scholarly journals New Prospects in Regional Health Governance: Migrant Workers' Health in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Nodzenski ◽  
Kai Hong Phua ◽  
Nicole Bacolod
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Health Governance

scholarly journals Factors That Prevent Mosquito-Borne Diseases among Migrant Workers in Taiwan: Application of the Health Belief Model in a Church-Based Health Promotion Study

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 787
Author(s):  
Yu-Shan Tai ◽  
Hao-Jan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Preventive Practices

Background: Southeast Asian countries have long been considered epidemic areas for mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs), and most imported cases of infectious diseases in Taiwan are from these areas. Taiwanese migrant workers are mainly of Southeast Asian nationality, and of these, 22% are Filipino. Migrant workers’ knowledge of MBDs and self-protection behaviors are beneficial to disease prevention and treatment. This study aims to understand the effectiveness of a health education intervention (HEI) for Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan and explores the factors affecting preventive practices. Methods: The study was conducted between May to September 2018. Participants were recruited from two Catholic churches in Taichung City. A professional delivered a 30 min HEI in person, and a structured questionnaire was used to acquire and assess participants’ knowledge, health beliefs, and preventive behaviors for MBDs before and after the intervention. Results: A total of 291 participants were recruited. The intervention program showed a positive impact on the migrant worker’s knowledge and the perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and preventive practices. Knowledge, perceived severity, and perceived barriers were factors influencing preventive practices in Filipino migrant workers. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrated that we can direct our efforts towards three areas: improving foreign migrant workers’ awareness of diseases, emphasizing the severity of the disease, and eliminating possible hindrances in the future. As one example, migrant workers could be proactively provided with routine medical examinations and multilingual health education lectures to improve knowledge and preventive practices to contain the spread MBDs.

scholarly journals Low seroprevalence of Zika virus infection among adults in Southern Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Wen Chien ◽  
Tzu-Chuan Ho ◽  
Pei-Wen Huang ◽  
Nai-Ying Ko ◽  
Wen-Chien Ko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dengue Virus ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Zikv Infection ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Denv Serotypes ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Abstract Background We recently conducted a serosurvey of newly arrived workers in Taiwan from four Southeast Asian countries which revealed that 1% of the migrant workers had laboratory-confirmed recent Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. Taiwan, where Aedes mosquitoes are prevalent, has a close relationship with Southeast Asian countries. Up to now, 21 imported cases of ZIKV infection have been reported in Taiwan, but there has been no confirmed indigenous case. The aim of this serosurvey was to assess whether there was unrecognized ZIKV infections in Taiwan. Methods A total of 212 serum samples collected in a cross-sectional seroepidemiologic study conducted during the end of the 2015 dengue epidemic in Tainan, Taiwan, were analyzed. Anti-ZIKV IgM and IgG were tested using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). Plaque reduction neutralization tests (PRNTs) for ZIKV and four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes were performed for samples with positive anti-ZIKV antibodies. A confirmed case of ZIKV infection was defined by ZIKV PRNT90 titer ratio ≥ 4 compared to four DENV serotypes. Results The mean age of the 212 participants was 54.0 years (standard deviation 13.7 years), and female was predominant (67.0%). Anti-ZIKV IgM and IgG were detected in 0 (0%) and 9 (4.2%) of the 212 participants, respectively. For the 9 samples with anti-ZIKV IgG, only 1 sample had 4 times higher ZIKV PRNT90 titers compared to PRNT90 titers against four dengue virus serotypes; this individual denied having traveled abroad. Conclusions The results suggest that undetected indigenous ZIKV transmission might have occurred in Taiwan. The findings also suggest that the threat of epidemic transmission of ZIKV in Taiwan does exist due to extremely low-level of herd immunity. Our study also indicates that serological tests for ZIKV-specific IgG remain a big challenge due to cross-reactivity, even in dengue non-endemic countries.

Health interregionalism in combating communicable diseases

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-160
Author(s):  
Vincent Rollet
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Health Initiatives

This last decade, regional organizations progressively became unavoidable actors of regional health governance and have been supported by some global health actors to strengthen such a role. Among these actors, the European Union (EU) is the only regional organization that implements health initiatives in cooperation with its regional counterparts. This article focuses on such “health interregionalism” toward Southeast Asia and Africa and in the field of communicable diseases, with the main objective of assessing its nature and identifying its main functions. It concludes that although appreciated and needed, the EU’s health interregionalism should better reflect the EU’s experience in regional health governance in order to represent a unique instrument of development aid and an added value for regional organizations

Song of Exile, Four-Way Voice

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHANG Cheng ◽  
Yun Chan Liao
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Personal Essays ◽  
Book Series ◽  
Marriage Migrants ◽  
The Status

In this chapter, Taiwanese reporters CHANG Cheng and LIAO Yun-chang consider the status of writings by Southeast Asian migrant workers and marriage migrants residing in Taiwan—including writings appearing in multilingual newspaper and book series that solicit and print personal essays written by Southeast Asian migrants in Taiwan, as well as works submitted for literature prizes that specifically target writings by migrants in Taiwan. This chapters argues that these texts—despite being written mostly by nonprofessional authors who are not Taiwan citizens and furthermore are often not writing in Chinese—should be included within the category of “Taiwan literature”; essays by migrant authors permit these lower-class foreign workers to recount their feelings and experiences and share them with Taiwan’s other residents.

The Pan American Health Organization and the Mainstreaming of Human Rights in Regional Health Governance

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Mason Meier ◽  
Ana S. Ayala
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Global Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
Global Health Policy ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Health Organization

In the development of a rights-based approach to global health governance, international organizations have looked to human rights under international law as a basis for public health. Operationalizing human rights law through global health policy, the World Health Organization (WHO) has faced obstacles in efforts to mainstream human rights across the WHO Secretariat. Without centralized human rights leadership in an increasingly fragmented global health policy landscape, regional health offices have sought to advance human rights in health governance and support states in realizing a rights-based approach to health. Examining the efforts of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), this article explores the evolution of human rights in PAHO policy, assesses the mainstreaming of human rights in the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (Bureau or PASB), and analyzes the future of the rights-based approach through regional health governance.

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