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Who gets child protection and welfare services and why?

open access: yesThe Boolean 2022, 2022
When children are reported to Tusla Child and Family Agency, social workers may conduct Initial Assessments to determine their safety and welfare to decide if they need ongoing services. We know little about these impactful decisions.
Don O’Leary
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implementing a Child Mental Health Intervention in Child Welfare Services: Stakeholder Perspectives on Feasibility

open access: yesJournal of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders, 2022
This pilot study integrated quantitative and qualitative data to examine the feasibility of implementing a modified version of a multiple family group behavioral parent training intervention (The 4Rs and 2Ss for Strengthening Families Program [4Rs and ...
Geetha Gopalan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Family Support and the Media in Ireland: Newspaper Content Analysis 2014–2017

open access: yesChild Care in Practice, 2021
The objective of this paper is to inform a critical analysis of how the media portray family support in Ireland. Findings of a content analysis carried out on national and regional Irish newspapers between 2014 and 2017 are presented which describe ...
Patricia O'Connor   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Into the Great Wide Open—From Classroom to Virtual Learning

open access: yesThe social science, 2023
This paper charts the journey from classroom-based training delivery to hybrid and virtual learning opportunities used to overcome the challenges imposed by public health restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Charney Weitzman, Jan Perrin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Child and Family Support Networks Research Study

open access: yes, 2018
The research and evaluation team at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre (UCFRC), NUI Galway provides research, evaluation and technical support to Tusla’s Development and Mainstreaming Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support ...
A. Cassidy   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pathways to child and adolescent psychiatric clinics: a multilevel study of the significance of ethnicity and neighbourhood social characteristics on source of referral

open access: yesChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2011
BackgroundIn the Swedish society, as in many other societies, many children and adolescents with mental health problems do not receive the help they need.
A. Ivert   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

After the Reforms: An Analysis of the Factors Associated with the Use of Legal Services in Child Welfare Proceedings in Ireland

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, 2019
Against the backdrop of austerity measures and public sector reforms in Ireland, this paper examined legal costs incurred in child welfare proceedings by the State Child and Family Agency - Tusla, using a need-based allocation model. The direct financial
E. Walsh   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“Housing First” for Optimal Child Health

open access: yesPediatrics, 2019
* Abbreviation: HUD — : US Department of Housing and Urban Development According to the World Health Organization, health is “a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”1 Healthy children live
Kerry K. Sease, J. Blakely Amati
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multi-Country Analysis of Causes and Drivers of Child Marriage in Africa

open access: yesJournal of Culture, Society and Development, 2019
The research is funded and led by UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Office. UN Women is the UN Agency dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Un Women East and Southern Africa Region
semanticscholar   +1 more source

National Scaling-up of an area-based approach to Prevention, Partnership & Family Support in Ireland: Key strengths and challenges to its implementation

open access: yes, 2017
This paper focuses on the scaling-up of an area-based systems wide approach to prevention, partnership and family support (PPF case study analysis from local areas and; national analysis and planning around critical implementation drivers.
Aisling Gillen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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