How African migrants in China cope with barriers to health care

Bodomo, Adams; Liem, Andrian; Lin, Lavinia; Hall, Brian J.

doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(20)30048-7

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“…This may be due to cultural differences, a language barrier, or stigma and discrimination 15 . More public health communications are needed to fill these gaps, as previous studies showed that some migrants in China rely on their own community, rather than government sponsored public health programming 16 .…”

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Disease knowledge and attitudes during the COVID-19 epidemic among international migrants in China: a national cross-sectional study

Wang¹,

Tian²,

Zhao³

et al. 2020

Int. J. Biol. Sci.

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Background: There are more than 258 million international migrants worldwide and the majority reside in countries with ongoing novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic outbreaks. International migrants may not receive adequate and timely disease information during epidemics, increasing vulnerability to disease transmission. This is one of very limited studies focusing on international migrants' COVID-19 prevention knowledge and attitudes during the epidemic. Methods: A national cross-sectional online survey was conducted across 100 cities and 26 regions in China from February 17 and March 1, 2020. The sample included 1,426 international migrants representing 77 countries and 6 continents. Knowledge was defined as the number of correct responses to questions about COVID-19. Attitudes included worries, expectations, and general preparedness. Multivariable ordinal logistic regressions evaluated correlates of knowledge and attitudes including information channels and preferences, and trust in Chinese institutions and groups. Results: Just half of the sample, 730/1426 (51.2%) had a good level of knowledge and 656/1426 (46.0%) had a positive attitude towards the COVID-19 epidemic. Knowledge was associated with receiving information through social media (aOR: 2.0, 95%CI: 1.2-3.2), the Internet (aOR: 1.4, 95%CI: 1.2-1.8), the community (aOR: 1.5, 95%CI: 1.2-1.8), and encountering language barriers when receiving medical services (aOR: 0.8, 95%CI: 0.7-1.0). Positive attitude was associated with the level of trust in various Chinese institutions and groups. Conclusions: Roughly half of the sample reported inadequate knowledge and poor attitudes toward prevention and control of COVID-19. Tailored public health campaigns are needed to ensure that international migrants possess adequate knowledge to protect their health during future epidemics and disasters.

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Disease knowledge and attitudes during the COVID-19 epidemic among international migrants in China: a national cross-sectional study

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Tian²,

Zhao³

et al. 2020

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“…[39] However, some age unrelated social groups are especially vulnerable during the epidemic. This concerns persons with low health literacy, [40] international migrant workers [41] with estimated global number as 150 million, international students, [42] persons in assisted living and nursing homes, persons with intellectual or sensorial disabilities, [43] refugees, [44][45] homeless people, [46] prisoners. [47] These groups are disempowered in face of the epidemic and urge for a special need to bilateral communication in order to sociologically monitor their perception of general preventive actions, and to eventually readjust these actions to particular social conditions.…”

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Communication on COVID-19 to community – measures to prevent a second wave of epidemic

Bikbov¹,

Bikbov²

2020

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The manuscript highlights available data on gap in public awareness about recent clinical and scientific facts about COVID-19, insufficient community knowledge about symptoms and preventive measures during COVID-19 and previous MERS-CoV epidemic, and lack of monitoring the community perception and adherence to preventive measures. We also summarize literature evidence about reluctance to change social behavior and disregard recommendations for social distancing among persons who percept to having low risk of infection or complications, and briefly describe destructive psychological response and misleading communications.Our analysis could be translated into important policy changes in two directions:(1)to communicate recent scientific discoveries about COVID-19 pathophysiology to better prepare public opinion to longer period of extraordinary measures;(2)to implement sociological feedback on knowledge, attitudes and practices among general public and some vulnerable social groups.

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“…Although a canopy African community in China does not currently exist, there is much interaction and networking among Africans in China along regional, national, religious, and linguistic groupings (Bodomo et al 2020). For example, as far as we know, there are Nigerian communities in Guangzhou and other cities.…”

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Calculator communication in the markets of Guangzhou and beyond

Bodomo

Che

Dong

2020

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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The presence of Africans in China has been phenomenal since the late 1990s. In recent years, there has been a dramatic uptick in people from Africa coming to the major cities of China such as Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Yiwu, Shanghai, and Beijing. They are in the process of building linguistic, cultural, and economic bridges between their source communities and their host communities. In this process, communication problems are inevitable, since Africans and Chinese do not share a common lingua franca in most cases. However, these communities have succeeded in devising some interactive strategies that turn out to be quite effective, especially in market situations, one of them being calculator communication (CM). This paper looks at these strategies in the context of contact linguistics and the emergence of some hybrid language that has elements of African languages, Chinese, and English.

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How African migrants in China cope with barriers to health care

Cited by 17 publications

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Disease knowledge and attitudes during the COVID-19 epidemic among international migrants in China: a national cross-sectional study

Disease knowledge and attitudes during the COVID-19 epidemic among international migrants in China: a national cross-sectional study

Communication on COVID-19 to community – measures to prevent a second wave of epidemic

Calculator communication in the markets of Guangzhou and beyond

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