Migrant Attitudes Towards Health
Author: Harrison, Ira E.
The first phase of this project is a participant observation study of the migrant's view of the stream from the inside out and the migrant's health and illness behavior. The second phase of the research project was to interview officials in the city, town, or borough nearest the migrant camps on which the participants observers worked, to ascertain the community's attitude toward migrants. The attitudes of ignorance, indifference, and rejection are reflected by the lack of concern of newspaper editors for migrants problems, and a lack of consistent services for migrants. Health and educational facilities exist in all communities, and are wholly or partly funded by the Federal Government. Recreation facilities do not exist in all communities and this lack my be a result of the Federal Government not funding recreational programs for migrants. Conclusions show that community services are organized primarily to contain and to treat migrants in camp areas. This makes medical services available, but also keeps migrants peripheral to the local community and tends to perpetuate the isolation of migrants from the American mainstream.
The first phase of this project is a participant observation study of the migrant's view of the stream from the inside out and the migrant's health and illness behavior. The second phase of the research project was to interview officials in the city, town, or borough nearest the migrant camps on which the participants observers worked, to ascertain the community's attitude toward migrants. The attitudes of ignorance, indifference, and rejection are reflected by the lack of concern of newspaper editors for migrants problems, and a lack of consistent services for migrants. Health and educational facilities exist in all communities, and are wholly or partly funded by the Federal Government. Recreation facilities do not exist in all communities and this lack my be a result of the Federal Government not funding recreational programs for migrants. Conclusions show that community services are organized primarily to contain and to treat migrants in camp areas. This makes medical services available, but also keeps migrants peripheral to the local community and tends to perpetuate the isolation of migrants from the American mainstream.
