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El presente llamado se realiza en el marco del convenio de cooperación vigente entre el Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social (Inmujeres-MIDES) y el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia, UNICEF, cuyo contenido refiere a la generación de conocimiento sobre Violencia Basada en Género (VBG) e Infancia.
This article aims to review briefly the broader social, historical, and structural contexts of mandated reporting and the linked phenomena of parenting surveillance and the forced separation of families of color in the U.S.
In the current study, the authors identify specific child protective service experiences and mental and behavioral health characteristics that are predictive of moving from a family based foster placement to a congregate care placement.
This article presents findings from a thematic analysis of interviews with 13 foster parents who participated in a mixed methods study exploring inclusive foster care in Canada - an approach requiring foster parents to engage with the family, community, and cultural life of the child for whom they care.
For this study, the researchers conducted a retrospective descriptive study of Medicaid files for 30 individuals placed in a foster care system that included an analysis of 10 consecutive visits with a prescribing practitioner spanning 8–14 months.
The goal of this study is to examine child welfare caseworkers’ experience of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and the extent to which coping strategies act as a buffer.
The goal of this study is to examine child welfare caseworkers’ experience of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and the extent to which coping strategies act as a buffer.
This article explores the impact of preadoption history upon physical, mental, emotional, cognitive, and developmental well‐being of children and the need for adoptive parents, medical and mental health professionals, and schools to understand these impacts.
This qualitative study examines the challenges foster caregivers face within their families and seeks to understand their formal and informal support systems so that future trainings may be created to provide for the specific and realistic needs of foster caregivers.
This study examined the long-term effects of the Head Start early childhood program on foster children's developmental outcomes from ages 3–4 to 8–9.