Migration and health in China: Linking sending and host societies

Wang, Senhu; Hu, Yang

doi:10.1002/psp.2231

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“…International migration has strongly manifested itself to historic highs. Many studies regarding international migration have been conducted from different perspectives [ 32 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ]. Among the discussions, there is an increased interest in the issues of social capital and network resources in migration and integration research [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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Social Capital and Psychological Well-Being of Chinese Immigrants in Japan

Gong

Peng

Wang

2021

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Social capital in immigrants has drawn considerable attention from social scientists. Previous studies have paid attention to how immigrants’ bonding social capital (defined as social networks with co-ethnic residents) and bridging social capital (defined as social networks with native residents) are associated with their economic achievement. However, little attention has been paid to immigrants’ different social capital’s effects on psychological well-being. Drawing data from Chinese immigrants in Japan, we examined how these Chinese immigrants assimilated into Japanese society and how their bonding and bridging social capital related to their psychological well-being. The results show that bonding social capital directly affected immigrants’ psychological well-being, whereas bridging social capital indirectly improved their psychological well-being by improving economic status. This study contributes to previous literature on how immigrants’ different social capital is related to their psychological well-being.

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Social Capital and Psychological Well-Being of Chinese Immigrants in Japan

Gong

Peng

Wang

2021

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“…Over the last three decades, the rapid urbanization of China has led to a large scale of domestic migration ( 19 ). Due to the fast development of public transportation systems, rural migrant workers could move from rural to urban areas at relatively low cost and easily stay connected with their sending societies ( 20 ). A large number of rural residents migrated from rural to urban settings for better employment opportunities and higher salaries, leaving their children in their hometown on account of high living expenses and huge obstacles to health care and education in urban regions ( 21 ).…”

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The Mediating Role of Loneliness Between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Rural Adolescents During COVID-19 Outbreak: A Comparative Study Between Left-Behind and Non-left-behind Students

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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted people's life across the globe. In a public health crisis, rural adolescents are more prone to mental health problems. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depressive symptoms among Chinese rural adolescents during the COVID-19 outbreak, and examine the association between perceived social support and depressive symptoms and its underlying mechanisms.Method: Perceived Social Support Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were administrated to 826 rural adolescents from Anhui Province, China, amid the COVID-19 crisis. Mackinnon's four-step procedure was employed to examine the mediating effect, while Hayes PROCESS macro was utilized to test the moderated mediation model.Results: The results showed the rate of depressive symptoms among rural adolescents in China was 77.6% during the outbreak of COVID-19. Female left-behind students and non-left-behind students from disrupted families experienced more depressive symptoms (all P < 0.05). Loneliness mediated the association between perceive social support and depressive symptoms and the indirect effect was stronger in left-behind adolescents in comparison to non-left-behind adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusion: Depressive symptoms are extremely prevalent among Chinese rural adolescents during the COVID-19 outbreak, and perceived social support plays a protective role against depressive symptoms. Chinese rural adolescents, especially left-behind students, could benefit from the interventions aimed at enhancing the perceived social support and reducing loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…22 In other words, even if some healthcare workers are not prone to misinformation, there are delays and geographic disparities in receiving and absorbing accurate health information. 23,24 For these reasons, we hypothesize that the link between misinformation and noncompliance with hand hygiene and mask-wearing guidelines is also present among healthcare workers.…”

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Hand Hygiene and Mask-Wearing Practices during COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: Misinformation as a Predictor

Wang

Antwerpen

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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Poor public health information is a hurdle in infectious disease control. The study aims to examine whether healthcare workers adhere to hand hygiene and mask-wearing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore their exposure to misinformation about the pandemic as a predictor. A cross-sectional survey was sent to 518 healthcare workers across Indonesia, the fourth largest nation in the world, in September 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The respondents reported whether they adhered to the guidelines of hand hygiene and mask wearing and whether they believed in four pieces of misinformation about the origin, severity, contagion, and prevention of COVID-19. The association between misinformation and hand hygiene and mask wearing was tested with logistic regression models controlling for demographic and health-related covariates. Approximately 25% of healthcare workers did not always adhere to hand hygiene guidelines and approximately 5% did not adhere to mask-wearing guidelines. There are significant associations between all four pieces of misinformation and hand hygiene and mask wearing. It is important to improve public health information about COVID-19, which may hold key to healthcare workers’ hand hygiene and mask wearing and to protect their health and patients’ safety.

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Migration and health in China: Linking sending and host societies

Cited by 20 publications

References 37 publications

Social Capital and Psychological Well-Being of Chinese Immigrants in Japan

Social Capital and Psychological Well-Being of Chinese Immigrants in Japan

The Mediating Role of Loneliness Between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Rural Adolescents During COVID-19 Outbreak: A Comparative Study Between Left-Behind and Non-left-behind Students

Hand Hygiene and Mask-Wearing Practices during COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: Misinformation as a Predictor

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