The health status and related interventions for children left behind due to parental migration in the Philippines: A scoping review

Hall, BJ (通讯作者),NYU Shanghai, Ctr Global Hlth Equ, Room 1201,1555 Century Ave, Shanghai 200122, Peoples R China.
2022-11
Overseas Filipino Workers are hailed as modern-day heroes who enable their families to climb the socioeconomic ladder. Despite their financial contribution, labour migration often separates children from their parents during their most formative years of growth, threatening healthy development. Using the Joanna Briggs Institute's frame-work, a scoping review was conducted to identify the health outcomes of left behind children in the Philippines and health-related interventions. In total, 4440 records were collected from peer-reviewed articles and grey literature and 50 records were eligible for inclusion. The findings indicated that left behind children experience a vast range of poor physical (general health, hygiene, illness, and nutrition) and mental (behavioural, cognitive, and emotional) health outcomes. A total of 48 interventions were identified in 13 out of 17 geographic regions. Despite this geo-graphic coverage, the evidence-based literature was limited with regard to whether these interventions have been effective. Additional research is needed to better understand children's health, evaluate existing interventions, and develop multisectoral programming.Copyright (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC
卷号:28
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
McMaster University; University of Toronto; Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids); NYU Shanghai
资助机构
Center for Global Health Equity, NYU Shanghai
资助信息
Funding This review was supported by the Center for Global Health Equity, NYU Shanghai. No funding agencies were involved in the data collection, data analysis, and writing of this paper.
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
8
2013以来使用计数
8
EISSN
2666-6065
出版年
2022-11
DOI
10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100566
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Left behind children Physical health Mental health Migration Philippines
WOS学科分类
Health Care Sciences & Services Public, Environmental & Occupational Health