| Migration and Health in Asia Contributor(s): Jatrana, Santosh (Editor), Toyota, Mika (Editor), Yeoh, Brenda S. a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415363195 ISBN-13: 9780415363198 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: While migration may offer economic benefits, migrant populations are vulnerable to various health problems. Until now there has been no single volume examination of the relationship between "migration" and "health" in an Asian context. This book fills that gap. The book will interest advanced undergraduate students, graduates, academics and professionals in the areas of public health, sociology, geography, anthropology and migration studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| LCCN: 2004030610 |
| Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.38" W x 9.46" (1.20 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The processes of migration and health are inextricably linked in complex ways, with migration impacting on the mental and physical health of individuals and communities. Health itself can be a motivation for moving or a reason for staying, and migration can have implications on the health of those who move, those who are left behind, and the communities that receive migrants. This volume brings together some of the increasing number of researchers who are studying health and migration in Asia - a continent which is a major exporter and importer of human resources. Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, the essays included in this work investigate the interdisciplinary issues of health and health-related behaviours in the field of migration. Comprehensive and scholarly, Migration and Health in Asia also covers major themes such as the pandemics of HIV/AIDS and SARS, differential access to health and civil society for migrants, and the health of the populations who are left behind. |