Transnational Migration and Global Health: The Production and Management of Risk, Illness, and Access to Care

Globalization, including the global flows of people, is clearly linked to disease transmission and vulnerability to health risks among immigrant populations. Anthropological research on transnational migration and health documents the implications of population movements for health and well-being. S...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Annual review of anthropology Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 345 - 361
Main Authors:	Sargent, Carolyn, Larchanché, Stéphanie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Palo Alto, CA Annual Reviews 01-01-2011 Annual Reviews, Inc
Subjects:	Access Access to health care Chronic diseases Diabetes Disease Disease risk Disease transmission Diseases Economics Ethnology Global health Globalization Health Health care access Health care policy Health Care Services health disparities Health Problems Health research Health risks Health services Human ecology, environment Human migration Human settlements Illness Illnesses Immigrant populations Immigrants Inequality Medical anthropology Migrants Migration Migrations Morphological source materials Noncitizens Otherness Phenomenology Physical anthropology, ethnobiology political economy of health Political migration Politics Population Psychological distress Public health Reproductive health Risk Risk management Social conditions social suffering Transnationalism Vulnerability Well being Health Service Social construction Immigrant Disease Health Mental health Transnational migration population Infectious disease Health policy health disparities Fertility political economy of health Chronic Illness migration Disparity Risk group social suffering Access to health care Risk management Sex work
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!