Identifying the gaps in Nepalese migrant workers’ health and well-being: A review of the literature

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Simkhada, Padam P ^a,b,c   Regmi, Pramod R ^b,d   van Teijlingen, Edwin ^b,c,d   Aryal, Nirmal ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Health risk; Migration; Occupational health; Sexual health; South Asia; Travel

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MIGRANT WORKER; NEPAL; NEPALESE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; WELLBEING; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; EMPORIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 85020451716     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax021     Document Type: Review

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