Children at work : health and safety risks / Valentina Forastieri.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Forastieri, Valentina.

Contributor:

International Labour Office, Content Provider.

Series:

ILO child labour collection.

ILO child labour collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child labor.

Industrial hygiene.

Industrial safety.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva ; [Great Britain] : International Labour Office, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second edition of this useful and informative book provides an approach to the protection of children through the development of a programme on occupational safety and health specifically addressed to working children. It illustrates how this can be done within a framework of a national policy aimed at the elimination of child labour. This new edition takes account of the provisions of the ILO's Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), covering work that is likely to harm the health, safety and morals of children, and presents updated information on health and safety risks,

Contents:

Title page; Copyright information; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; CONTENTS; Part I: Children's health and hazardous work; 1. Introduction; 2. Current legislation and child labour; International standards; 3. Sources of information on the health of working children; Data on occupational injuries and work-related diseases; 4. The effects of work on the health status of working children; Growth and development; Malnutrition; Morbidity and mortality; Endemic diseases; Diarrhoea; Vitamin A deficiency; Iron deficiency; Iodine deficiency

Acute respiratory infections (ARI)Adolescent health; 5. Occupational hazards for working children in specific occupations and industries; Examples of hazardous occupations and their consequences for the health of working children; Occupational accidents; Occupational diseases; Ergonomic hazards; Harmful substances and sources of exposure; Exposure to physical agents; Psychosocial hazards; Part II: Strategies to address child labour from a health perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. A policy framework at national level; 3. Priorities for action; 4. Evaluation of children's working conditions

Identification and use of sources of information Expert system for the identification of occupational diseases in clinical and surveillance applications; Sentinel Health Event (occupational); Health status evaluation; Recommendations concerning chemical exposure; Exposure limits; 5. An occupational safety and health programme; Protected working conditions; Extension of protection to other groups; Access to health care through primary health care; Impact assessment; Involvement of the paediatric community; Rehabilitation; 6. Education and training; After-school and other special programmes

Apprenticeship Access to education; Health education; 7. Ethical aspects; 8. Mobilization and public awareness; The role of the social partners; Public awareness; Community involvement; Strategies for communication and information dissemination; 9. Legislation and enforcement; 10. ILO action in this field; 11. Final remarks; Bibliography; Figures; 1. Algorithm for diagnosis; 2. Sentinel Health Event (occupational) : Model table; Tables; 1. Occupational diseases and other health impairments caused by physical, biological and chemical agents

2. Examples of hazardous occupations and their consequences for the health of working children 3. Disease database; Boxes; 1. Information sources for health data; 2. Job-exposure database; 3. Priority list of activities prohibited to children; 4. Definition of target group(s); 5. Health history form; 6. Primary health care principles; Index

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-2-113790-2

92-2-116236-2

OCLC:

769341925