Project

YOLAMI, young labor migrants in Chinese Cities: a demonstration intervention project to address barriers to health care and promote their sexual and reproductive health

Acronym

YOLAMI

Code

41F04506

Duration

01 January 2007 → 15 February 2010

Funding

European funding: framework programme

Promotor

Marleen Temmerman

Research disciplines

Medical and health sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Nursing
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics

Keywords

reproductive health access to health care china migrants

Project description

6 partners participate in the project (3 European and 3 Chinese research institutes). ICRH, department uro-gynaecology, is the consortium leader. The project will study determinants of access of young migrants to health care. In a second step, strategies to improve health service delivery will be developed. The third step consists in the implementation of these strategies through local interventions. The final step consists in the evaluation of the intervention and the dissemination of the results.