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Mountain Child: Systematic Literature Review.

Annie Audsley¹, Rebecca M M Wallace², Martin F Price³

¹, Edinburgh, UK.

Maternal and Child Health Journal

|July 12, 2016

Summary

Children in mountain communities face unique vulnerabilities due to poverty and marginalization. Addressing these requires understanding the interplay of environmental, social, and economic factors impacting child development in these regions.

Keywords:

Child Child labour/child labor Child mortality Education Health Literature review Mountain Nutrition Poverty Wellbeing

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Area of Science:

Global Health
Development Studies
Environmental Studies

Background:

Children in low- and middle-income mountain communities experience multifaceted vulnerabilities.
Existing literature often addresses poverty or child-specific issues separately, not their intersection.
Mountainous environments present unique challenges to human development.

Purpose of the Study:

To systematically review peer-reviewed and grey literature on the condition of children in mountain communities.
To identify gaps and synthesize findings across disciplines concerning child well-being in mountainous regions.
To understand the specific vulnerabilities and contextual factors affecting children in these areas.

Main Methods:

Systematic review of diverse literature sources (peer-reviewed and grey).
Cross-disciplinary analysis of research on children in mountain communities.
Identification of recurring themes and intersecting vulnerabilities.

Main Results:

Poverty literature often overlooks child-specific vulnerabilities and intersecting disadvantages.
Child-focused literature (health, education, labor) sometimes lacks broader environmental context.
Mountain poverty is shaped by local physical environments and political-economic marginalization.
Children in mountain communities face compounded vulnerabilities, particularly the most marginalized.

Conclusions:

Mountain communities are politically and economically marginalized, impacting child well-being.
Local environmental specificities significantly influence mountain poverty and child development.
These communities can be sites for interrupting cycles of inequality and disadvantage.
Further research is needed to address the complex needs of children in mountain regions.