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Machine learning-based approach for predicting low birth weight

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Low birth weight (LBW) has been linked to infant mortality. Predicting LBW is a valuable preventative tool and predictor of newborn health risks. The current study employed a machine learning model to predict LBW.
Amene Ranjbar   +5 more
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Public-private interaction in child welfare: lessons for critical social work from Chile and the United States

open access: yesGlobal Social Work, 2020
This article discusses the public-private partnership that exists in Chile and in the United States to collaborate on issues of child welfare. By comparing both countries, we look at ideologies and economic issues that have historically shaped the ...
Carlos Alejandro Andrade-Guzmán   +1 more
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Proposing a machine learning-based model for predicting nonreassuring fetal heart

open access: yesScientific Reports
The capacity to forecast nonreassuring fetal heart (NFH) is essential for minimizing perinatal complications; therefore, this research aims to establish if a machine learning (ML) model can predict NFH.
Nasibeh Roozbeh   +4 more
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Professional Social Workers in the Child Welfare Workforce: Findings from NASW

open access: yesJournal of Family Strengths, 2012
The U.S. Children’s Bureau has historically recognized the significance of the child welfare workforce in improving the lives of children, youth and families, as well as the important role of social work within that workforce.
Tracy R Whitaker
doaj   +1 more source

Paternity and Child Welfare

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Social Work, 2023
This theoretical and conceptual analysis, rooted and organized by frameworks and empirical literature, aims to explain biases against fathers in the United States’ family court system.
Nafees Alam
doaj   +1 more source

“Wasn’t in Our Game Plan”: Reflections of Older Grandparents Navigating Child Welfare Systems

open access: yesSocieties
Kinship caregivers encounter complex issues when interfacing with the child welfare system. Most kinship care families are not connected to child welfare.
Tina L. Peterson
doaj   +1 more source

Child and family welfare in practice in Lithuania just as professional observe

open access: yesSocialinis Darbas: Patirtis ir Metodai, 2020
Child welfare and child rights protection is relevant issue in every demo­cratic country. Different countries develop different approaches to child protection systems, creating policy of child protection, legislating documents and establishing formal ...
Rasa Naujanienė, Jonas Ruškus
doaj   +1 more source

Parental work absenteeism is associated with increased symptom complaints and school absence in adolescent children

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background Previous studies have proposed that having parents out of work may influence adolescent illness behaviour and school attendance. However, prior research investigating this question has been limited by retrospective reporting and case control ...
Mari Hysing   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Strengths-Based Leadership to Improve the Child Welfare System

open access: yesJournal of Family Strengths, 2013
The child welfare system has primarily focused on the safety of children even though the goals of the system are to improve safety, well-being, and permanency.
Kimberly M Giardina
doaj   +1 more source

Services used by perinatal substance-users with child welfare involvement: a descriptive study

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2010
Background Substance use during pregnancy often leads to involvement in the child welfare system, resulting in multiple social service systems and service providers working with families to achieve successful child welfare outcomes.
McCann Kenneth J   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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