Social vulnerability among Brazilian children in early childhood: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify, map, and describe studies involving Brazilian children in early childhood in situations of social vulnerability.

Source of data

A scoping review including full articles published in Portuguese and English up to March 2023, with no temporal restrictions. Searches were conducted in the MEDLINE/PubMed, Scielo, EMBASE, Cochrane, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Science, PEDro, and LILACS databases. Journal metrics, sample characteristics, study area, characterization of the situation of social vulnerability, and study outcomes were extracted.

Summary of the findings

Seventy-six articles involving a total of 107.740 children in early childhood were included in this study. These studies presented relevant findings, including the temporal publication trend, the

SUBMITTER: Brito AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11763581 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature