Harm, care and babies: An inequalities and policy discourse perspective on recent child protection trends in Aotearoa New Zealand

Emily Keddell - Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work

This article uses Official Information Act and publicly available data to examine recent trends of children in contact with the Aotearoa New Zealand child protection system. It discusses these trends with reference to child protection policy reforms, and an inequalities perspective.

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Out‐of‐home care placements of children and adolescents born preterm: A register‐based cohort study

Suvi Alenius, Eero Kajantie, Reijo Sund, Markku Nurhonen, Pieta Näsänen‐Gilmore, Marja Vääräsmäki, Mika Gissler, Petteri Hovi - Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

This population‐based register‐linkage study assessed the likelihood of OHC placement in different gestational age groups using multivariable Cox regression models.

Improving emotional health and self-esteem of Malaysian adolescents living in orphanages through Life Skills Education program: A multi-centre randomized control trial

Marjan Mohammadzadeh, Hamidin Awang, Suriani Ismail, Hayati Kadir Shahar - PLoS ONE

The current randomized control study aimed to determine, if a life skills-based intervention could improve the emotional health and self-esteem among Malaysian adolescents in orphanages.

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Care and Support Programmes for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Achievements and Implications of HIV/AIDS Funded Project in Osun State, Nigeria

Adebola A. Adejimi, et al - World Journal of AIDS

This paper presents the achievements and implications of HIV Programme Development Project (HPDP) funded by World Bank on care and support services for OVC in Osun State, Nigeria.

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Returning children home from care: What can be learned from local authority data?

Elsbeth Neil, Lisanne Gitsels, June Thoburn - Child & Family Social Work

This study used 8 years of administrative data (on 2,208 care entrants), collected by one large English local authority, to examine how many children were returned home and to explore factors associated with stable reunification (not re-entering care for at least 2 years).

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