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Nutritional Status And Physical Abuse Among The Children Involved In Domestic Labour In Karachi Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Survey., Saima Zainab, Muhammad Masood Kadir
Nutritional Status And Physical Abuse Among The Children Involved In Domestic Labour In Karachi Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Survey., Saima Zainab, Muhammad Masood Kadir
Community Health Sciences
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of physical abuse among domestic child labours and to assess the nutritional status by calculating the Body Mass Index of children involved in domestic labour in Karachi.
METHODS:
A cross sectional study was conducted in the squatter settlements of Karachi. Questionnaire based interviews were conducted to capture physical abuse with 385 children who worked as domestic labour in the household of their employer. The ages of the children were between 10 to 14 years belonging to both genders. The children were enrolled in study by snow-ball sampling technique.
RESULTS:
The overall prevalence of physical abuse …