The Dynamics of Migration, Health and Livelihoods
Indepth Network Perspectives
Published on 28. December 2009
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7546-7875-5 (ISBN)
Description
Using INDEPTH's multi-site network to provide new demographic insights into population variables, this book provides a new perspective on migration, health and livelihoods interaction over time. The book starts with providing a conceptual and methodological framework to inform the epidemiological studies that are clustered into two themes, showing the dynamics of migration with either household livelihoods or individual health outcomes. The findings demonstrate the important cross-national regularities in human migration. The contributed chapters also exemplify the fact that the impacts of migration can be either positive or negative for sending and/or receiving communities, depending on the issues at hand and the type of migration under consideration.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
includes 1 b&w illustration & 17 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-7875-5 (9780754678755)
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Persons
Mark Collinson is based at MRC/Wits University, RSA. Kubaje Adazu is based at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya. Michael White is based at Brown University, USA. Sally Findley is based at Columbia University, USA.
Content
Foreword; Preface; Section A Introduction: Migration and demographic surveillance: an overview of opportunities and challenges; Health and demographic surveillance migration methodology and data: a promise for cross-site comparative analyses; Dynamics of space and time: community context of migration, livelihoods and health of the indepth sites; Age-sex profiles of migration: who is a migrant?; Section B Migration and Livelihoods: Migration and agricultural production in Kanchanburi, Thailand; Migration and socio-economic change in rural South Africa, 2000-2007; Parents' migration and children's education in Matlab, Bangladesh.; Section C Migration and Health: Assessing the effect of mother's migration on childhood mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi; Child migration and mortality in rural Nyanza province: evidence from the Kisumu health and demographic surveillance system (KHDSS) in Western Kenya; Migration and adult mortality in rural Southern Mozambique: evidence from the demographic surveillance system on Manhica district; Migration and morbidity in Bavi Vietnam.; Section D Epilogue: The relevance of the volume; References; Index.