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Child labour : a public health perspective / edited by Anaclaudia Fassa, David L. Parker, Thomas J. Scanlon.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child labor.
- Children--Health and hygiene.
- Children.
- Public health.
- Child Welfare.
- Employment--ethics.
- Child Health Services--organization & administration.
- Occupational Health Services--organization & administration.
- Human Rights Abuses--prevention & control.
- Child.
- Adolescent.
- Medical Subjects:
- Child Welfare.
- Employment--ethics.
- Child Health Services--organization & administration.
- Occupational Health Services--organization & administration.
- Human Rights Abuses--prevention & control.
- Child.
- Adolescent.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations, color maps.
- Other Title:
- Public health perspective
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book discusses issues of child labour such as poverty malnutrition, social disadvantage, gender, globalisation, and education, and looks at both physical and psychological threats. The editors concentrate on child labour in the developing world where most of it occurs.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Anaclaudia G. Fassa, David L. Parker and Thomas J. Scanlon
- pt. 1. Child labour profile. An overview of child labour statistics / Charita L. Castro
- pt. 2. A model of child labour. A rights-oriented, public health model of child labour / Anaclaudia G. Fassa, David L. Parker and Thomas J. Scanlon
- Public health in the economics of child labour / Eric V. Edmonds
- The child labour
- education
- health connection / David Post
- Social values and child labour / Virginia Morrow and Jo Boyden
- International law and child labour / David Weissbrodt and Natalie W. Kohner
- Children's work and children's rights / Renata M. Coimbra Libório and Silvia H. Koller
- Understanding the health effects of child labour / David L. Parker, Anaclaudia G. Fassa, and Thomas J. Scanlon
- Illustrative examples. Work-related injuries / Anaclaudia G. Fassa
- Pesticide exposure / Ana Maria Osorio
- Lead / David L. Parker and Lisa Ide
- Silicosis and silico-tuberculosis / Raheela Ayub and David L. Parker
- HIV and AIDS / Anita Amorim and Nadine Osseiran
- Psychosocial and developmental effects / Susan Gunn, David L. Parker, and Mary E. Miller
- pt. 3. The global response to child labour and its impact : case studies. Country-wide case studies : Brazil : a focus on conditional cash transfers / Ana Lúcia Kassouf
- Country-wide case studies : Kenya : a focus on ILO/IPEC and the Time Bound Programme / Philista Onyango
- Country-wide case studies : The Philippines : a focus on partnerships / Amaryllis T. Torres
- Illustrative case studies. A child labour monitoring programme : RugMark / Nina Smith
- Applying agricultural work guidelines from one country in another / Barbara C. Lee
- Traditional communities' rights and child labour : Coco-babaçu workers in Brazil / Noemi Miyasaka Porro and Anaclaudia G. Fassa
- Conclusions. Child labour and health : changing the future / Anaclaudia G. Fassa, David L. Parker, and Thomas J. Scanlon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780191594397
- 0191594393
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