Effects of public health policies on the health status and medical service utilization of Chinese internal migrants

Fu, Minghui; Liu, Chuanjiang; Yang, Mian

doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2020.101464

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“…First, prior studies have looked at public health from various perspectives including economic, environmental, and healthcare management [ 1 , 3 , 6 , 7 ]. Rowitz [ 68 ], Bradd, Travaglia, and Hayen [ 69 ], and Smith et al [ 70 ] conducted a systematic review of leadership in public health literature.…”

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“…For example, citizens benefit from programs such as disease protection, disability improvement, environmental protection, and other physical and mental health enhancement. However, from government leaders’ perspective, they have to consider the allocation of resources and the performance of their investment to public health programs [ 6 ]. This will affect their decision whether or not to invest more in public health programs [ 1 ].…”

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“…Although prior studies have investigated the issue of public health and health policy, scholars often discuss this topic from economic, environmental, and healthcare perspectives [ 1 , 3 , 6 , 7 ]. For example, Bosworth, Cameron, and DeShazo [ 8 ] investigated residents’ willingness to pay for public health policies to treat illnesses.…”

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“…Prior studies have provided rich evidence to the knowledge of public health management in current literature. However, research on public health management from leaders’ perspective is also worthy and necessary because several public health policies are related to government leaders’ decisions [ 6 , 7 ]. Due to the important role of public health system to citizens and society, it is often managed and controlled by government agencies [ 10 , 12 ].…”

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Leaders’ Future Orientation and Public Health Investment Intention: A Moderated Mediation Model of Self-Efficacy and Perceived Social Support

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Chou

Chen

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Prior studies have investigated the issue of public health and health policy from economic, environmental, and healthcare perspectives. Research on public health from leaders’ perspective may also help to advance our knowledge about leaders’ perceptions, attitudes, and behavioral intentions toward public health management. Therefore, this study is based on social ideal theory, social cognitive theory, and social trust theory to investigate the influence of leaders’ future orientation on public health investment intention with the mediating role of leaders’ self-efficacy and the moderating role of perceived social support. Using a structural equation modeling with a sample data of 381 leaders of government agencies in Vietnam, empirical results indicate that leaders’ future orientation has a positive influence on public health investment intention. Furthermore, self-efficacy is found to have a positive mediating effect in the relationship between leaders’ future orientation and public health investment intention. In addition, perceived social support positively moderates the link between leaders’ future orientation and self-efficacy. Perceived social support also moderates the indirect effect of leaders’ future orientation on public health investment intention through self-efficacy. On one hand, this study contributes to theoretical research by clarifying the effects of leaders’ perceptions, and cognitive and behavioral intentions toward public health investment. Findings of this study may have implications for researchers who may have interest in studying the issue of public health management from leaders’ viewpoints. On the other hand, this study contributes to practitioners since understanding how leaders’ characteristics affect public health investment will enhance the quality of policy makers’ decision-making in improving public health for citizens and society.

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“…However, many studies have indicated that <40% of elderly migrants have participated in the free community health checkups in the past year. In addition, <40% of internal elderly migrants follow up on chronic diseases, and the level of other behaviors, such as establishing health records and seeking medical attention, is also low (15,18). This suggests that there are deficiencies in the health management of elderly migrants in China.…”

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Do Migration Characteristics Influence the Utilization of Basic Public Health Services in Internal Elderly Migrants in China?

Lin

Wang

Zhu

2021

Front. Public Health

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Background: The literature shows that migration characteristics are a potential pathway through which migration can influence basic healthcare service utilization. The goal of the study was to explore the effect of migration characteristics on the utilization of basic public health services for internal elderly migrants in China and to identify the pathways that might promote their utilization of basic public health services.Methods: We studied 1,544 internal elderly migrants. The utilization of basic public health services was determined through participation in free health checkups organized by community health service institutions in the past year. Migration characteristics were represented by years of residence and reasons for migration. Other variables included demographic characteristics and social factors, e.g., the number of local friends and exercise time per day were measured to represent social contacts. Multivariate binary logistic regression was employed to explore the association of the variables with the likelihood of using community health services.Results: A total of 55.6% of respondents were men, and the mean age was 66.34 years (SD 5.94). A low level of education was observed. A total of 59.9% of migrants had been residents for over 10 years, and the main reason for migrating was related to family. Of these migrants, 12.9% had no local friends. Furthermore, 5.2% did not exercise every day. Social contacts were complete mediators of the impact of migration characteristics on the utilization of primary healthcare.Conclusion: Our study highlighted the mediating role of social factors in the relationship between migration characteristics and the utilization of basic public health services among Chinese internal elderly migrants. The findings supported the need to increase the opportunities for social contacts between local elderly individuals and internal elderly migrants.

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Get out of life on the edge: The role of urban public health services on migrants’ social integration in China

Li,

Wang

2024

Population Space and Place

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Public health services for migrants are not only related to their health status, but also crucial to their social integration in the host cities. Using data from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, we examine the impacts of urban public health services on migrants’ social integration. We find a positive correlation between the accessibility of public health services among migrants and their social integration. Research on the mechanisms reveals that obtaining public health services contribute to social integration by improving migrants’ health status, fostering the alignment of hygiene practices with those of local residents and promoting family migration. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the positive impact of public health services on social integration is notably pronounced among migrants engaged in informal employment, lacking social security, holding rural hukou and having a relatively brief duration of residence in the host cities. This paper presents valuable insights into migrants’ social integration which is a critical issue for policymakers. By improving the accessibility of public health services, migrants will better integrate into host cities. The findings may be instructive for promoting urbanization in China and other countries.

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Effects of public health policies on the health status and medical service utilization of Chinese internal migrants

Cited by 22 publications

References 22 publications

Leaders’ Future Orientation and Public Health Investment Intention: A Moderated Mediation Model of Self-Efficacy and Perceived Social Support

Leaders’ Future Orientation and Public Health Investment Intention: A Moderated Mediation Model of Self-Efficacy and Perceived Social Support

Do Migration Characteristics Influence the Utilization of Basic Public Health Services in Internal Elderly Migrants in China?

Get out of life on the edge: The role of urban public health services on migrants’ social integration in China

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