Migrant parents as policymakers: advocating for equitable English as an additional language (EAL) policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Yan Guo
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Parents

scholarly journals Childcare practices of Polish Migrants in the Netherlands: Comparison with the countries of origin and destination

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alzbeta Bartova ◽  
Kasia Karpinska
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Social Support Network ◽  
Working Parents ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Sources Of Support ◽  
Polish Migrants ◽  
Migrant Parents

Both formal and informal types of child care are important sources of support for working parents andespecially women. However, little is known about the way migrant families combine their work andfamily responsibilities in the context of an absent or limited social support network. We explore this issueusing the example of Polish migrant parents living in the Netherlands and compare their practices tothose of their Dutch and Polish counterparts in the Netherlands and Poland. The aim of our research isto investigate whether migrant parents adapt to the new institutional context, draw on the childcarenorms of their home country, or whether they adopt a unique strategy that reflects their specific positionof migrants, formulated as separate hypotheses. We found support for all of the three hypotheses andshowed that the childcare practices of Polish parents living in the Netherlands are highly dependent onthe age of the youngest child. We also found that the extent to which Polish migrants integrate into theDutch society can be an important predictor of their childcare strategies when the children are veryyoung.

Does Integrated Medical Insurance System (IMIS) Alleviate the Difficulty of Using Cross-Region Health Care for the Migrant Parents in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Ma ◽  
Shutong Huo ◽  
Hao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Insurance ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Inpatient Service ◽  
Medical Expense ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urbanization In China ◽  
Migrant Parents

Abstract Background: A large number of internal immigrants in the process of urbanization in China is Migrant Parents, the aging group who move to urban area involuntarily to support their family. They are more vulnerable economically and physically than the younger migrants. However, the fragmentation of rural and urban health insurance schemes divided by “hukou” household registration system limit migrant’s access to healthcare services in their resident location. Some provinces have started to consolidate the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance and the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme as one Integrated Medical Insurance Schemes (IMIS) to reduce the disparity between different schemes and increase the health care utilization of migrants. Results: Using China Migrants Dynamic Survey, we used OLS for regression in models. We found that the migrant parents who are covered by the IMIS are more likely to choose inpatient service and to seek medical treatment in the migrant destination, by improving the convenience of medical expense reimbursement and relieving the economic pressure. Conclusions: The potential mechanisms of our results could be that IMIS alleviates the difficulty of seeking medical care in migrant destinations by improving the convenience of medical expense reimbursement and relieving the economic constrain.

‘They are more careful’

2020 ◽  
pp. 493-515
Author(s):  
Elizabeth L Krause
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Parental Decision Making ◽  
Chinese Parents ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hospital Ethnography ◽  
Transnational Migrants ◽  
Migrant Parents

This chapter analyses a poorly understood health practice: transnational caring for infants and children. A reproductive paradox provides the point of departure. A majority of births were registered to foreign women in Prato, Italy, yet many parents sent their babies back to China. The chapter focuses on decisions among transnational migrants, particularly Chinese parents working in the Made in Italy fashion industry, that result in the formation of global households. The chapter draws on hospital ethnography in the intimate space of a paediatric exam room and interviews with migrant parents and health-care workers. Qualitative data analysis reveals parents’ privileging of quality care. Findings challenge health-care professionals’ critical gaze and shed light on how migrant parents cope with transnational lives as non-citizen entrepreneurs and workers. Finally, understanding parental decision making may improve how practitioners approach health problems, particularly in a context of intensified migration and mobility.

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