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In Argentina there are more than 9000 children without parental care due to prior abuse or neglect, assisted in foster child care facilities. The quality of care provided there impacts on the well-being of children and on multiple aspects of their adult life. Prevention in health in this setting has its own characteristics. Lack of policies that guarantee good practices, not only concerns to the exercise of the right to health established by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, but also conditions the exercise of other rights. Care requires knowledge, skills and attitudes…
This qualitative research study explored the psycho-educational and social factors that contribute to anxiety in orphaned adolescent students in a secondary school in Welkom, Free State, South Africa. A multiple case-study design was used to collect data from eight adolescents (4 males and 4 females) aged between 11 and 14 years. The participants were purposefully selected from a mainstream secondary school in a suburban area in Welkom. Data collection through individual and semi-structured interviews was supplemented with collages and a focus group discussion with the participants. The…
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Poverty is consistently associated with a higher risk of experiencing child maltreatment, and children from poor families are the majority of children involved in child protective services (CPS). However, the mediators in the relationship from income to CPS involvement are not entirely understood. Using theoretically-informed mediating path models and data from the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II), this study tests the role of harsh physical punishment as a mediator between family income and CPS involvement. CPS involvement was measured by…
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Young people living in care are among the most vulnerable groups in the community, have often experienced trauma, and exhibit a wide range of adverse physical and mental health outcomes. Physical activity (PA) is a health behaviour associated with numerous physical, psychological and social health benefits, yet research indicates that a majority of young people in care are not meeting the minimum recommended levels of PA. To date, there is a paucity of research that has specifically examined factors associated with PA engagement in the care population. A narrative review,…
This Guidance Note aims to provide humanitarian child protection practitioners, particularly child protection advisors and program managers, with guidance on how to engage in responses to infectious disease outbreaks to ensure children’s protection needs are taken into account in preparedness for, and during responses to, the outbreaks. The Guidance Note draws upon lessons learned during infectious disease outbreaks globally in a variety of contexts.
The accompanying brief can be found …
This poster, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences, provides an overview of a study on foster children's sense of belonging.
Introduction
In general, children placed in foster care define their families by mixing biological family and host family relationships (Biehal, 2014). Thus, the sense of belonging to the family of origin does not prevent the establishment of a sense of belonging to the host family (Christiansen et al., 2013). However, this may induce conflict of loyalties. Some foster children are loyal both to their…
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In an effort to facilitate family engagement with services, improve reunification outcomes, and empower the families they serve, child welfare agencies across the country have developed and implemented programs designed to provide peer mentoring. These programs work to identify parents who have successfully navigated the child welfare system in the past and train them to mentor parents who are currently in the system. The current study used a quasi-experimental design and propensity score matching to examine the outcomes for children of families served by the Iowa Department of…
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This paper reviews the literature on human relational factors and their impact on complex care systems for a highly vulnerable population of children and young people in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). Factors contributing to the functioning of collaborative OOHC systems are reviewed from theoretical and contextual perspectives. The authors posit that secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma are central to understanding the impact of relational trauma and the experience of individuals, families, teams, and the wider ecology of collaborative care systems. Given the challenges of…
The 2015 Situation Analysis provides an excellent and inclusive understanding of the situation of children in Uganda today. In conjunction with the National Development Plan II (NDP II) 2016–2020, and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), it has also created a unique opportunity to identify gaps in evidence, data and policy for further research and analysis. Although not conclusive or exhaustive, this agenda represents a bold attempt to identify and prioritise key areas/research themes stemming from the Situation Analysis (2015) and other available evidence on the…
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This mixed method study explores the postsecondary experiences of foster alumni in a large southwest urban area. The primary data sources were a survey and individual interviews with former foster youth who have or were attending a postsecondary institution. However, additional information was gathered through focus groups with foster parents, Child Protective Service (CPS) caseworkers, and community service providers who offer transition services to individuals who have aged out of foster care. The findings focus on three main themes that include: the perceived value of higher…