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Wang J, Bai L, Xu X. Disparities in awareness and utilisation of National Essential Public Health Services between the floating population and the registered residents: a cross-sectional study in China. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e080756. [PMID: 38569712 PMCID: PMC11146392 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE There are differences between the floating population and the registered population in the awareness and use of the National Essential Public Health Services (NEPHS) due to the influence of China's household registration system. The Equalization of Basic Public Health and Family Planning Services (EBPHFPS) policy aims to reduce disparities among populations by enhancing the migrant population's access to basic public health services. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the EBPHFPS targeted at the floating population and the disparities in access to and utilisation of NEPHS between registered residents and the floating population. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING 8 cities (regions, autonomous prefectures) in China. PARTICIPANTS 13 998 floating population and 14 000 registered residents in eight cities (regions, autonomous prefectures) were included in the analysis. OUTCOME MEASURES Three binomial variables, including awareness of NEPHS, acceptance of health education and establishment of health records, were used as outcome indicators to examine the relationship between the EBPHFPS and the disparities between the floating and registered populations. METHODS A linear regression model, fairness gap calculation and propensity score matching were used to explore the associations. RESULTS The areas that implemented EBPHFPS exhibited an 8.3% increase in awareness of the NEPHS (p<0.01) and a 4.0% increase (p<0.05) in the likelihood of individuals having received health education within the previous year compared with the areas without the policy implementation. In contrast to registered residents, however, the floating population still faces significant disparities in NEPHS awareness and utilisation. Compared with areas without the equalisation policy, the inequality of opportunity in health education of the floating population in implementation areas is significantly lower (p<0.01), whereas no significant difference is observed in the inequality of opportunity regarding NEPHS awareness among the floating population (p>0.1). The floating population in the pilot areas of the policy encountered greater disparities in the establishment of health records (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Positive associations between the EBPHFPS policy and NEPHS awareness and utilisation among the floating population were demonstrated to some extent; however, the floating population was still confronted with a degree of inequality of opportunity. The government needs to develop target-oriented policies and a guaranteed mechanism to ensure access to NEPHS among the floating population.
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- Jin Wang
- Center for Health Policy and Management Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Public Management, School of Health Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Gao T, Yan G, Zhang M, Leng B, Jiang F, Mi W. Effect of social integration on family doctor contracting services among migrant populations in China: a national cross-sectional survey. Fam Pract 2023; 40:538-545. [PMID: 37555256 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmad078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The family doctor (FD) contracting system is a key reform in the development of the Chinese health system, and is considered an effective way to ensure equitable access to healthcare services. This study investigates the effects of social integration on FD contracting services among migrant populations. METHODS In total, 120,106 respondents from the 2018 China Migrants Dynamic Survey were included in this study. Two multivariate regression models were used to estimate the effect of social integration and other factors on FD contracting services among migrant populations. RESULTS This study found that only 14.0% of the migrant populations had a FD. Multiple dimensions of social integration and some covariates were shown to be positively associated with FD contracting services, including average monthly household income, local medical insurance (odds ratio [OR] = 1.34, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.29-1.39), employment status (OR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.82-0.91), settlement intention (OR = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.09-1.22), received health education (OR = 4.88, 95% CI = 4.51-5.27), sex (OR = 1.16, 95% CI = 1.12-1.20), age (OR = 1.66, 95% CI = 1.51-1.82), marital status (OR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.31-1.46), sickness within a year (OR = 0.84, 95% CI = 0.79-0.89), and flow range (OR = 1.12, 95% CI = 1.07-1.16). CONCLUSIONS All dimensions of social integration, including economic integration, social identity, and social involvement, are associated with FD contracting services among migrant populations. Policymakers should focus on improving the signing rates of migrant populations and implement more effective measures to enhance their social integration, such as settlement incentives and encouraging social participation.
