ArticleInternational journal of public health2017
Child feeding and stunting prevalence in left-behind children: a descriptive analysis of data from a central and western Chinese population.
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- Parent Emigration, Physical Health and Related Risk and Preventive Factors of Children Left Behind: A Systematic Review of Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Health impacts of parental migration on left-behind children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet (London, England) · 2018Pooled it
- The association between paternal labour migration and the growth of the left-behind children-evidence from a birth cohort in Dhanusha district, Nepal.BMJ global health · 2026Article
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- The impact of parental migration on screen exposure among children aged 1-66 months in rural China.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- The influence of parent-child relationships on the learning adaptability of left-behind children: the mediating role of peer attachment and the moderating role of separation duration.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Prevalence and associated factors for stunting, underweight and wasting among children under 6 years of age in rural Hunan Province, China: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The Effect of Risk Accumulation on Childhood Stunting: A Matched Case-Control Study in China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Altered Spontaneous Brain Activity in Left-Behind Children: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Correlates of suicidal ideation in rural Chinese junior high school left-behind children: A socioecological resilience framework.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Association of Parental Height With Offspring Stunting in 14 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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- Social Anxiety Status of Left-Behind Children in Rural Areas of Hunan Province and its Relationship with Loneliness.Child psychiatry and human development · 2020Article
- The association between parental migration and early childhood nutrition of left-behind children in rural China.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Factors Associated with the Psychological Health of Caregiving Older Parents and Support from Their Grown Children: Results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the effect of parental rural-to-urban internal migration on nutritional status of left-behind children and how this is related to guardianship.
methodsWe used UNICEF China's maternal and child health survey data to investigate stunting prevalence and feeding practices in children left behind by rural-to-urban internal migrant parents. We also assessed the effects of primary guardianship which is related closely with parental migration.
resultsOf 6136 children aged 0-3 years, over one-third was left behind by one or both parents. About 13 % were left behind by mothers, leaving guardianship primarily to grandmothers. Left-behind status was not associated with stunting, yet children who were cared for primarily by their fathers had a 32 % increase of stunting compared to children cared for by the mothers [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.32; 95 % confidence interval = 1.04-1.67]. Children with migrant mothers were less likely to receive age-appropriate breastfeeding (aOR = 0.04;0.02-0.10) and a minimum acceptable diet (aOR = 0.56;0.39-0.79) compared with non-left-behind children.
conclusionsGuardian's feeding behaviours varied, and was inappropriate for both children affected and not affected by parent's rural-to-urban internal migration. Community-based infant and young child feeding counselling and support should be provided to all caregivers.
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