Healthcare-seeking behaviour among clinic-based tuberculosis patients

This study investigated the factors influencing recourse to healthcare in a sample of 220 tuberculosis (TB) patients. Data collection was by means of face-to-face interviews. Patients sought help mainly from primary healthcare clinics (46%) and private doctors (40%). The mean patient delay was seven weeks, with only 21% of patients seeking professional healthcare within less than two weeks. The results show that lack of awareness of TB and use of a home remedy were significantly associated with a delay of longer than two weeks in seeking healthcare. These findings indicate an urgent need to educate communities on the signs and symptoms of TB, as well as the need to  attend designated health facilities for early diagnosis and proper treatment

Migration at Work

The willingness to migrate in search of employment is in itself insufficient to compel anyone to move. The dynamics of labour mobility are heavily influenced by the opportunities perceived and the imaginaries held by both employers and regulating authorities in relation to migrant labour. This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the structures and imaginaries underlying various forms of mobility. Based on research conducted in different geographical contexts, including the European Union, Turkey, and South Africa, and tackling the experiences and aspirations of migrants fr

Klimaatverandering en wateromleiding risico voor ecologie van de Maas

Verminderde waterafvoer in de Maas kan de kwetsbare ecologie van de rivier negatief beïnvloeden. In de toekomst speelt klimaatverandering daarbij een belangrijke rol en in beperkte mate mogelijk ook de wateromleiding van de Roer

A Migration Project in Retrospect: The Case of the Ageing Zero Generation in Emirdağ

In the twentieth century, Emirdağ (Turkey) witnessed extensive emigration and is now home to the ‘zero generation’: a group of elderly people who stayed behind when their children moved abroad. We investigate how these elderly people, with at least one child who left the country, evaluate their situation as they have grown older. Using fieldwork observations and in-depth interviews, we found that this group mainly associated the migration of their offspring with loneliness and exclusion from society, due to separation from their children and changes in the traditional family culture. The respondents clearly note a shift in the social position of family elders in Turkish culture, from highly respected to being ignored and looked down upon. While this change in status might be experienced by all elderly inhabitants of the region, feelings of distress were reinforced by an emerging discourse which suggests the migration project is a failed enterprise. The constraints their children experience in the immigrant country have led the zero generation to rely less on them and become more dependent on their own resources. Future research on ageing, migration and transnational care should focus on the different ways in which migration systems evolve, and the long-term effects on social inclusion of all generations

Marriage Migration and the Labour Market. The Case of Migrants of Turkish Descent in Belgium

The persistently high popularity of migration marriages within large immigrant populations in Western Europe is an interesting phenomenon. The Turkish diaspora has steadily grown, even though legal provisions in the host countries are limited. Turkish men and women in Western European countries are looking for brides and grooms in the home country of their parents or grandparents and young people in Turkey are still deciding to leave their country of birth and to move to Western European countries. This article focuses on the question why so many young people born and raised in other countries like Turkey opt for an unknown partner living in a far away country. Turkish marriage migration to Belgium is used as a case study to develop the arguments. The case of Turks in Belgium can offer us several interesting insights which are helpful in understanding the dynamics of marriage migration in general.status: publishe

Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Analysis of the Determinants of Intra-European Student Mobility

In recent years, organised student mobility within the European space has increasingly caught the interest of scholarly researchers. As the focus of most research projects has been on the outcome of mobility programmes, studies into the determinants of credit student mobility remain rather focused on individual decision-making. However, in order to gain a more profound understanding of how students' motivations to participate in international mobility programmes are shaped, we have to go a step further. Therefore, in this paper, we present a study into the determinants of intra-European student mobility, conducted in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Poland, and UK, taking into account students' personal background and motivations. The results are based on an online survey (n = 5654) and in-depth interviews and focus groups with non-mobile as well as ex-mobile students (n = 71). The results show that mobility decisions are socially and biographically embedded. Moreover, we provide evidence that the decision to spend a study period abroad cannot be fully understood without taking into consideration the macroeconomic context

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