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

fYear

2008

fDate

30-31 May 2008

Firstpage

286

Lastpage

289

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.2008.4570526

Filename

4570526