C ecilia Gus tafs son ”F or a bett er lif e... ” A s tudy on migr ation and health in Nicar agua
Umeå universitet 2014Department of Geography and Economic History Umeå University, Sweden
GERUM 2014:2
“For a better life…”
A study on migration and health in Nicaragua
Cecilia Gustafsson
Department of Geography and Economic History Umeå University, Sweden
SE-901 87 Umeå
GERUM 2014:2 ISSN 1402-5205
ISBN 978-91-7601-192-8 Migration and health are social and geographical processes that influence one another in many intricate ways. This thesis takes a comprehensive grip on the migration-health nexus, and explores and analyses the manifold relations between migration and health in the contemporary Nicaraguan context. Based on fieldwork in León and Cuatro Santos, and a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative in-depth interviews and quantitative survey data, the thesis aims to answer the following questions: How can the dynamics between migration and health be understood in the Nicaraguan context?
In what ways do health issues influence Nicaraguan men’s and women’s migration strategies? In what ways does migration affect men’s and women’s lives and health situations? In the thesis health is scrutinized in relation to the whole process of migration, including the different places, spaces, scales and actors it involves. The migration-health nexus in contemporary Nicaragua is also placed into the wider context of local and global socio-economic and political power relations that structure the migration processes.
Department of Geography and Economic History Umeå University, Sweden
GERUM 2014:2
“For a better life…”
A study on migration and health in Nicaragua
Cecilia Gustafsson
Department of Geography and Economic History Umeå University, Sweden
SE-901 87 Umeå
GERUM 2014:2 ISSN 1402-5205
ISBN 978-91-7601-192-8 Migration and health are social and geographical processes that influence one another in many intricate ways. This thesis takes a comprehensive grip on the migration-health nexus, and explores and analyses the manifold relations between migration and health in the contemporary Nicaraguan context. Based on fieldwork in León and Cuatro Santos, and a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative in-depth interviews and quantitative survey data, the thesis aims to answer the following questions: How can the dynamics between migration and health be understood in the Nicaraguan context?
In what ways do health issues influence Nicaraguan men’s and women’s migration strategies? In what ways does migration affect men’s and women’s lives and health situations? In the thesis health is scrutinized in relation to the whole process of migration, including the different places, spaces, scales and actors it involves. The migration-health nexus in contemporary Nicaragua is also placed into the wider context of local and global socio-economic and political power relations that structure the migration processes.