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- Tiantian Gao
- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Center for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- National Health Commission (NHC) Key Lab of Health Economics and Policy Research (Shandong University), Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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Wang J, Bai Y, Zhu J, Wang X, Liu J. Vaccination in the childhood and awareness of basic public health services program among internal migrants: a nationwide cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:1257. [PMID: 37380970 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16147-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Vaccination is proved to be one of the most effective and efficient way to prevent illness and reduce health inequality. Studies about association between vaccination inequalities in the childhood and awareness of basic public health services program among internal migrants in China are lacking. In this study, we aimed to explore the association between migrants' vaccination status between 0 and 6 years old and their awareness of the National Basic Public Health Services (BPHSs) project in China. METHODS We included 10,013 respondents aged 15 years old or above of eight provinces from 2017 Migrant Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey in China, a nationwide cross-sectional study. Univariate and multivariable logistic regressions were used to assess vaccination inequalities and the awareness of public health information. RESULTS Only 64.8% migrants were vaccinated in their childhood, which is far below the goal of national requirement of 100% vaccination. This also indicated the vaccination inequalities among migrants. Female, the middle-aged, married or having a relationship, the highly educated and the healthy population had higher awareness of this project than others. Both univariate and multivariate logistic regressions showed greatly significant association between vaccination status and some vaccines. Specifically, after adding convariates, the results showed that there were significant associations between the vaccination rates of eight recommended vaccines in the childhood and their awareness of BPHSs project (all p values < 0.001), including HepB vaccine (OR: 1.28; 95%CI: 1.19, 1.37), HepA vaccine (OR: 1.27; 95%CI: 1.15, 1.41), FIn vaccine (OR: 1.28; 95%CI: 1.16, 1.45), JE vaccine (OR: 1.14; 95%CI: 1.04, 1.27), TIG vaccine (OR: 1.27; 95%CI: 1.05, 1.47), DTaP vaccine (OR: 1.30; 95%CI: 1.11-1.53), MPSV vaccine (OR: 1.26; 95%CI: 1.07-1.49), HF vaccine (OR: 1.32; 95%CI: 1.11, 1.53), except for RaB vaccine (OR: 1.07; 95%CI: 0.89, 1.53). CONCLUSIONS The vaccination inequalities exist among migrants. There is a strong relationship between the vaccination status in the childhood and the awareness rate of BPHSs project among migrants. From our findings we could know that the promotion of vaccination rates of the disadvantaged population such as the internal migrants or other minority population can help them increase the awareness of free public health services, which was proved to be beneficial for health equity and effectiveness and could promote public health in the future.
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- Jun Wang
- Center for Health Policy Research and Evaluation, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- Center for Health Policy Research and Evaluation, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
- School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, UK.
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- Center for Health Policy Research and Evaluation, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
- School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, 100191, China.
- Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Che Y, Wang J, Song C, Wang X, Bai Y, Liu J. Trends and influencing factors of HIV health education receive rate among 0.57 million migrants in China from 2009 to 2017: a national population-based study. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:1256. [PMID: 37380966 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16140-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION China has implemented Basic Public Health Service (BPHS) in 2009, aiming to improve the health status of the people, and the content of service includes implying health education for residents. As an important group of people, the migrants can easily become main reason for major infectious diseases such as HIV between different provinces, but the effect of receiving health education is still unknown for migrants. Therefore, the health education of China's migrant population has received widespread attention. METHODS This study used the data of the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) from 2009 to 2017, and evaluated the trend of HIV health education acceptance rate of different migrant groups across the country (n = 570,614). Logistic regression model was used to test the influencing factors of HIV health education rate. RESULTS The study found that the overall HIV health education rate of Chinese migrants decreased from 2009 to 2017, and different types of migrants showed different trends. The proportion of migrants aged 20-35 who receive education fluctuates, and ethnic minorities, western regions, and migrants with high education were more likely to receive HIV health education. CONCLUSION These findings identify when implementing health education for migrants, we can carry out more education for specific groups to promote the health equity of the migrant population.
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- Yue Che
- Center for Health Policy Research and Evaluation, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
- School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- Center for Health Policy Research and Evaluation, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
- School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- The First People's Hospital of Anning City, Kunming, 650300, Yunnan Province, Yunnan Province, China
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- Center for Health Policy Research and Evaluation, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
- School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- Center for Health Policy Research and Evaluation, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
- School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, 100080, China.
- Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
- Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Major Diseases (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China.
- School of Public Health, Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Wang W, Song J, Fan C, Li Q, Ma D, Yin W. Cross-sectional study of factors affecting the receipt of mental health education in older migrants in China. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:376. [PMID: 36814209 PMCID: PMC9945688 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15287-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Population migration in China has increasingly included middle-aged and older populations. Relatedly, the lack of mental health education among China's older migrants is still an important but neglected problem. This study aimed to understand the current situation of mental health education received by the older migrant population in China and to explore related influencing factors. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 5729 older migrants who participated in the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey. The independent variables included four components: demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, migration factors, public health service utilization, and social integration factors. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test for single factors and a binary logistic regression model for multiple factors. RESULTS A total of 1749 older migrants received mental health education, for a receipt rate of 30.53%. Regression analysis showed that older migrant individuals who had an average monthly household income > 3000 CNY, self-rated their health as healthy, had chronic diseases, had heard of National Basic Public Health Services, had established health records, received ≥2 types of health education were willing to integrate into the local population, and were highly involved in the community were more likely to receive mental health education. Older migrants who were ≥ 70 years old, had an elementary school education or below, had difficulties in the local community, had migrated ≥11 years prior, moved for their offspring, and moved across provinces were less likely to receive mental health education. CONCLUSIONS The older migrant population does not receive sufficient mental health education. Mental health interventions should be tailored to the characteristics of older migrants to increase their mental health literacy and meet their psychological needs.
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- Wanchen Wang
- grid.268079.20000 0004 1790 6079School of Public Health, Weifang Medical University, NO.7166, Baotong West Street, Weifang, Shandong China
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- grid.268079.20000 0004 1790 6079School of Management, Weifang Medical University, NO.7166, Baotong West Street, Weifang, Shandong China
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- grid.268079.20000 0004 1790 6079School of Management, Weifang Medical University, NO.7166, Baotong West Street, Weifang, Shandong China
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- grid.268079.20000 0004 1790 6079School of Public Health, Weifang Medical University, NO.7166, Baotong West Street, Weifang, Shandong China
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- grid.268079.20000 0004 1790 6079School of Management, Weifang Medical University, NO.7166, Baotong West Street, Weifang, Shandong China
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- School of Management, Weifang Medical University, NO.7166, Baotong West Street, Weifang, Shandong, China.
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Lin X, Mao X, Ai F, Yao W. Factors influencing utilization of communicable disease prevention and treatment education among the floating population: a cross-sectional study in China. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:207. [PMID: 36721260 PMCID: PMC9887564 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15126-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In China, communicable diseases (CD) have a negative impact on public health and economic stability. The influx of migrants, who make up a substantial portion of China's population and continue to rapidly expand, has seriously hampered CD prevention and control, needing special care. This study aimed to identify key factors influencing the utilization of CD prevention and treatment education (CDPTE) among the floating population. We are confident that the findings will highlight obstacles facing CDPTE among the migrants, and guide future development prevention, treatment of CD, and health education services. METHODS A sample of migrants aged 15 years and above in 32 provincial units nationwide in 2018 was recruited by stratified multi-stage proportional to population size sampling (PPS). A structured questionnaire survey was conducted via face-to-face interviews. Subsequently, the Anderson health service utilization model was used as the theoretical framework and SPSS 26.0 statistical software was applied to analyze the data. The statistical description of the current situation of CDPTE acceptance and the chi-square test were used to compare the differences in CDPTE acceptance by different characteristics. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze key factors affecting the use of CDPTE among migrants. RESULTS A total of 40.1% of the recruited participants reported receiving education on CD prevention and treatment, primarily delivered through traditional transmission media. Multilevel logistic regression results revealed that male migrants, aged 30-49 years, unmarried, with higher educational attainment, an average monthly household income of CNY 7,500-9,999 (or US$1,176-1,568), working more than 40 h per week, flowing into the Central and Western regions, migrated in the province, self-rated health, contracted family doctors and those with health records were more likely to receive CDPTE (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Our findings revealed unsatisfactory acceptance of education on CD prevention and treatment among migrants, implying that health education should be strengthened further. Publicity of relevant policies and works should be strengthened and specific interventions should be developed for key regions as well as vulnerable groups to enhance CDPTE. More financial support should also be provided to improve the quality of health education.
