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- Title
Análisis de las alternativas de los migrantes mexicanos en Estados Unidos de América para atender sus problemas de salud.
- Authors
Nigenda, Gustavo; Ruiz-Larios, José Arturo; Bejarano-Arias, Rosa María; Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth; Bonilla-Fernández, Pastor
- Abstract
Objective. To identify the strategies used by Mexican migrants to access health services in the U.S. and Mexico. Materials and Methods. Ethnographic study in five Mexican states, selected by their migration dynamics. A series of focus groups and in-depth interviews were conducted with health services users and providers. Results. Six strategies were identified and are used according to the severity of the disease: a) self-medication, b) telephone consultation with relatives, c) utilization of private services, d) travel to border towns, e) return to place of birth, f) getting medical care during their visits to places of origin. Discussion. The health care options used by Mexican migrants and their families are defined according to events related to the migration process. The implementation of public policies to protect the health of migrants on both sides of the border is critical.
- Subjects
MEXICO; IMMIGRANTS; MEDICAL care; HEALTH services accessibility; ETHNOGRAPHIC analysis; HEALTH policy
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2009, Vol 51, Issue 5, p407
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0036-36342009000500008