Risk of mental health and nutritional problems for left-behind children of international labor migrants (2015)
Journal Article
Wickramage, K., Siriwardhana, C., Vidanapathirana, P., Weerawarna, S., Jayasekara, B., Pannala, G., …Sumathipala, A. (2015). Risk of mental health and nutritional problems for left-behind children of international labor migrants. BMC Psychiatry, 15, Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-015-0412-2

BACKGROUND: One-in-ten Sri Lankans are employed abroad as International Labor Migrants (ILM), mainly as domestic maids or low-skilled laborers. Little is known about the impact their migration has on the health status of the children they 'leave behi... Read More about Risk of mental health and nutritional problems for left-behind children of international labor migrants.