“Children in Charge” Imagining systemic reform and redesign in care commissioning for children: A Discussion Paper

Children England

This paper is an attempt at rethinking the systemic problems facing the funding and commissioning of care services and placements for children in need of care and adoption, across ALL types and specialisms of placement, from kinship care, through foster care, to residential care and adoption.

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En la ‘hielera:’ Condiciones abusivas para las mujeres y los niños en las celdas de detención migratoria en Estados Unidos

Human Rights Watch

Este informe examina el cumplimiento por parte de las autoridades estadounidenses de las protecciones específicas que deben otorgarse a los niños, basándose en 110 entrevistas a niños y mujeres detenidas con sus hijos.

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Mental health among adolescents living with HIV in Namibia: the role of poverty, orphanhood and social support

Shelene G. Gentz, Isabel Calonge-Romano, Rosario Martínez-Arias, Chengbo Zeng & Mónica Ruiz-Casares - AIDS Care

This study examines the mental health of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in Namibia, and the factors that contribute to mental health problems.

A comparison of LGBTQ youth and heterosexual youth in the child welfare system: Mental health and substance abuse occurrence and outcomes

Maria Scannapieco, Kirstin R. Painter, Gary Blau - Children and Youth Services Review

This study had two purposes; first to examine mental health disparities among LGBTQ youth and their heterosexual peers who are involved in the child welfare system, and second to observe the effectiveness of systems of care with youth in child welfare and if any differences exist between LGBTQ youth and heterosexual youth.

Crossover youth and gender: What are the challenges of girls involved in both the foster care and juvenile justice systems?

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.

How to Conduct Research with Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

UNICEF Innocenti, Columbia University & Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

Developed with Columbia University and experts from the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing this series of briefs from UNICEF Innocenti provides a much needed review of contemporary research methodologies for adolescent well-being in low- and middle-income countries.