Physical child abuse demands increased awareness during health and socioeconomic crises like COVID-19: A review and education material

Martinkevich, Polina; Larsen, Lise Langeland; Græsholt-Knudsen, Troels; Jørgensen, Gitte Hesthaven; Hellfritzsch, Michel Bach; Petersen, Karin Kastberg; Møller-Madsen, Bjarne; Rölfing, Jan Hendrik Duedal - Acta Orthopaedica

This review provides an overview and educational material on nonaccidental injury (NAI) and its clinical presentation.

Children and adolescents taken care by the state of Rio de Janeiro: is adoption the solution?

Sandro Pitthan Espindola, Marcos Besserman Viana, Maria Helena Barros de Oliveira - SAÚDE DEBATE

The purpose of this article is to discuss whether adoption, in the form in which it is systematized in Brazil, by the National Adoption Register, may be the solution to the serious problem of child and adolescent in risky situations of care, especially those living in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

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Enhancing Alternative Care Opportunities for Children with Disabilities in the Kingdom of Cambodia

ISS Australia, UNICEF, ISS

This report presents a needs assessment which provides a summary of the situation of children with disabilities who are living in residential care institutions and in communities in Cambodia and proposes seven key recommendations and relevant concrete actions for the short, medium and long term to improve the quality of care of children with disabilities living in institutions and to ensure that they have better access to basic services and are living in a protective environment.

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After the Apology

Pursekey Productions

This documentary tells the stories of four Aboriginal grandmothers in Australia whose grandchildren have been removed and placed in state care, and who are fighting to have their grandchildren placed in their care.

Hindi Translation: Approaches to Programming to engage all stakeholders during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Better Care Network, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, UNICEF and Inter-agency Task Force

This accompanying annex document to the Inter-agency Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care provides helpful tips to promote the engagement and participation of all stakeholders, which is central to maintaining continuity of services for children.

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Submission to the Inquiry into Support for Children of Imprisoned Parents in New South Wales

Karleen Gribble - Western Sydney University

In this Submission to the Inquiry into Support for Children of Imprisoned Parents, Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University, comments on "the situation of infants and young children whose mothers are incarcerated and the support or undermining of their health and wellbeing in the justice system."

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Early life deprivation: is the damage already done?

Frank C Verhulst - The Lancet

In this comment piece that accompanies Child-to-adult neurodevelopmental and mental health trajectories after early life deprivation: the young adult follow-up of the longitudinal English and Romanian Adoptees study, Frank C Verhulst discusses how that study "fills an important knowledge gap on the long-term mental health consequences of early severe childhood deprivation."

Causes & Circumstances of Enrolment & Moving-Out of the Children in Child Care Centers & Orphanages

Amjad Nazeer & Siraaj Khurram - Institute of Development and Corresponding Capabilities (IDRAC) & Secours Islamique France

The aim of this study has been to assess the reasons for the increased enrolment of children into orphanages and child care centres. An action research was conducted in Islamabad and Rawalpindi between November and December 2017 to assess the situation and identify the causes and circumstance that bring in and compel orphans and vulnerable children to move out after a certain age or grade.

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Exploring the relationship between foster care experiences and social network engagement among a sample of homeless former foster youth

Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell & Eric Rice - Children and Youth Services Review

Because social networks have been shown to impact behavioral health outcomes, this study sought to better understand the network characteristics of homeless young adults with a history of foster care.

Girls Not Brides Atlas

Girls Not Brides

This dashboard from Girls Not Brides provides data on child marriage around the globe, including child marriage prevalence, country and regional data, legal age of marriage per country, and more.

Report on the Transition from Institutional Care to Community-Based Services in 27 EU Member States

Jan Šiška and Julie Beadle-Brown - European Expert Group on Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care

The aim of this report was to collate information about policies and plans, changes over time, strengths and areas of concerns relevant to advancement in deinstitutionalisation in 27 EU countries and for six target groups: adults with disabilities, adults with mental health problems, children (including children with disabilities), unaccompanied or separated migrant children, homeless persons and older adults.

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