[Health risks associated with child labor: activities and proposals of WHO collaboration centers].
Child labour should be analyzed with regard to the main frameworks where it arises: particularly, the small family based enterprises in agricultural, hospitality and restaurateurs' sectors play a leading role. In these contexts the child can underestimate the risks related to the carried out work activity and assimilate the work background to the family background. In spite of the national thorough regulations on child labour, the network of WHO Collaborating Centres is working to develop a common awareness in order to evaluate, communicate and prevent the occupational health and safety risks for children, at national and international level.
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Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione E la Sicurezza del Lavoro, Dipartimento di Medicina del Lavoro, Centro di Collaborazione dell'OMS, Roma, Italy. marta.petyx@ispesl.it
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004651:Employment / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D016272:Occupational Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D014944:World Health Organization