Kenya

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 44.86 million
  • Population under 15: 42%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 62 years
  • Human Development Index: 145 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Lower Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 5.3%
  • Mean Household Composition: 3.9 members
  • Female-Headed Households: 32%
  • Early Marriage (% of girls married by 15 years): 29%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2014

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Janet Njelesani - Child Abuse & Neglect,

Guided by social-ecological theory, this study explores responses to violence against children with disabilities, including preventative measures and treatment of victims in the West African countries of Guinea, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Susan Gair, Ines Zuchowski, Rosamund Thorpe, Debbie Henderson, Lyn Munns - Journal of Family Violence,

The primary aim of a recent qualitative study was to optimise grandparent-grandchild connectedness after child safety concerns.

Joseph M. Price, Scott Roesch, Cleo M. Burce - Developmental Child Welfare,

The aims of this investigation were to (a) examine the effectiveness of the KEEP intervention at reducing behavior problems among children in foster care, as assessed by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), during implementation of the intervention by a community agency using a randomized design and (b) determine whether the intervention is effective at reducing internalizing forms of behavior problems.

Elizabeth M. Aparicio, Svetlana Shpiegel. Claudette Grinnell-Davis, Bryn King - Children and Youth Services Review,

This phenomenological study included 18 in-depth interviews with six mothers aged 19–22 years in or transitioning from foster care.

Amy M. Salazar, Kevin P. Haggerty, Susan Walsh, Bailey Noell, Erinn Kelley‐Siel - Child & Family Social Work,

This paper reviews the Friends of the Children (FOTC) long‐term mentoring programme and how it was adapted to serve children and families with child welfare system involvement.

Amy M. Salazar, Kevin P. Haggerty, Susan Walsh, Bailey Noell, Erinn Kelley‐Siel - Child & Family Social Work,

This paper reviews the Friends of the Children (FOTC) long‐term mentoring programme in the US and how it was adapted to serve children and families with child welfare system involvement.

Yan Ge, Li Song, Rockwell F. Clancy, Yulin Qin - New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development,

Outlining developments with reference to relevant studies, this review characterizes the perspectives used to explore and understand the phenomenon of children being left behind in rural China by parents going to work in cities.

Andrea Lane Eastman, Lisa Schelbe, Jacquelyn McCroskey - Children and Youth Services Review,

The present investigation leveraged unstructured, case narrative fields in child welfare records to enhance knowledge about Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement among children born to mothers in care.

Jane Ferguson - PBS NewsHour,

This segment for PBS NewsHour explores the impact of Yemen's civil war on children, particularly those who have lost one or both parents by death or abandonment.

Ryan McKenna - The Canadian Press,

The Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, Scott Moe, has issued an apology to the indigenous communities of the province for "the pain and the sadness" experienced during what is known as the "Sixties Scoop, when "about 20,000 Indigenous children were seized from their birth families and relocated to non-Indigenous homes starting in the 1950s until the late 1980s."