Association between health service utilisation of internal migrant children and parents' acculturation in Guangdong, China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To assess the health service utilisation of internal migrant children in Guangdong, China, and to explore the association between children's health service utilisation and their parents' acculturation. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey between April and May 2016. SETTING:Six society-run schools of Tianhe and Baiyun districts in Guangzhou City of China. PARTICIPANTS:We recruited all students at grade 7 or 8 and one of their parents who resided in Guangzhou over 6 months without permanent registered residence (hukou) in Guangzhou (1161 pairs completed this survey). 258 children were ill within the past 2 weeks or during the last year. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The main outcome was self-reported health service utilisation. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to explore the associati

SUBMITTER: Peng BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781153 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature