SynthesisInternational journal of public health2018
Child labour and health: a systematic review.
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- Health terminators in working children: a critical ethnography.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and correlates of child labour in five low-income countries: a descriptive study based on UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys 6 (MICS6).BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Access to health and rights of children in street situations and working children: a scoping review.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Child labor and associated risk factors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Inequities in birth registration, violent discipline, and child labour by disability status and sex: Evidence from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in 24 countries.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- The Epidemiology of Young People's Work and Experiences of Violence in Nine Countries: Evidence from the Violence against Children Surveys.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Child Labor and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Findings from Ethiopia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Education, Age and Gender: Critical Factors in Determining Interventions for Child Brick Workers in Pakistan and Afghanistan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Health Impacts of Hazardous Chemical Exposures among Child Labourers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Daunting but not impossible-Addressing child maltreatment in Bangladesh.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2021Article
- Work-related injuries among Syrian refugee child workers in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon: A gender-sensitive analysis.PloS one · 2021Article
- How the Bidi Tobacco Industry Harms Child-workers: Results From a Walk-through and Quantitative Survey.Safety and health at work · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Benzene Exposure and Early Biomarkers of Kidney Damage in Children Exposed to Solvents Due to Precarious Work in Ticul, Yucatán, México.Annals of global health · 2019Article
- Displacement, deprivation and hard work among Syrian refugee children in Lebanon.BMJ global health · 2019Article
- Living with Mental Distress, Social Anger, and In-Group Commitment among Working Children: A Qualitative Study.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to synthesise the available knowledge, identify unexplored areas and discuss general limits of the published evidence. We focused on outcomes commonly hypothesised to be affected by child labour: nutritional status, harmful exposures and injuries.
methodsFour electronic databases (EMBASE, MEDLINE, Scopus, ISI Web of Science) were searched in November 2017. All articles published since 1996, without restrictions on language, were considered for inclusion.
resultsOut of the 1090 abstracts initially identified by the search, 78 articles were selected for inclusion and reviewed. Most of the studies were conducted in Asia and South America, and only a third of them compared working children to a control group of non-working children. Child labour appears to be associated with poor nutritional status, diseases due to harmful exposures, and a higher prevalence of injuries.
conclusionsDespite evidence for a negative relation between child work and health, the cross-sectional design of most studies limits the causal interpretation of existing findings. More rigorous observational studies are needed to confirm and better quantify these associations.
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