Nigeria

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 173,620,000
  • Population under 15: 46%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 52.5 years
  • Human Development Index: 152 out of 187
  • World Bank Status: Lower Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 3.2%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.6 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 19%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 49%

Sources: World Bank, UNDP, UNAIDS, DHS 2013

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Prince Edward Island Community Services and Seniors,

This resource guide offers a fairly comprehensive guide to engaging with the Aboriginal community on Prince Edward Island, Canada. It includes a history of the use of residential schools for Aboriginal children, as well as a description of the widespread removal of Aboriginal children from their families and communities for adoption placement in the 1960s through the 1980s.

John A. Pickering and Matthew R. Sanders - Family Matters,

This article provides an overview of the Triple P Parenting Program in Australia. The article presents the evidence supporting the Triple P Program and describes how a public health approach to parenting support works.

Lumos,

These virtual study visit resources from Lumos have been developed for those professionals and policy makers who are involved in the transition from institutional to community and family-based care.

Dr. Joseph J. McDowall - Create Foundation,

This research report analyzes the contributing factors in children and youth’s ability to be placed in care alongside siblings, as well as how caseworkers view sibling placements in Australia’s child welfare system.

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and Legal Services State Support,

This fact sheet describes the rights of native children and families under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in the United States.

Daryl J. Higgins - Australian Institute of Family Studies, Family Matters 2015 No. 96,

This report proposes a public health approach to promoting safe and supportive family environments for children and preventing child maltreatment in Australia.

Lawrence A. Palinkas, Cherry Short, and Marleen Wong - School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA,

This paper addresses the disconnect between research and practice in regards to child welfare and child mental health services in the US.

Nick Gore, Serena Brady, Magnus Cormack, Peter McGill, Jacqui Shurlock, Freddy Jackson-Brown, Caroline Reid, Rosey Singh, Alexandra Legge, Maria Saville and Sarah Wedge - NIHR School for Social Care Research,

The current review collates research and policy regarding use of residential schools for children and young people with intellectual disabilities in the UK and transition from these settings to adult services.

MEASURE Evaluation,

New indicators and tools developed by MEASURE Evaluation, with support from the OVC technical working group of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), simplify and standardize the data needed to set measurable goals for an OVC intervention. 

MEASURE Evaluation,

The caregiver questionnaire is intended for use as one of the OVC survey tools developed by MEASURE Evaluation, with support from the OVC technical working group of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).