Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Br Med Bull. 2013;106:19-43. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldt016. Epub 2013 May 19.
Socioeconomic transformation in China at the beginning of the twenty-first century has led to rapid urbanization and accelerated rural-urban migration. As a result, the concerns about public health problems triggered by increasing internal population mobility have been more widely studied in recent years.
Published data in Chinese and English on health of migrants and their families in mainland China from 2000 to 2012.
The shifting patterns of disease distribution due to rural-urban migration, health equity and health reform strategies that cater for this specific yet substantial subpopulation are outstanding concerns. Infectious diseases, mental health, occupational health and women's health are emerging public health priorities related to migration.
The high mobility and large numbers of Chinese rural-urban migrants pose challenges to research methods and the reliability of evidence gained.
While the theme of working migrants is common in the literature, there have also been some studies of health of those left behind but who often remain unregistered. Migration within China is not a single entity and understanding the dynamics of new and emerging societies will need further study.
Social, economic, emotional, environmental and behavioural risk factors that impact on health of migrants and their families call for more attention from health policy-makers and researchers in contemporary China.
21 世纪初，中国的社会经济转型带来了快速的城市化和加速的农村-城市移民。因此，近年来，人们更加关注因人口内部流动增加而引发的公共卫生问题。
2000 年至 2012 年间，中国和英文发表的关于中国大陆移民及其家庭健康的研究数据。
由于农村-城市移民而导致的疾病分布模式的转变、卫生公平和针对这一特定但大量亚人群的卫生改革战略，是引人关注的突出问题。与移民有关的传染病、精神卫生、职业健康和妇女健康是新出现的公共卫生重点。
中国农村-城市移民的高度流动性和大量人口给研究方法和所获得证据的可靠性带来了挑战。
虽然以务工移民为主题的文献很常见，但也有一些关于留守人员健康的研究，而这些留守人员往往未登记在册。中国内部的移民并不是一个单一的实体，了解新出现的社会的动态需要进一步的研究。
影响移民及其家庭健康的社会、经济、情感、环境和行为风险因素，需要当代中国的卫生政策制定者和研究人员给予更多关注。
