Patchwork of promises: A critical analysis of immigration policies for unaccompanied undocumented children in the United States

Robert G. Hasson III, Thomas M. Crea, Ruth G. McRoy, Ân H. Lê - Child & Family Social Work

This paper begins with a historic review of immigration policies in the United States aimed at supporting unaccompanied migrant children.

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Suicidal because I don’t feel connected or vice versa? A longitudinal study of suicidal ideation and connectedness among child welfare youth

Anthony Fulginiti, Amy S. He, Sonya Negriff - Child Abuse & Neglect

This study tested the hypotheses that inverse relationships would exist between connectedness in three social domains (i.e., caregiver, peers, and school) and suicidal ideation over time.

Lighthouse Parenting Programme: Description and pilot evaluation of mentalization-based treatment to address child maltreatment

Gerry Byrne, Michelle Sleed, Nick Midgley, Pasco Fearon, Clare Mein, Anthony Bateman, Peter Fonagy - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

This article introduces an innovative mentalization-based treatment (MBT) parenting intervention for families where children are at risk of maltreatment.

Momentum Toward Equality: Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Tanzania

Promundo-US, Uzazi na Malezi Bora Tanzania, and Tanzania Commission for AIDS

The International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) is a comprehensive, multi-country study on men’s and women’s realities, practices, and attitudes with regard to gender norms, gender-equality policies, household dynamics, caregiving and fatherhood, domestic violence, sexual diversity, health, and economic stress, among other topics.

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The protective role of family structure for adolescent development in sub-Saharan Africa

Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Clifford Odimegwu - PLoS ONE

In this study from PLoS ONE, the relationship between family structure and positive adolescent sexual behaviour, measured as delay in sexual debut, was examined using the bioecological theory framed by a risk and resilience perspective. After controlling for other covariates, the study found that adolescents living with neither parent had lower odds of delaying sexual debut although results were only significant for males.

Transnational Families Between Ghana, the Netherlands and the UK

Kim Caarls, Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans, Peter Quartey, Cynthia Addoquaye Tagoe - Migration between Africa and Europe

This chapter from Migration between Africa and Europe investigates family life in the context of international migration between Ghana and Europe. The chapter finds that transnational family forms, in which one or more members of the nuclear family are living abroad while the other members remain in the home or another country, are common.