澳大利亚的中国移民健康状况分析

Abstract:China-born migrants are one of the largest migrant group in Australia and its migration stream into Australia could be traced from the “gold rush” since the 1900s. Based on the Census data from the Australian Statistic Bureau in 2016，the China-born migrants were 509555. Increasing researchers and policy-makers pay attention to this considerable group that try to examine their health status and whether they could remain the “healthy migrant effect” after migrating into Australia. Compared to other migrant groups in Australia，China-born migrants were characterized as younger，higher proportion of female and more willing to settle at the New South Wealth State and the Victoria State. Based on the case study of China-born migrants in Australia，this report analyses their general health status and further compares their status with that of China-born migrants in America. The findings show that comparing with Australian residents，the mortality rate and the utilization of health services of China-born migrants were lower. Specifically，the socio-economic status of China-born migrants would paly a role on their general health status. For example，China-born migrants’ economic ability，the proficiency of grasping English and the integration into the destination society would be their barriers to access to the local health services. It is noted that the traditional cultural value，especially traditional Chinese medical science，deterred them from access to local health services as well. The caution of China-born migrants regarding western medicine also explained their low utilization of health services in Australia. In addition，China-born migrants tended to be less aware of mental diseases and therefor reported low acceptance of preventive treatment of mental treatment or psychological treatment.

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