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. 2020 Mar 30;17(7):2344.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072344.

Effect of Health Education on Healthcare-Seeking Behavior of Migrant Workers in China

Xuefeng Li  1 , Han Yang  1 , Hui Wang  2 , Xujun Liu  3
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Effect of Health Education on Healthcare-Seeking Behavior of Migrant Workers in China

Xuefeng Li et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Health education is considered to be an effective way to improve the healthcare-seeking behavior of migrant workers. This study examined the impact of health education on healthcare-seeking behavior of migrant workers in China and explored the differences in different health education methods. This paper used the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) to analyze the relationship between health education and healthcare-seeking behavior. Our results indicated that health education could significantly improve the healthcare-seeking behavior of migrant workers, but there was still ample space for improvement. From the perspective of different health education methods, lectures, public consultation, and online education were positively correlated to healthcare-seeking behavior, while publicity materials and bulletin boards were not. Although the effects of publicity materials and bulletins were limited, these two health education methods were still the most widely used. Our results emphasized the necessity of increasing investment in lectures, public consultation, online education, and other similar health education methods. This change in health education methods can play an effective role in the spread of health education to improve the healthcare-seeking behavior of migrant workers.

Keywords: China; health education; healthcare-seeking behavior; migrant worker.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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