Transnational health and treatment networks: meaning, value and place in health seeking amongst southern African migrants in London.
Drawing upon research undertaken with migrants from southern Africa living in London, this paper examines the important role played by transnational health networks in influencing individual's treatment seeking decisions. As well as exploring the ways in which these networks provide important sources of help and support for people in times of ill health, the paper examines the ways in which treatments from particular places and contexts carry certain associations, meanings and values, which are in turn, considered vital in influencing health care outcomes.
University of London, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Faculty of Children and Health, Institute of Education, 27-28 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0AA, UK. f.thomas@ioe.ac.uk
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D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000208:ethnology; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D019058:Community Networks; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional