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

Table of Contents

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

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