Transnationalism and health: A systematic literature review on the use of transnationalism in the study of the health practices and behaviors of migrants

Villa-Torres, Laura; González-Vázquez, Tonatiuh; Fleming, Paul J.; González-González, Edgar Leonel; Infante-Xibille, César; Chávez, Rebecca Bill; Barrington, Clare

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.048

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“…This was proposed by Villa et al [27] who documented the existence of transnational health practices, having both positive and negative impacts on the health of origin households.…”

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Household wellbeing and health risks in Mexican households with and without migrants: a cross-sectional analysis

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BackgroundMigration between Mexico and the USA constitutes the world’s largest migration corridor with more than 13 million movements of people in 2016. Furthermore, Mexico has a complex migration profile, being a country of origin, transit, destination, and return. While there has been discussion on the relationship between migration and development of origin communities, evidence on social and health issues faced by origin households is limited. This case study is a first attempt at documenting, through analyzing a national representative health survey of Mexican households (n = 9474), the relationship between international migration from Mexico and origin household health characteristics.Case presentationMexican international migration moves largely (90% of migrants) toward the USA. Migration has passed from being mostly circular (from the early to late 1990s) to a permanent pattern of residence in the destination country due to changes in migration policies that have progressively restricted the irregular entrance of immigrants making re-entry more difficult.The present case study compares the socioeconomic, demographic, and health characteristics of households in Mexico with and without emigrants using data from a national representative health survey. Accordingly, in 2016, 5.8% (n = 1,802,980) of all Mexican households reported having a member living abroad.Households with members living abroad were found to more likely be headed by a female (45.8%), have Seguro Popular health insurance, and not to be among the poorest household population. In terms of health profile, a higher frequency of adults with a reported diagnosis of diabetes and/or hypertension (33.9 vs 21.7% for households with vs without emigrants, respectively; p = 0.067), and a higher severity of diabetes reflected a higher probability of hospitalization.ConclusionsResults showed that socioeconomic, demographic, and health conditions differed between households with and without emigrants. These differences were determined as not being attributable to migration and cannot be considered as predisposing factors of migration.

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“…This was proposed by Villa et al [27] who documented the existence of transnational health practices, having both positive and negative impacts on the health of origin households.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Household wellbeing and health risks in Mexican households with and without migrants: a cross-sectional analysis

et al. 2018

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“…Los desarrollos sobre la vulnerabilidad estructural surgen en el trasfondo de una decidida crítica a las aproximaciones socioculturalistas (1,2) y tienen como antesala los trabajos de la antropología médica crítica estadounidense (Baer, Singer, etc. ), los de la antropología médica crítica interpretativista (Scheper-Hughes, Bourgois, etc.…”

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“…), entre otros. Comparten el diagnóstico de que en los casos de los problemas de salud de los migrantes (pero no solo de ellos), siempre se trata de "más que cultura", según sintetizó Villa-Torres et al (2) .…”

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La vulnerabilidad estructural y las nuevas perspectivas en medicina social sobre la salud de los migrantes: entrevista a James Quesada y Seth M. Holmes

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2019

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Desde hace una década, varios autores anglófonos, centrados principalmente en el análisis e intervención de los procesos de determinación social de la salud de los migrantes, forjaron el concepto de vulnerabilidad estructural, como una forma de combatir el individualismo, el biologismo, la invisibilización de los procesos de determinación estructural y la culpabilización de las víctimas. Siendo parte de las contribuciones históricas de la medicina social, los actuales desarrollos de la aproximación sobre la vulnerabilidad estructural han quedado desconectadas de las discusiones del movimiento de la salud colectiva y la medicina social latinoamericana en general, entre otras razones, por las barreras lingüísticas asociadas a la escasez de sus publicaciones en español. La presente entrevista, realizada a dos de sus principales representantes, indaga los orígenes históricos de dicha aproximación y busca explorar las contribuciones específicas que hoy está realizando, como una forma de acercarlas a los lectores de habla hispana, favoreciendo el diálogo con las propuestas de medicina social latinoamericanas.

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“…In general, the relationship between transnationalism and health has rarely been explored in the past [2,5], and it is just starting to gain attention in the past few years (i.e. [4,[6][7][8]).…”

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Diasporic medical tourism: a scoping review of quantitative and qualitative evidence

Mathijsen

2020

Global Health

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Background: There is a growing recognition of the significance of the diasporic dimension of medical travel. Explanations of medical tourism are increasingly presented in a wider context of transnationalism, diaspora and migration. Yet diaspora and cross-border travellers rarely get through the broader narrative of medical travel. Objective: Our aim in this scoping review was to extend the current knowledge on the emerging subject of diasporic travels for medical purposes. Specifically, we reviewed the existing literature on what is known about the determinants and motivational factors of diasporic medical tourism; its geographic scope and its quantitative estimation. Methods: Using a scoping review methodology, we conducted the search in seven electronic databases. It resulted in 210 records retrieved. Ultimately, 28 research papers and 6 non-research papers (published between 2002 and 2019) met the following criteria: 1) focus on healthcare and health-related practices, 2) transnational perspective, 3) healthcare consumption in the country of origin (homeland) while being a resident of another country, 4) published in English. Results: The findings from our review highlighted the importance of diasporic medical patients who had been researched and analysed on four continents. Even though quantitative evidence has been scarce, the data analysed in the scoping review pointed to the existence of non-negligible level of diasporic medical tourism in Northern America, and in Europe. Various motivational factors were enumerated with their frequency of occurrence: medical culture (12), time availability ("by the way of being home") (9), communication (6), dissatisfaction with the current system (6), healthcare insurance status (5), quality of healthcare (5), second opinion (3), and value for money (3).

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Transnationalism and health: A systematic literature review on the use of transnationalism in the study of the health practices and behaviors of migrants

Cited by 73 publications

References 44 publications

Household wellbeing and health risks in Mexican households with and without migrants: a cross-sectional analysis

Household wellbeing and health risks in Mexican households with and without migrants: a cross-sectional analysis

La vulnerabilidad estructural y las nuevas perspectivas en medicina social sobre la salud de los migrantes: entrevista a James Quesada y Seth M. Holmes

Diasporic medical tourism: a scoping review of quantitative and qualitative evidence

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