Business School, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China.
School of Economic, Hunan University of Finance and Economics, Changsha, China.
Reprod Health. 2023 Jul 24;20(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s12978-023-01648-2.
Health education services in urban public health represent a significant guarantee to improve health status, reduce fertility pressure, and uplift the living standard of the rural migrant population.
Based on the data from the 2018 China Mobility Monitoring Survey, this research paper analyzes the association between urban public health education services and the fertility intentions of the rural migrant populations.
The study findings indicate that (i) the education services in urban public health demonstrate a significant positive effect on the increase in fertility intentions of the rural migrant population; (ii) further, improvement in the health status represents a crucial mechanism by which urban public health's education services influence the fertility intentions; (iii) in addition, the education services of urban public health exert a significant impact on improvement in the fertility intentions through public health consultation, promotional materials, SMS services, and face-to-face consultation; (iv) finally, urban public health's education services exhibit a significant influence on improvement in the fertility intentions of the rural migrant population with firm residence intention and low work intensity.
This study extends empirical evidence for the government authorities to formulate policies to consummate the urban public health service system, strengthen the efficiency of urban public health education services, and improve the fertility intentions and the living standards of the rural migrant populations.
城市公共卫生健康教育服务是改善健康状况、减轻生育压力、提高农村流动人口生活水平的重要保障。
基于 2018 年中国流动人口动态监测调查数据,本研究分析了城市公共卫生教育服务与农村流动人口生育意愿之间的关系。
研究结果表明:(i)城市公共卫生教育服务对农村流动人口生育意愿的增加具有显著的正向影响;(ii)进一步研究发现,健康状况的改善是城市公共卫生教育服务影响生育意愿的重要机制;(iii)此外,城市公共卫生教育服务通过公共卫生咨询、宣传材料、短信服务和面对面咨询,对改善生育意愿具有显著影响;(iv)最后,城市公共卫生教育服务对具有坚定居住意愿和低工作强度的农村流动人口生育意愿的改善具有显著影响。
本研究为政府制定完善城市公共卫生服务体系、加强城市公共卫生教育服务效率、提高农村流动人口生育意愿和生活水平的政策提供了实证依据。