ABSTRACT
With globalization and the transnational labor movement reaching another peak, health issues of migrants have drawn increasing attention among health communication scholars. Research on maternal health issues of migrant women is often conducted in health sciences scholarship with a primary focus of improving health care service, but this has limited engagement with wider sociological theories. In the subject of mothering, motherhood, and infant health, a rich body of literature has engaged with the concept of risk. This research is part of a larger study investigating Chinese parental experiences of health care for their children. This research uses in-depth interviews to explore sociocultural underpinnings of Chinese migrant mothers' perceptions and experiences of health risks in the UK. Becoming a mother for many women is perhaps the most significant life event irrespective of their class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. The uncertain nature of risks which denotes the probability of something happening is an important factor that shape women's perceptions and experiences.
