In this study the authors examined the relative contributions of maternal versus paternal criminal offending or mental health problems in relation to the time to the offspring’s first report to child protection services, or first placement in out of home care (OOHC), using administrative records for a population sample of 71,661 children.
Using a phenomenological research design, this study delves into the motivations and challenging experience of foster carers in South-Kivu.
By synthesising the research evidence, this study seeks to address the questions of whether early childhood parenting programmes are effective in improving parenting and enhancing children's development; and which factors of the programme design and implementation contribute to the successful outcomes of parenting programmes.
In this article, the authors propose a definition of child well-being that draws on the economic literature pertaining to skill formation and human capital.
This article reports the findings of MIRRA, a participatory research project on the memory and identity dimensions of social care recordkeeping.
The goal of this paper was to conduct a review of studies from 2008 to 2019 that evaluated community‐based caregiver or family interventions to support the mental health of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in sub‐Saharan Africa, across four domains: (a) study methodology, (b) cultural adaptation and community participation, (c) intervention strategies, and (d) effects on child mental health.
In this case, we meet Maya, an adolescent girl in foster care who is trafficked for sex.
This study examines how childhood experiences of being left behind by migrant parents affect the behaviors of adults.
This document summarizes the 2019 UNGA Resolution on the Rights of the Child focusing on children without parental care (A/RES/74/133) in an easy-to-follow way.
This editorial piece from the Lancet posits whether today's children "will be defined and confined by the losses from COVID-19."
