3 Back to the Philippines
- 2.2.2.4 Traditional Remedies
- 2.2.2.5 Critical Health Issues Emerging from the Research
- 3 Discussion and Conclusions
- Concerns and Challenges in the Incorporation of Southeast Asian Migrants’ Issues into European Health Policies and Programmes
- 1 Challenges in Translation of Regional Recommendations into National Plans
- 2 Challenges from the Research
- 2.1 Quality of Care
- 2.2 Medical Pluralism
- 2.3 Cultural Competence of the Health System
- 2.3.1 A Culturally Competent Health Organisation
- 2.4 Transnationalism vs. Integration of Migrants
- 2.4.1 Transnationalism
- 2.4.2 Integration
- 2.4.3 Integration as a Social Model for Migration
- 3 Prospects for Asia-Europe Cooperation
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