The Global Migration Indicators 2018: Insights from the Global Migration Data Portal

Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), International Organization for Migration

The Global Migration Indicators 2018 report is a snapshot of what we know about migration today. The report reviews key trends in global migration, including sections on remittances and the migration of women and children, and highlights the relevant SDGs and Global Compact objectives.

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Institutional Care of Children and Young People in Malaysia: Searching for the'Right' Direction

Faizah Haji Mas’ud - Residential Child and Youth Care in a Developing World: Global Perspectives

This chapter from Residential Child and Youth Care in a Developing World: Global Perspectives focuses on the institutional care of children and young people deemed ‘at risk’ according to current Malaysian law on child welfare: Malaysian Child Act (2001).

Building caregivers’ emotional, parental and social support skills to prevent violence against adolescent girls: findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Democratic Republic of Congo

Lindsay Stark, Ilana Seff, Khudejha Asghar, Danielle Roth, Theresita Bakamore, Mairi MacRae, Cecile Fanton D’Andon, Kathryn L Falb - BMJ Global Health

The authors of this study investigated the incremental impact of adding a caregiver component to a life skills programme for adolescent girls, assessing girls’ exposure to violence (sexual and others) and caregivers’ gender attitudes and parenting behaviours.

Quality of Life of Sri Lankan Children: Participatory Action Research to Address the Governance Issues of Voluntary Children’s Homes

Eshantha Ariyadasa & Janet Mcintyre - Systemic Practice and Action Research

This paper addresses the issue of human rights of vulnerable children in Sri Lanka in the wake of the civil war, global climatic change and economic recession.

Manifestations of socioeconomic status and its association with physical child punishment– Results from the Multi-Indicators Cluster Survey in Viet Nam, 2006–2014

Sugy Choi, Jinsol Yoo, Jayoung Park, Hwa-Young Lee, Huong Thi, Giang Tran, Jong-Koo Lee, Juhwan Oh - Child Abuse & Neglect

This article presents results from an investigation of the socioeconomic predictors of physical child punishment using three rounds of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in a lower middle-income country, Viet Nam from 2006 to 2014.

A Crying Shame: A report by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner into vulnerable babies in England

Alice Miles, Director of Strategy, UK Children’s Commissioner’s Office

This report uses local authority data from March 2017 to estimate how many UK children under the age of five are at risk of severe harm, with a particular focus on infants under the age of one. 

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Supporting the implementation of Council Tax exemption for Scotland’s care leavers: Good practice note

Kenny McGhee - CELCIS

This practice note is drawn from the discussion and outlines key considerations and a range of measures for local authorities to take as Corporate Parents to ensure consistent and effective implementation of the regulations, now established in law.

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Initial evaluation of the ‘Why Not?’ initiative developed by Care Visions

CELCIS: Vicki Welch and Kenny McGhee

This short document provides a summary of initial learning from data gathered for an evaluation of the Why Not? initiative in Scotland. The Why Not? initiative within Care Visions services was started in 2014 to ‘improve the way young people are supported when ageing out of care, by offering a different experience of relationships beyond care.’

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Community Dialogues as a Strategy for Identifying and Addressing Child Protection Needs in Shinyanga, Tanzania

Amina Abubakar, Sadaf Shallwani, Stanley Wechuli Wanjala, Patrick Nzivo Mwangala, Moses Kachama Nyongesa - Developmental Science and Sustainable Development Goals for Children and Youth

This paper presents community dialogues as a participatory research and program development strategy through which developmental scientists and local community partners can collaboratively surface, discuss, address, and evaluate child protection and well-being issues in their communities.

Interventions addressing ritualistic child sexual abuse in post-conflict Eastern DRC: Reflections on child welfare policy and programming

Amani C Kasherwa & Janestic M Twikirize - International Social Work

This article critically examines Ritualistic child sexual abuse (RCSA) as a predatory form of child maltreatment and the lack of relevant child welfare interventions in the DRC to address it.

Paediatric dento-facial infections – a potential tool for identifying children at risk of neglect?

J. Schlabe, M. Kabban, D. Chapireau & K. Fan - British Dental Journal

In this retrospective audit, the authors reviewed children below sixteen years who were admitted under oral and maxillofacial surgery for incision and drainage of a dental/facial abscess, under general anaesthesia, between January 2015 and January 2017, to understand if they had experienced dental neglect.

An examination of the social emotional development of young children in care: The Ages and Stages QuestionnaireL Minorities and the ASQ:SE

Greenberg, Barbara; Miller, Meagan; Michael, Erik; Flynn, Robert J. - University of Ottawa

This exploratory paper’s purpose is to determine the effect of demographic, risk, and protective factors on social-emotional development, as measured by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire Social Emotional (ASQ:SE), in children age 8 months to 5 years in out-of-home care in Ontario, Canada.

A holistic approach to child development: factors influencing overall development in children in care in Ontario, Canada

Miller, Meagan Greenberg, Barbara Michael, Erik Flynn, Robert J. - University of Ottawa

This presentation explores the developmental assessment of young children living in out-of-home care using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires® Third Edition. 

Evaluation of Family Homes as a Housing and Care Solution for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees

Berit Berg and Gry Mette D. Haugen - NTNU Social Research on behalf of SOS Children’s Villages

This report presents an evaluation of the family home model as part of the 'Our New Children' project in Norway, a collaborative project between SOS Children’s Villages, Asker Municipality and the Housing bank that seeks to "assess the establishment of family homes as the housing and care solution for single minor refugees."

