E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 292 Seiten, E-Book-Text
Reihe: Megacities and Global Change / Megastädte und globaler Wandel
Bork-Hüffer Migrants' Health Seeking Actions in Guangzhou, China
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-515-10186-8
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Individual Action, Structure and Agency: Linkages and Change
E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 292 Seiten, E-Book-Text
Reihe: Megacities and Global Change / Megastädte und globaler Wandel
ISBN: 978-3-515-10186-8
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Existing research on health seeking is characterized by an abundance of empirical studies and a lack of theoretical grounding. This e-book provides a new approach, a social theory that conceptualizes the various interlinkages and interdependencies of structure (e.g. regulation in health care and occupational systems, cultural norms and health beliefs), different types of agents (e.g. administration, health practitioners, NGOs, social organizations and networks) and individual action. It makes a substantial contribution to the social theory debate and expands existing approaches to health seeking with the concept of health seeking action. By providing a theoretical explanation of change it illustrates the impact of current dynamics in China.
The approach is applied to rural-to-urban migrants in Guangzhou, China. Migrants are a new and constantly growing segment of the population that has emerged in Chinese cities since the beginning of the reform era. Their lack of access to health care has resulted in various different alternative health seeking actions. A considerable number of factors that influence health seeking are identified that have not been considered in existing works.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Soziologie & Psychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
Weitere Infos & Material
1;CONTENTS;6
2;LIST OF FIGURES;12
3;LIST OF TABLES;14
4;LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS;18
5;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;20
6;SUMMARY;22
7;ZUSAMMENFASSUNG;24
8;1 INTRODUCTION: HEALTH SEEKING ACTIONS –THE FOCUS AND ITS RELEVANCE;26
9;2 THEORETICAL APPROACH: INDIVIDUAL ACTION,STRUCTURE, AND AGENCY – LINKAGES AND CHANGE;34
10;3 STATE-OF-THE-ART: HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR,DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE HEALTH SYSTEM,URBANIZATION AND MIGRATION IN CHINA,AND THEIR EFFECTS FOR HEALTH;64
11;4 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE,METHODOLOGY AND METHODS;100
12;5 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS: FINDINGS ON THE VARIETY OF HEALTH SEEKING ACTIONS AND THE PERCEIVED AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ACTIONS;140
13;6 DISCUSSION AND SYNTHESIS: UNDERSTANDING THE LINKS BETWEEN MIGRANTS’ HEALTH SEEKING ACTIONS, STRUCTURE, AND AGENCY AS WELL AS THE IMPACT OF MORPHOGENESIS;210
14;7 FINAL CONCLUSIONS: INSIGHTS INTO HEALTH SEEKING ACTIONS;270
15;REFERENCES;274
16;APPENDIX;290