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abstract: 'Background: Rural-to-urban migration involves a high proportion of
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females because job opportunities for female migrants have increased in
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urban industrial areas. Those who migrate may be healthier than those
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staying in the village and they may benefit from better health care
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services at destination, but the `healthy'' effect can be reversed at
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destination due to migration-related health risk factors. The study
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aimed to explore the need for health care services for reproductive
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tract infections (RTIs) among female migrants working in the Sai Dong
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industrial zone as well as their services utilization.
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Methods: The cross sectional study employed a mixed method approach. A
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cohort of 300 female migrants was interviewed to collect quantitative
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data. Two focus groups and 20 in-depth interviews were conducted to
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collect qualitative data. We have used frequency and cross-tabulation
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techniques to analyze the quantitative data and the qualitative data was
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used to triangulate and to provide more in-depth information.
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Results: The needs for health care services for RTI were high as 25\% of
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participants had RTI syndromes. Only 21.6\% of female migrants having
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RTI syndromes ever seek helps for health care services. Barriers
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preventing migrants to access services were traditional values, long
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working hours, lack of information, and high cost of services. Employers
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had limited interests in reproductive health of female migrants, and
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there was ineffective collaboration between the local health system and
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enterprises. These barriers were partly caused by lack of health
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promotion programs suitable for migrants. Most respondents needed more
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information on RTIs and preferred to receive these from their employers
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since they commonly work shifts - and spend most of their day time at
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work.
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Conclusion: While RTIs are a common health problem among female migrant
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workers in industrial zones, female migrants had many obstacles in
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accessing RTI care services. The findings from this study will help to
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design intervention models for RTI among this vulnerable group such as
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communication for behavioural impact of RTI health care, fostered
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collaboration between local health care services and employer
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enterprises, and on-site service (e.g. local or enterprise health
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clinics) strengthening.'
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affiliation: 'Le, ATK (Corresponding Author), Hanoi Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol
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\& Biostat, 138 Giang Vo St, Ba Dinh Dist, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
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Le Anh Thi Kim; Lan Hoang Vu, Hanoi Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol \& Biostat, Ba
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Dinh Dist, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
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Le Anh Thi Kim; Schelling, Esther, Swiss Trop \& Publ Hlth Inst, CH-4002 Basel,
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Switzerland.
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Le Anh Thi Kim; Schelling, Esther, Univ Basel, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
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Lien Thi Lan Pham, Long Bien Dist Hlth Ctr, Long Bien Dist, Ha Noi, Vietnam.'
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article-number: '4'
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author: Kim, Le Anh Thi and Pham, Lien Thi Lan and Vu, Lan Hoang and Schelling, Esther
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author-email: anhhsph@gmail.com
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author_list:
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- family: Kim
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given: Le Anh Thi
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- family: Pham
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given: Lien Thi Lan
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- family: Vu
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given: Lan Hoang
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- family: Schelling
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given: Esther
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-9-4
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eissn: 1742-4755
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files: []
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journal: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
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keywords: 'RTIs; STIs; Female migrants; Industrial zones; Health care services;
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Viet Nam'
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keywords-plus: MIGRATION
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language: English
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month: FEB 27
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number-of-cited-references: '34'
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orcid-numbers: Schelling, Esther/0000-0001-6444-0898
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papis_id: 356a88b9e88f53e2457847341e7a5c83
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ref: Kim2012healthservices
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researcherid-numbers: Schelling, Esther/K-7990-2015
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times-cited: '13'
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title: 'Health services for reproductive tract infections among female migrant workers
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in industrial zones in Ha Noi, Viet Nam: an in-depth assessment'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000313499700001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '4'
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volume: '9'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2012'
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