Title :
Opportunities for healthcare design interventions for rural migrants in urban China
Author :
Jiehui, Jiang ; Kandachar, Prabhu
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Ind. Design Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft
Abstract :
As an important labor supply (more than 130 Million people) for urban areas in China, migrant workers have occupied a unique role in the development of Chinese economy. Unfortunately, they live at the forgotten corner of the Chinese urban society, earning low salary, with long working hours, with low educational level and with very limited healthcare. This paper, discusses the healthcare issues of migrant workers in urban China describing their needs as well as indicating directions for design interventions, This research is carried out within the framework of ldquoDesign for Sustainability at Base-of-the-Pyramid (BoP)rdquo programme of the School of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Keywords :
employee welfare; health care; occupational health; Chinese economy; Chinese migrant workers; base-of-the-pyramid programme; healthcare design interventions; labor supply; rural migrants; urban China; Biomedical engineering; Cities and towns; Design engineering; Diseases; Hospitals; Information technology; Medical services; Space heating; Technological innovation; Urban areas; Base-of-the-Pyramid; Chinese Migrant Workers (CMW); Design for Sustainability; Directions for Design Interventions;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2008. ITAB 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2254-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2255-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2008.4570526
