All over the world, work of some kind is (and has always been) part of most children’s lives, as may be seen from the Introduction and many articles in this special issue of Childhood. At certain times and places, and in certain forms and relations of work, the exploitation and abuse of children’s capacity for work becomes a serious social problem. It is in this sense – the abuse of children in...

of Intra-uterine Peritonitis in the Fcetus. -The patient who had borne the child had the following history, as drawn np by Dr Mackay, House-Surgeon to the Maternity Hospital: ?" A. B., 25 years of age, second pregnancy, was, after a normal labour, delivered on 4th December (4.45 a.m.) of a female child weighing 6 lbs., which only lived an hour The patient, a pale emaciated woman, was found to h...

In 1998, nearly one-third of Vietnamese children engaged in non-housework labor supply, 95% of these working children residing in rural areas. This paper investigates the impact of child labour on children’s educational outcomes in rural Vietnam using the 1998-Vietnam Living Standard Survey. The paper finds that child labor lowers children’s academic performance and the negative impact is bigge...

Child Labour, the global phenomenon is still existing in India due to lack of proper execution programme and policies. Poverty, parental guidance, awareness about programs influence peer groups were key countless reasons, which create a barrier an individual as well societal development. Global information shows that boys more indulged labour market, however, trends have been changed now compar...

BACKGROUND Events during pregnancy and labour may influence the future health and well-being of offspring. Many studies rely on maternal reports of pre and peri-natal factors. Both maternal and child characteristics may potentially influence the reliability and accuracy of maternal recall. However, this has not been previously examined. AIMS To examine agreement between information from mater...

INTRODUCTION Emergency department deliveries are uncommon in the Singapore setting, but when they do occur, the emergency physician has to be able to deliver the child safely, perform neonatal resuscitation if needed, and try to prevent any birth trauma to the child or complications of delivery in the mother. We present our experience of emergency room deliveries spanning 7 years in a community...

Abstract Child labour is prevalent in both developed and developing countries has become a global concern. This because of the negative impacts that it not only on human rights fundamental freedoms children, but their development health due to possible exposure hazardous substances. article interrogates magnitude problem child gold mines Uganda seeks highlight gaps existing legal framework prot...

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between fear of childbirth and duration of labour. DESIGN A prospective study of women from 32 weeks of gestation through to delivery. SETTING Akershus University Hospital, Norway. POPULATION A total of 2206 pregnant women with a singleton pregnancy and intended vaginal delivery during the period 2008-10. METHODS Fear of childbirth was assessed by the...

Using longitudinal data from urban Brazil, the authors track the employment patterns of thousands of children aged 10-16 during four months of their lives in the 1980s and 1990s. The proportion of children who work at some point during a four-month period is substantially higher than the fraction observed working in any single month. The authors calculate an intermittency multiplier to summariz...