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- Xiaodan Lin
- grid.284723.80000 0000 8877 7471School of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.284723.80000 0000 8877 7471School of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Gao L, Nie Y, Wang G, Li F. The impact of public health education on people's demand for commercial health insurance: Empirical evidence from China. Front Public Health 2022; 10:1053932. [PMID: 36408058 PMCID: PMC9669966 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1053932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Public health education is gaining significance globally, and it is important for managing health risks. This study empirically analyzed the effect of public health education on people's demand for commercial health insurance. And we used the fixed effects and the mediating effect models, and instrumental variables regression in our research based on panel data of 31 provinces (including municipalities and autonomous regions) in China from year 2009 to 2019. The findings show that public health education significantly increases people's demand for commercial health insurance, and this effect remains significant when considering endogeneity and robustness. We further analyzed and found that the increased demand for commercial health insurance is caused by health literacy, health risk perceptions and health risk attitudes. Through heterogeneity analysis, we found that there were significant differences in the effects of public health education in regions with different demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. We found that the effect of health education on promoting people's demand for commercial health insurance is more obvious in regions with high levels of urbanization, proportion of men, education, economic development, medical resources, and social medical insurance coverage. Governments are supposed to take further measures to enhance the effectiveness of public health education, develop high-quality commercial health insurance, and continuously improve health risk coverage.
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- Lifei Gao
- School of Economics, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- School of Insurance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China,*Correspondence: Ying Nie
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- School of Insurance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
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- China Life Reinsurance Company Ltd., Beijing, China
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Xu X, Zhang Q, You H, Wu Q. Awareness, Utilization and Health Outcomes of National Essential Public Health Service Among Migrants in China. Front Public Health 2022; 10:936275. [PMID: 35899157 PMCID: PMC9309480 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.936275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background The national essential public health service (NEPHS) has been in operation for more than a decade. Numerous studies examined the utilization of NEPHS by migrants and the factors that influence it, but few examined the effect of NEPHS awareness and utilization on the health of inhabitants, particularly migrants. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the level of awareness and utilization of NEPHS, as well as to examine their health-improving effects on migrants. Methods Based on the data from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, linear probability model, ordered logit model and the propensity score matching methods were employed to investigate impact of awareness and utilization of NEPHS on the health among Chinese migrants. Mediating effect model were used to identify the mechanism of the impact of NEPHS on health. Results The findings indicated that migrants' awareness and utilization of NEPHS are still insufficient. After adjusting for other factors, the study discovered that increased awareness and use of NEPHS had a beneficial influence on migrants' self-rated health. Further heterogeneity analysis revealed significant disparities in the health consequences of NEPHS awareness and utilization across subgroups. The effect of increased awareness and usage of NEPHS on health is stronger for middle-aged and elderly people, women, and low-educated migrants with urban household registration. The estimated results of the mediating effect model supported the mechanism that increased NEPHS awareness among the floating population could encourage its utilization and further improve the floating population's health. Conclusions Given that migrants' NEPHS utilization is still low and that NEPHS utilization has a positive effect on health, some targeted strategies, such as a variety of new media communication methods, health education related to occupational disease and tuberculosis prevention, and targeted NEPHS projects for specific groups, such as men, young and middle-aged groups, those with a high level of education, and rural migrants, should be conducted to improve the health of migrants.
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- Xinpeng Xu
- School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Institute of Healthy Jiangsu Development, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Health Development Research Center, Nanjing, China
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- School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Institute of Healthy Jiangsu Development, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Wang X, Liu J, Wang Q, Qiao Y, Jin X, Li Z, Yan W, Du M, Jing W, Wang A, Liu M. Economic-related inequalities in hepatitis B virus infection among 115.8 million pregnant women in China from 2013 to 2020. EClinicalMedicine 2022; 49:101465. [PMID: 35747197 PMCID: PMC9124701 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious global health problem and China has the largest disease burden. Literatures focusing on economic-related inequalities in HBV infection among pregnant women are scarce. We aimed to quantify the economic-related inequalities and the change over time in HBV infection among pregnant women in mainland China from 2013 to 2020 to inform strategies considering economic-related inequalities. METHODS We used national cross-sectional secondary data of pregnant women in 30 provinces from the National Integrated Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B Programme (iPMTCT Programme) from 2013 to 2020. We calculated concentration index and adjusted difference between the rich and the poor in the multivariable generalized estimating equation (GEE) model to measure economic-related inequality, after adjusted other risk factors. FINDINGS In this study, a total of 115,789,148 pregnant women of mainland China from 2013 to 2020 were included, the overall hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence was 6.27% (95%CI: 6.26%-6.28%). The curve lay above the equality line, with the negative value of the concentration index of -0.027, which indicated that economic-related health disparities exist in the distribution of HBV infection and the inequality disadvantageous to the poor (pro-poor). The concentration index showed a trend of fluctuating decline, indicating that economic-related inequalities in HBsAg prevalence were narrowing. The adjust difference between counties with lowest economic level and counties with highest economic level (reference group) were 46.3% in HBsAg prevalence (all p<0.05) in the multivariable GEE model, after controlling other confounders. A significant dose-response relationship was observed between low economic level and high HBsAg prevalence that the adjust difference increased from 15.6% (aOR=1.156, 95% CI: 1.064-1.257) in the high-economic group to 46.3% (aOR=1.463, 95% CI: 1.294-1.824) in the lowest-economic group, compared with the highest-economic group. The association between low economic level and high HBsAg prevalence was stable in the sensitivity analysis. INTERPRETATION HBV infection was more concentrated among population with lower economic status. Economic-related inequalities in HBV infection decreased in the past decade. Our findings highlight the importance of developing equity-oriented policies and targeted interventions to reduce HBV infection among the poor and hard-to-reach populations to achieve the 2030 HBV elimination goals on time. FUNDING National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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- Xiaoyan Wang
- National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University, Beijing, China
- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Corresponding author at: National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Corresponding author at: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Association between Social Integration, Social Exclusion, and Vaccination Behavior among Internal Migrants in China: A Cross-Sectional Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19137915. [PMID: 35805576 PMCID: PMC9265632 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19137915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cross-sectional studies about the association between social integration, social exclusion, and vaccination behavior among internal migrants in China are lacking. In this study, we aimed to explore the association between the influenza vaccination behavior and social integration as well as social exclusion in China based on a cross-sectional study. We included 12,467 participants aged 15 years old or above from the 2017 Migrant Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey (MDMS). We used univariate analysis and logistic regression models to access the association between social integration, exclusion status, and influenza vaccination rates. Results suggested that the association between social integration and the vaccination rate was significantly positive. Moving between different districts impact on people’s mental health and their health performance. Significant association between influenza vaccination behavior and education attainment, income status, health record, and awareness of basic public health services program was reported. Therefore, in order to reduce the incidence of influenza disease and increase the vaccination rate, policymakers and the public should promote social integration for internal migrants. Meanwhile, our finding also implies possible strategies to promote COVID-19 vaccination.
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