I am looking at the opposite side of the norm of an aging rural population in particularly oil towns (Ft. MacMurray was one) where young people move to rural areas for work. I am wondering if there is a difference in how they are used to accessing health care in their "home" community (usually urban) and if this creates any access barriers when they move to a smaller centre.
Hi Mary,
No doubt your work sounds interesting. May I point out something simple regarding it suggest a few materials for you, i.e. if you do not have them already. My feeling is that, your work fits into the general urban-rural migration opus. Thus I suggest a few recent materials in the area to help you ground your work in the extant studies.
*Stockdale, A., & Catney, G. (2014). A life course perspective on urban–rural migration: the importance of the local context. Population, Space and Place, 20(1), 83-98.
Rérat, P. (2014). Highly qualified rural youth: why do young graduates return to their home region?. Children's Geographies, 12(1), 70-86.
Ango, A. K., Ibrahim, S. A., & AA, Y. (2014). Impact of youth rural-urban migration on household economy and crop production: A case study of Sokoto metropolitan areas, Sokoto State, North-Western Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, 6(4).
Gray, D., Chau, S., Huerta, T., & Frankish, J. (2011). Urban-Rural Migration and Health and Quality of Life in Homeless People. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 20(1-2), 75-93.
All the best.
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