China's “left behind” children often suffer health consequences

S Ma - 2010 - Can Med Assoc
Zhang Sheng Yi was just a few months old when he was sent from his home, outside of
Venice, Italy to Qingtian, a mountainous county in China's southeastern province of …

[PDF][PDF] The experiences of left-behind children in rural China: A qualitative study

L Xiao - 2014 - researchportal.bath.ac.uk
I would not have been able to finish this thesis without the kind support and warm company
of many people all along this long journey. Firstly, special thanks must go to the children …

The status of care and nutrition of 774 left-behind children in rural areas in China

M Robson, J Luo, X Peng, R Zong, K Yao… - Public health …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This article by Jiayou Luo et al. reminds us that even in countries with a large population,
children with very traditional values end up being the victims of changes in work patterns …

[HTML][HTML] Health status of children left behind in rural areas of Sichuan Province of China: a cross-sectional study

D Tang, WI Choi, L Deng, Y Bian, H Hu - BMC International Health and …, 2019 - Springer
Background In recent decades, many workers from rural areas in China migrated to urban
cities in search of a better livelihood. Due to the household registration policy and other …

Editorial perspective: assessing developmental risk in cultural context: the case of 'left behind'children in rural China

G Ding, Y Bao - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The role of family factors in developmental risk is widely acknowledged in general child
psychology and psychiatry. It is also well understood that rapid socio‐economic change can …

China's left-behind children: Impact of parental migration on health, nutrition, and educational outcomes

C Zhou, S Sylvia, L Zhang, R Luo, H Yi, C Liu, Y Shi… - Health …, 2015 - healthaffairs.org
China's rapid development and urbanization have induced large numbers of rural residents
to migrate from their homes to urban areas in search of better job opportunities. Parents …

The health of left-behind children in rural China

Q Li, G Liu, W Zang - China Economic Review, 2015 - Elsevier
Child health is not only a key indicator of overall quality of public health, but also vital for the
future economic development of a country. In recent years, with unprecedented urbanization …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-emotional challenges and development of children left behind by migrant mothers

X Qu, X Wang, X Huang, KC Ashish, Y Yang… - Journal of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background With great economic development and rapid urbanization in China, left-behind
children whose parents migrate to big cities for job has become a large special population …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the health and well-being of children of migrant workers

C Jan, X Zhou, RS Stafford - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Catherine Jan et al. differences likely underestimated, given that self-harm in China's rural
children may go unreported and undocumented. Left-behind children in China are at greater …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of parental migration on health status and health behaviours among left behind adolescent school children in China

Y Gao, LP Li, JH Kim, N Congdon, J Lau, S Griffiths - BMC public health, 2010 - Springer
Background One out of ten of China's population are migrants, moving from rural to urban
areas. Many leave their families behind resulting in millions of school children living in their …