The coping of young Finnish adults after out-of-home care and aftercare services: A document-based analysis

Arja Häggman-Laitila, Pirkko Salokekkilä, Mirja Satka, Katri Toivonen, Pekka Kekolahti, Olli-Pekka Ryynänen - Children and Youth Services Review

The aim of this study is to discover how the different factors documented at the time of the custody decision or the placement in out-of-home care are associated with the coping abilities of young adults once aftercare services come to an end.

Understanding the needs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Child maltreatment prevention program development

Maha Almuneef, Hassan N. Saleheen, Fatimah Al Shehri, Majid A. Al-Eissa - Child Abuse & Neglect

The goal of this study was to assess the child maltreatment (CM) prevention readiness (CMPR) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in regard to implementing large-scale, evidence-based CM-prevention programs. 

The Role of Kinship and Siblings in Young Children's Placement Preferences

Kelli Dickerson, Thomas D. Lyon, Jodi Quas - Journal of Interpersonal Violence

In this study, the authors surveyed one hundred 4- to 11-year-olds removed from home because of maltreatment about their placement preferences. These results suggest that young children may express more mature preferences than recognized by the law, and that there may be value in asking even relatively young children about with whom they would like to live following removal from home as a result of maltreatment.

Personal psychological resources mediate parent–child relationship and mental health among left‐behind children

Imelu G. Mordeno, I Marie Joy S. Gallemit, Sittie Shayuri B. Lantud, Brian J. Hall - The Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The present study examined the association between family resources and mental health as mediated by personal psychological resources (PPRs) for left‐behind children (LBC).

Differential Associations of Deprivation and Threat With Cognitive Control and Fear Conditioning in Early Childhood

Laura Machlin, Adam Bryant Miller, Jenna Snyder, Katie A. McLaughlin and Margaret A. Sheridan - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

The present open access study examines how deprivation (including institutionalization) and threat are associated with cognitive and emotional outcomes in early childhood.

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Attachment, dependency, and attachment-related behaviors in foster children: A closer look at the nature of the foster child–caregiver relationship

Melanie Tamara Kungl, Sandra Gabler, Ina Bovenschen, Katrin Lang, Janin Zimmermann, Gottfried Spangler - Developmental Child Welfare

This study investigates the nature of newly formed relationships between children and their foster carers.

Analysis on geographical migration networks of child trafficking crime for illegal adoption from 2008 to 2017 in China

Zhongliang Huang & Wenguo Weng - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

This paper used the latest judgment documents from the court as a new data source, and identified the key nodes and trafficking paths by using a series of network indicators to enhance the public’s understanding of the crime mechanism of child trafficking.

Initial Assessment Report: Protection Risks for Women and Girls in the European Refugee and Migrant Crisis

Rebecca Eapen, UNHCR; Fabrizia Falcione, UNFPA; Marcy Hersh, WRC; Katharina Obser, WRC; Ali Shaar, UNFPA

Concerned by the protection risks faced by women and girls, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) undertook a joint seven-day assessment mission to Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in November 2015. This report describes the assessment’s findings and key recommendations for the European Union (EU), transit and destination country governments, humanitarian actors and civil society organizations (CSOs).

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Interagency Gender Based Violence Case Management Guidelines: Providing care and case management services to gender-based violence survivors in humanitarian settings

Gender-based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS)

This resource aims to set standards for quality, compassionate care for GBV survivors in humanitarian settings, with particular focus on the provision of case management services.

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Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation and Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) 2015-2018: Family Resilience (FARE) Project End of Project Report

AVSI Foundation

This report describes the FARE project - a subproject of ASPIRES that sought to develop evidence and programming guidance for matching contextually appropriate economic interventions with specifically targeted households to reintegrate separated children into families and prevent unnecessary separation of children from their families - and summarizes achievements, challenges, and learning.

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Action Plan to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Children 2017-2021

The Steering Committee on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children

This Action Plan to prevent and respond to violence against children in Cambodia identifies five key areas of intervention: 1) coordination and cooperation, 2) primary prevention, 3) multi-sectoral child protection response services, 4) law and policy formulation and amendment, 5) monitoring and evaluation.

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Social-support needs among adolescents living with HIV in transition from pediatric to adult care in Cambodia: Findings from a cross-sectional study

Graham Toth, Gitau Mburu, Sovannary Tuot, Vohith Khol, Chanrith Ngin, Pheak Chhoun and Siyan Yi - AIDS Research and Therapy

This study describes access, utilization and ongoing social support needs among adolescents living with HIV aged 15–17 in transition from pediatric to adult HIV care in Cambodia.

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Technology Influence on Performance of Cash Transfer Programmes in the Public Sector in Nairobi County, Kenya

Beth Njoroge, Peter Kihara, Paul Gichohi - International Journal of Professional Practice

The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between technology as a capacity building strategy and performance of the orphans and vulnerable children cash transfer program in Nairobi County, Kenya.

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