Americas

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Tricia N. Stephens - Child & Family Social Work,

Qualitative data from a mixed‐methods study were used to explore the phenomenon of complex trauma in 20 urban‐dwelling mothers using a combined interpretive phenomenological and directed content analysis.

Jerry Floresa, Janelle Hawes, Angela Westbrooks, Chanae Henderson - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper discusses the struggles of young women who are “crossover youth.” Crossover youth are children who are simultaneously involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

Dallas J. Elgin - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper provides an illustrative case involving the development and testing of models used to predict the probability of whether U.S. foster children would achieve legal permanency.

Jennifer L. Collins, Rosalinda Jimenez , Laura J. Thomas - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The investigators specifically queried the phenomenon of seeking healthcare services after foster care drawing from the Phenomenology of Practice approach.

Mélissa Goulet, Sonia Hélie, Marie-Ève Clément - Child Abuse & Neglect,

In this article, differential individual and family needs are explored in a sample of children whose case has been substantiated by Child Protection Services.

Jack DeWaard, Jenna Nobles, Katharine M. Donato - Population, Space and Place,

This study from Population, Space and Place provides the first estimates of the prevalence of parental absence via migration that are comparable across populations in contemporary Latin America.

Lucy P. Jordan, Bilisuma Dito, Jenna Nobles, Elspeth Graham - Population, Space and Place,

The authors of this study use data from surveys in three countries to document the frequency and variability of intensive, engaged transnational parenting in the diverse global regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Human Rights Watch,

This report documents a range of abuses against children and adults with disabilities in residential institutions in Brazil.

Lindsay Stark, Matthew MacFarlane, Beth L Rubenstein, Gary Yu, Celina Jensen, Katharine Williamson - BMJ Global Health,

This study explores findings of a population-based approach to measure the prevalence of unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) during the Hurricane Matthew aftermath in Haiti.

Nathanael J.Okpych & Mark E.Courtney - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper investigates avoidant attachment, which is characterized by emotional guardedness and reluctance to rely on others for support.