Migration and health in Asia / edited by Santosh Jatrana, Mika Toyota, and Brenda S.A. Yeoh. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - 1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps - Routledge research in population and migration . - Routledge research in population and migration. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 Introduction: understanding migration and health in / chapter 2 Population movement in Indonesia: implications for the potential spread of HIV/AIDS / chapter 3 Market bound: relocation and disjunction in Northwest / chapter 4 Constructions of foreign labour migrants in a time of SARS: the case of Singapore THERESA WONG AND BRENDA S.A. YEOH -- chapter 5 Investigating the role of nativity on functional disability among older adults in Singapore / chapter 6 Anaemia among migrant and non-migrant mothers in disadvantaged areas in the Visayas, the Philippines / chapter 7 The Filipinos in Sabah: unauthorised, unwanted and unprotected / chapter 8 Migration, differential access to health services and civil society's responses in Japan / chapter 9 An institutional approach towards migration and health in China / chapter 10 A longitudinal analysis of health and mortality in a migrant-sending region of Bangladesh / chapter 11 Reproductive health status of wives left behind by male out-migrants: a study of rural Bihar, India / chapter 12 Some policy issues on migrant health / Asia SANTOSH JATRANA, ELSPETH GRAHAM AND -- GRAEME HUGO -- Laos CHRIS LYTTLETON -- SANTOSH JATRANA -- ALAN BANZON FERANIL -- MARUJA M.B. ASIS -- KEIKO YAMANAKA -- XIANG BIAO -- RANDALL S. KUHN -- ARCHANA K. ROY AND PARVEEN NANGIA -- GAVIN W. JONES.

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This important and timely collection is the first single-volume examination of the relationship between 'migration' and 'health' in an Asian context. The essays use both quantitative and qualitative approaches to investigate interdisciplinary issues of he.

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Emigration and immigration--Health aspects--Asia.
Immigrants--Health and hygiene--Asia.
Immigrants--Family relationships--Asia.
AIDS (Disease)--Asia.
SARS (Disease)--Asia.
Transients and Migrants.
Emigration and Immigration.
Health Services Accessibility.
Public Health.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
MEDICAL--Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Health Care Delivery.
AIDS (Disease)
Emigration and immigration--Health aspects.
Immigrants--Family relationships.
Immigrants--Health and hygiene.
SARS (Disease)


Asia.
Asia.


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Electronic books.

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