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2004 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have studied the needs of medical, maternal, and child health care in Chinese women students at the University of Tokyo.
"According to the information provided by the University of Tokyo (UT) in 2001, 317 Chinese women students were enrolled in the UT, and 88% of them were graduate students. Although the surveys on the life of international students at the UT had been conducted in 1989 and 1998, the medical and health issues were not included. With the objective of exploring the medical and heath care needs of Chinese women students at the UT a survey was carried out from December 2001 to January 2002," scientists in Japan report.
"With the cooperation of the International Students Center at the UT a questionnaire in Chinese was sent to each department in which 317 Chinese women students were studying," said Yan-Hong Gu and collaborators at the University of Tokyo and Tokyo Women's Medical University. "Out of 104 students responded, 98 were eligible subjects. The results of present study revealed some problems, such as the language barrier, preference for a translator in hospitals or health centers, and a medical guidebook with information on vaccinations in Chinese. They also stated their lack of knowledge about the Japanese medical and health system, and their ...