A meta-analysis of the impacts of internal migration on child health outcomes in China.
A meta-analysis of the impacts of internal migration on child health outcomes in China.
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DOI：
10.1186/s12889-016-2738-1
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发表时间：
2016-01-22
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Chan KL
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作者：
Sun X;Chen M;Chan KL
根据中国2010年人口普查，中国大陆有3881万儿童从农村迁移到城市，这一现象引起了学术界的广泛关注。由于缺乏对流动儿童发展结果的定量综合，我们进行了荟萃分析，将他们的发展结果与城市儿童的发展结果进行比较。我们检索了应用社会科学索引和摘要（ASSIA）、澳大利亚教育索引、英国教育索引、ERIC、ProQuest教育期刊、PsycINFO、社会服务摘要、全球家庭与社会研究、Medline、国际妇女研究数据库和中国CNKI数据库，以确定相关研究。报告移徙儿童的身心健康结果以及儿童发展结果的潜在保护和风险因素的研究也包括在内。我们使用质量评估清单评估研究质量。我们从总共1592项研究中选择了25项研究。研究结果表明，在公办学校就读的流动儿童的心理健康问题显著高于城市学生，幸福感显著低于城市学生，而在流动学校就读的流动儿童的心理健康状况与城市学生没有显著差异。此外，还发现移徙儿童由于利用保健服务有限，更有可能面临身体健康风险。流动儿童的不利健康结果被发现与一系列个人和社会因素有关，包括学习成绩，社会关系和歧视。城市地区的社会文化环境使移徙儿童处于不利地位。政府应针对性地提供适当的支持，以改善他们的发展状况，这将对社会的稳定和发展产生积极的影响。
According to China’s 2010 population census, 38.81 million children migrated from rural to urban areas in Mainland China, a phenomenon that has attracted much scholarly attention. Due to the lack of quantitative synthesis of migrant children’s developmental outcomes, we undertook a meta-analysis to compare their developmental outcomes with those of their urban counterparts. We searched Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), Australian Education Index, British Education Index, ERIC, ProQuest Education Journals, PsycINFO, Social Services Abstracts, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, Medline, Women’s Studies International databases and the Chinese CNKI database to identify relevant studies. Studies reporting physical and mental health outcomes of migrant children as well as potential protective and risk factors of child developmental outcomes were included. We assessed study quality using a quality assessment checklist. We selected 25 studies from a total of 1592. Our results reveal that migrant children in public schools present significantly greater mental health problems and lower well-being than their urban counterparts, while migrant children in migrant schools do not present significantly different outcomes. In addition, migrant children were found to be more likely to be exposed to physical health risks due to limited utilization of health services. The disadvantageous health outcomes of migrant children were found to be related to a series of individual and social factors, including academic performance, social relationships, and discrimination. Migrant children are disadvantaged by the sociocultural circumstances in urban areas. Government should target them and provide appropriate support in order to improve their developmental status, which will have a positive impact on the stability and development of society.