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- Title
Improving the health and well-being of children of migrant workers.
- Authors
Jan, Catherine; Xiaolin Zhou; Stafford, Randall S.
- Abstract
The article stresses the importance for countries to implement research, policies and practices safeguarding the rights and well-being of migrant workers and their children. Topics discussed include increase in the number of children younger than 14 years who are left behind between 2000 and 2004, impact of parent-child separation on a child's physical, cognitive, mental and emotional well-being, and structural forces driving rural to urban migration in China.
- Subjects
CHINA; POLICY sciences; CHILD welfare; CHILDREN'S health; CHILDREN'S rights; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; HEALTH equity; NOMADS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2017, Vol 95, Issue 12, p850
- ISSN
0042-9686
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2471/BLT.17.196329