SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Parent Emigration, Physical Health and Related Risk and Preventive Factors of Children Left Behind: A Systematic Review of Literature.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Parent-child separation and cardiometabolic outcomes and risk factors in adulthood: A systematic review.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence and Influencing Factors of Overweight and Obesity Among Left-Behind Children Under 6 Years Old in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Determinants of Parental Adherence to Childhood Immunization Among Children Under Five in Marginalized Asian Populations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
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- The impact of parental migration patterns, timing, and duration on the health of rural Chinese children.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Health problems faced by left-behind children in low/middle-income countries.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Pathway of Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Rural Left-behind Children to Receive Oral Health Services: A Structural Equation Modeling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Association of adverse childhood experiences and depression among medical students: the role of family functioning and insomnia.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Mother's and Father's Migrating in China: Differing Relations to Mental Health and Risk Behaviors Among Left-Behind Children.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Suicidality and Its Associated Factors Among Students in Rural China During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Left-Behind and Non-Left-Behind Children.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The aim of our study was to systematically review the literature on physical health and related consequences of internal and international parental migration on left-behind children (LBC). This review followed PRISMA guidelines. We searched the PubMed, Web of Science, Academic Search Complete, PsycINFO, and Cochrane databases and included studies reporting physical health-related outcomes of children affected by parental migration. The quality of the studies was assessed using the Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies. We selected 34 publications from a total of 6061 search results. The study found that LBC suffer from poor physical health as compared with non-LBC. Physical health-related risk factors such as underweight, lower weight, stunted growth, unhealthy food preferences, lower physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, injuries, and incomplete vaccination tend to be more prevalent among LBC in China. Studies focussing on international migration argue that having migrant parents might be preventive for undernutrition. Overall, our study showed that children affected by internal or international migration tend to have similar physical health outcomes. Moreover, we identified a lack of evidence on international parental migration that may have influenced the overall impacts. Further studies addressing international migration would contribute to better understand the impacts of migration for LBC.
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