Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Globalization and Local Effects in Sending Communities

研究生玛丽A.斯科特，在玛丽·K博士的指导下。Anglin将研究全球化进程与国际不平等之间的关系。社会科学家观察到，跨国移徙可能对已经处于不利地位的人产生负面影响。通常情况下，重点是那些移徙者，而不是那些留在其原籍社区的人。在这个项目中，斯科特将在发送社区的地方一级进行跨国移民的影响的探索。她的研究将侧重于墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯州南部妇女的健康状况，该州在过去十年中跨国移民急剧增加。 斯科特将采用多方面，混合方法的研究策略。她将采访妇女和卫生保健提供者，构建案例研究，并进行参与观察。访谈将侧重于家庭移民状况、社会经济地位、家庭健康、妇女参与家庭经济以及妇女的社会网络资源。个案研究将包括对选定的妇女进行更深入的后续访谈，并在其家庭中进行参与观察。与社区卫生保健提供者的访谈和参与观察将有助于了解妇女面临的共同健康问题。这个项目的新颖之处在于它侧重于全球化影响原籍社区的地方一级进程。它将特别为关注跨国移徙对健康影响的研究人员提供信息，但也将有助于建立一个关于国际移徙和全球化进程的更完整的社会科学理论。此外，该奖项还为社会科学家的教育做出了重大贡献。

Graduate student Mary A. Scott, under the direction of Dr. Mary K. Anglin, will undertake research on the relationship between globalization processes and international inequalities. Social scientists have observed that transnational migration may negatively affect people who already are disadvantaged. Typically, the focus is on those who migrate rather than the those who remain in the communities from which they come. In this project, Scott will will undertake an exploration of the effects of transnational migration at the local level in a sending community. Her research will focus on women's health outcomes in southern Veracruz, Mexico, a state which has seen a steep increase in transnational migration in the last ten years. Scott will employ a multi-faceted, mixed-methods research strategy. She will interview both women and health care providers, construct case studies, and carry out participant observation. Interviews will focus on household migration status, socioeconomic status, household health, women's involvement in the household economy, and women's social network resources. Case studies will include more intensive, follow-up interviews with selected women and participant observation in their households. Interviews and participant observation with community health care providers will aid in understanding the common health issues that women face. This project is novel in its focus on the local-level processes through which globalization affects communities of origin. It will inform researchers who are concerned with the impact of transnational migration on health, in particular, but it also will help to building a more complete social science theory of international migration and globalization processes. In addition, this award contributes significantly to the education of social scientist.