McGuire James, Li Xiaoming, Wang Bo
Department of Community Health Sciences, the University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Box 5122, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
World Health Popul. 2009;11(2):30-41. doi: 10.12927/whp..21077.
Social stigma has been identified as a major concern in healthcare. Its association with quality of life among migrants is rarely assessed. Using data collected through a cross-sectional survey among 1,006 rural-to-urban migrants and 1,020 rural residents in China, this study examines the experience of stigmatization in relation to four domains of quality of life. Rural-to-urban migrants perceived a higher level of social stigma and a lower level of quality of life than their rural counterparts. Multiple regressions indicated the importance of social stigma in accounting for subjective quality of life for migrants. In addition, personal income, family economic status and health status were positively associated with increased quality of life. Social stigma has a significant influence on quality of life among rural-to-urban migrants in China. Future interventions should seek to improve public attitudes to rural-to-urban migrants and generate action to eliminate stigma, discrimination and prejudice.
社会污名已被视为医疗保健领域的一个主要问题。其与移民生活质量之间的关联很少得到评估。本研究利用在中国对1006名从农村到城市的移民和1020名农村居民进行横断面调查所收集的数据，考察了与生活质量四个领域相关的污名化经历。与农村居民相比，从农村到城市的移民感受到更高程度的社会污名和更低的生活质量。多元回归表明，社会污名对于解释移民的主观生活质量具有重要意义。此外，个人收入、家庭经济状况和健康状况与生活质量的提高呈正相关。社会污名对中国从农村到城市的移民的生活质量有重大影响。未来的干预措施应致力于改善公众对从农村到城市移民的态度，并采取行动消除污名、歧视和偏见。