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Relation between Mindfulness and Depression among Adolescent Orphans

Shambhu, Dayal Sharma; Rajesh, Sasidharan K.; Subramanya, P. - Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research

The aim of this study was to examine associations between mindfulness and psychological factors (i.e., depression, cognitive function, positive emotion, and negative emotion) among adolescent orphans in children's care homes in India.

The social–emotional development among children left behind by migrant mothers in rural China: a cross-sectional study

Xueqi Qu, Xiaona Huang, Yuning Yang, Chenlu Yang, Qiying Song, Xiaoli Liu, Yue Huang, Chunyi Chen, Meicen Liu, Hong Zhou - The Lancet

This study aimed to assess the specific influence of migrant mothers on early child development, especially on social–emotional problems.

Stories of Care Leaving: The Experiences of a Group of Resilient Young Adults on Their Journey to Interdependent Living in Ghana

Kwabena Frimpong-Manso - Emerging Adulthood

This study from the journal of Emerging Adulthood shares positive stories of care leavers and explores the factors that promote the successful transition to emerging adulthood for care leavers in Ghana.  

Views and opinions of biological families, foster families and social workers about children's contact with birth parents

Salas, María D.; Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel Maria; Fernández-Baena, Francisco Javier; García-Martín, Miguel Ángel; Fuentes-Rebollo, María Jesús - Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Málaga

The present study analyzes the opinions of birth families, foster families and social workers responsible for supervising contact visits regarding the benefits and problems associated with contact visits.

How short-term placements affect placement trajectories: A propensity-weighted analysis of re-entry into care

Sophie T. Hébert, Tonino Esposito, Sonia Hélie - Children and Youth Services Review

In the present study, the authors examined the effects of two types of initial short-term placements: emergency placements (lasting 1 to 5 days) and provisional placements (lasting 6 to 60 days) on the risks of re-entry into care in the four years following reunification.

Quality Of Life Among Children Deprived From Family Care In Residential Institutions In El-Beheira Governorate- Egypt

Eman Ahmed Rashad El-Sakka; Prof. Dr. Mahassen Ahmed Abd El-Wahed; Dr. Doaa Abd-Elsalam Amin; Dr. Fathia Khamis Kassem; Dr. Houaida Helal -

This study was conducted to identify the quality of life among children deprived of family care in residential institutions in El-Beheira governorate.

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Receptive Vocabulary Development of Children Placed in Foster Care and Children Who Remained With Birth Parents After Involvement With Child Protective Services

Lindsay Zajac, K. Lee Raby, Mary Dozier - Child Maltreatment

In the current study, the authors examined whether children with Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement who were in foster care had more advanced receptive vocabulary than children with CPS involvement who resided with their birth parents.

Report from the Hand In Hand Parent Meeting

Dr Catherine Wade - Parenting Research Centre

Positive Powerful Parents (PPP), an Australian self advocacy group run by and for parents with an intellectual disability, are currently running the Hand In Hand project which seeks to educate government and the community about the needs of families where a parent has an intellectual disability. This report describes the activities of the Hand In Hand Parent Meeting in Melbourne on the 19th of September 2018.

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Children of migration: Hopes and tensions over border-crossing in Moldova

Catherine Douillet - Journal of European Studies

According to some estimates, a third of the adult Moldovan population is working abroad, often ‘leaving behind’ children in the care of relatives, neighbours or in orphanages. This paper from the Journal of European Studies investigates how such high migration rates affect Moldovan family life and personal definitions of identity and success.

ASPIRES Family Care Process Assessment: Cash Transfers for Family-Child Reintegration and Prevention of Separation

Whitney Moret and Mike Ferguson - USAID, FHI 360, and ASPIRES

This evaluation examined the designs and implementation processes of the cash transfer components of ChildFund’s Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children in Family Care (ESFAM) and AVSI Foundation’s Family Resilience (FARE) projects in Uganda and identified practical lessons for implementers.

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ASPIRES Family Care Process Assessment: Savings Groups for Family-Child Reintegration and Prevention of Separation

Whitney Moret and Mike Ferguson - USAID, FHI 360, and ASPIRES

This evaluation examined the designs and implementation processes of the saving group components of ChildFund’s Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children in Family Care (ESFAM) and AVSI Foundation’s Family Resilience (FARE) projects in Uganda and identified practical lessons for implementers.

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Effective Interventions with Street-Connected Children: Lessons Learned in Kisumu, Kenya & Recommendations for the Future

Kisumu Street Children Rehabilitation Consortium

The purpose of this report is to share with local and national governmental leaders about Kisumu’s successes in significantly reducing the street population within the city and to inform others of the successful (and unsuccessful) interventions deployed in order to achieve these results.

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Prevalence of Depression and Its Associated Factors among Orphan Children in Orphanages in Ilu Abba Bor Zone, South West Ethiopia

Gemechu Shiferaw, Lemi Bacha, and Dereje Tsegaye - Hindawi Psychiatry Journal

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of depression and its associated factors among orphans in Ilu Abba Bor Zone orphanages, 2016.

Fostering educational success of children and youth in care: Perspectives of youth with experience living in care

Deborah Rutman, Carol Hubberstey - Children and Youth Services Review

This study involved a comprehensive literature review, an environmental scan, and interviews with 20 former youth in care in Canada, focusing on what helps and hinders youth in care to graduate from high school.