Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Sending money home: a mixed-Methods study of remittances by migrant nurses in Ireland | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Sending money home a mixed-Methods study of remittances by migrant nurses in Ireland Niamh Humphries Ruairí Brugha and Hannah McGee Open Access Address Division of Population Health Sciences Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Dublin Ireland Email Niamh Humphries - nhumphries@ RuairíBrugha - rbrugha@ Hannah McGee - hmcgee@ Corresponding author Published 30 July 2009 Received 20 April 2009 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 66 doi 1478-4491-7-66 Accepted 30 July 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 66 2009 Humphries et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background This paper presents data on the remittances sent by migrant nurses to their families back home . It gives voice to the experiences of migrant nurses and illustrates the financial obligations they maintain while working overseas. Although the international economic recession has decreased global remittance flows they remain resilient. Drawing on the experiences of migrant nurses in Ireland this paper indicates how and why migrants strive to maintain remittance flows even in an economic downturn. Methods A mixed-methods approach was employed and the paper draws on data from qualitative in-depth interviews undertaken with 21 migrant nurses in addition to a quantitative survey of 336 migrant nurses in Ireland. Results The survey of migrant nurses revealed that 87 293 of the sample sent remittances on a regular basis. According to respondents remittances made a huge difference in the lives of their family members back home. Remittances were used to ensure that family members could obtain access to health and education .
