Child labor and associated risk factors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Child labor can significantly impact the health, welfare, and development of children engaged in labor. The spread of child labor around the globe is predicted to accelerate as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, a scoping review was conducted to (a) synthesize emerging themes and results from recent research on child labor during the COVID-19 pandemic, (b) identify factors that increase the risk of children falling into child labor and (c) provide recommendations that can inform the development of policies and programs to ensure that previous efforts to combat child labor are not lost. Six electronic databases (Medline, EMBASE, Scopus, CINAHL, Global health, and Web of Science) were searched on January 21, 2022. The database searches, along with the grey literature search

SUBMITTER: Habib RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10867312 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature