Child Protection Case Management Guidance for Remote Phone Follow-up in COVID-19

Child Protection Case Management Task Force Lebanon

This guidance note is intended to support child guidance for remote child protection case management, including the key child protection principles of survival and development, non-discrimination and inclusion, child participation, and the best interest of the child.

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The implications of COVID-19 for the care of children living in residential institutions

Philip S Goldman, Marinus H van Ijzendoorn, Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke on behalf of the Lancet Institutional Care Reform Commission Group

In this correspondence in the Lancet, the authors express their concerns regarding children in residential institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic and urge authorities to undertake carefully planned measures with respect to deinstitutionalisation.

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COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor

Validity Foundation, European Network on Independent Living (ENIL), International Disability Alliance (IDA), Disability Rights International (DRI), Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, International Disability and Development Consortium

A coalition of six disability rights organisations has launched a major international monitoring initiative entitled “COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor” to conduct rapid independent monitoring of state measures concerning persons with disabilities. 

Elderly Grandparents as Caregivers of Children Affected or Infected by HIV and AIDS in Namibia

Eveline N. Kalomo & Simon George Taukeni - Biopsychosocial Perspectives and Practices for Addressing Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases

This foundational chapter attempts to provide readers with content to assist in their understanding of the characteristics, role, and experiences of kinship elderly caregivers of children affected and/or infected by HIV and AIDS.

Understanding the association between caregiver sex and HIV infection among orphans and vulnerable children in Tanzania: learning from the USAID Kizazi Kipya project

Amon Exavery, John Charles, Erica Kuhlik, Asheri Barankena, Alison Koler, Levina Kikoyo & Elizabeth Jere - BMC Health Services Research

This study assesses whether sex of the caregiver is associated with HIV status of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) as a valuable strategy for enhanced pediatric case findings.

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Ubuntu and Child Welfare Policy in Zimbabwe: A Critical Analysis of the National Orphan Care Policy’s Six-Tier System

Kurevakwesu, Wilberforce and Chizasa, Simbarashe - African Journal of Social Work

The authors of this article contend that the government of Zimbabwe adopted traditional practices of child welfare in its National Orphan Care Policy, yet it did not also bring the apparatus (Ubuntu) which made the traditional practices successful in traditional society.

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Joint Appeal for effective response and mitigation of impact of COVID-19 on the children in Bangladesh

Joining Forces Bangladesh: Child Rights Now (Educo, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children's Villages International, Terre des hommes, World Vision)

To ensure that the well-being of the most vulnerable children are not compromised, Joining Forces Bangladesh appeals to the Government of Bangladesh, international communities, business sector, and media and civil society to take the measures outlined in this joint appeal. 

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Adverse Childhood Experience histories in foster parents: Connections to foster children’s emotional and behavioral difficulties

Tina Adkins, Samantha Reisz, Kaitlyn Doerge, Swetha Nulu - Child Abuse & Neglect

This study addressed three research questions: (1) What are ACE totals in this sample of foster parents and how do they compare with the original CDC-Kaiser study? (2) Does foster parents’ ACE exposure relate to foster child behavior? (3) Is the relation between foster parents’ ACEs and children’s challenging behaviors different based on the specific ACE?

Reconciling care and justice in contesting social harm through performance and arts practice with looked after children and care leavers

Tonimarie Benaton, Tamsin Bowers-Brown, Thomas Dodsley, Alix Manning-Jones, Jade Murden, Alexander Nunn - Children & Society

This paper reports findings from an innovative arts-based intervention with Looked After Children and young people and concludes that holding competing value sets in creative tension is central to the success of the programme in helping young people to cope with and contest social harm.

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Support needs and satisfaction of Flemish foster parents in long-term foster care: Associated characteristics of foster children, foster parents and foster placements

Johan Vanderfaeillie, Laura Gypen, Delphine West, Frank Van Holen - Children and Youth Services Review

This study aims at identifying characteristics of foster children, foster parents and foster placements associated with low satisfaction and high support needs.

Foster and kinship carer experiences of accessing healthcare: A qualitative study of barriers, enablers and potential solutions

Karen Mclean Conceptualisation, Jessica Clarke, Dorothy Scott, Harriet Hiscock, Sharon Goldfeld - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper explores the experiences of Victorian foster and kinship carers accessing timely health assessment and ongoing healthcare for a child placed in their care; identifying barriers and enablers.

Voices about foster care: The value of trust

Janna C. Heyman, Linda White-Ryan, Peggy Kelly, G. Lawrence Farmer, Tara Linh Leaman, Henry J. Davis - Children and Youth Services Review

This qualitative study utilized the experiential voices of current and former youth in foster care, caregivers, and agency staff to broaden the understanding of the needs of youth with foster care histories, as well as provide a contextual lens for exploring potential risk factors leading to homelessness.

Loneliness, non-suicidal self-injury, and friendship quality among Chinese left-behind adolescents: The role of parent-child cohesion

Quanquan Wang, Hui Wang, Xia Liu - Journal of Affective Disorders

Based on the life history theory and the interpersonal function model of non-suicidal injury (NSSI), this study aimed to examine the positive impact of loneliness on friendship quality via NSSI among left-behind adolescents.

Disrupting the disruption cycle - a longitudinal analysis of aggression trajectories, quality of life, psychopathology and self-efficacy in closed youth residential care

Nina Kind, David Bürgin, Vera Clements, Marc Schmid - Children and Youth Services Review

This study investigated if changes in quality of life (QoL), psychopathological symptoms and perceived self-efficacy predict aggressive behavior trajectories in youths with clinical aggression levels living in closed youth residential care in Germany.