Zimbabwe

Demographic Data:

  • Total Population: 15,245,855
  • Population under 15: 41.6%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 57.5 years
  • Human Development Index: 155 out of 188 
  • World Bank Status: Low Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 16.7%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.1 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 44.6%

Sources: World Bank, UNDP, DHS 2010-11

 

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Ritu Kunwar Prabhat Lamichhane, Claire Vajdic, David J Muscatello - Journal of Child Health Care,

The authors of this paper aimed to examine the available evidence on the impact of overseas parental migration on healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses and the nutritional status of children left-behind under five years of age.

Mónica Ruiz-Casares, José Ignacio Nazif-Muñoz, René Iwo and Youssef Oulhote - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,

Nationally representative, population-based data from rounds four and five of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and four to eight of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 61 low- and middle-income countries were used to estimate prevalence and socio-economic factors associated with leaving children under five years old home alone or under the care of another child younger than 10 years of age.

On the occasion of the Global Disability Summit, the UK Government became the first major donor of its kind to explicitly commit to promoting family and community-based care for all children.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action,

The aim of this training package is to increase case management supervisors’ confidence, capacity and support to caseworkers to provide safe, ethical and competent case management services to vulnerable children and their families.

Cate Bailey, Anna Klas, Rachael Cox, Heidi Bergmeier, Julie Avery, Helen Skouteris - Health and Social Care in the Community,

The aim of this study was to investigate the current empirical evidence for organisation‐wide, trauma‐informed therapeutic care models in out‐of‐home care (OoHC).

Alan Carr, Hollie Duff, Fiona Craddock - Trauma, Violence, & Abuse,

The aim of the systematic review described in this article was to determine the outcome of child maltreatment in long-term childcare and the scope of the evidence base in this area.

Kannan K., Rajini S., Kameshvell C, Jayalakshmi G., Jenith, Karthikeya - Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development,

The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status of children residing at an orphanage.

Dorijn Wubs, Laura Batstra, Hans Grietens - Child & Family Social Work,

In this study, the life stories of four foster mothers of victims of maternal sexual abuse were collected.

Anita Skårstad Storhaug, Bente Heggem Kojan & Grethe Fjellvikås - Child & Family Social Work,

This study explores Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of long‐term cases resulting in emergency placements.

BJ Newton - Child & Family Social Work,

This paper argues that to meet the needs of Aboriginal families and communities where there is child neglect, policy and practice needs to acknowledge and address the impact of trauma in shaping the lived experiences of Aboriginal people.