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CHALLENGES OF STATUTORY SOCIAL WORKERS IN LINKING FOSTER CARE SERVICES WITH SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2017
The high demand for substitute care in South Africa, and in particular foster care, poses challenges for statutory social workers in rendering developmental social services.
Dhludhlu, Sandile , Lombard, Antoinette
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Can valid and practical risk-prediction or casemix adjustment models, including adjustment for comorbidity, be generated from English hospital administrative data (Hospital Episode Statistics)? A national observational study

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014
Background: NHS hospitals collect a wealth of administrative data covering accident and emergency (A&E) department attendances, inpatient and day case activity, and outpatient appointments.
Alex Bottle, Rene Gaudoin, Rosalind Goudie, Simon Jones, Paul Aylin   +4 more
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Understanding the Risk of Homelessness for Emerging Adult Foster Care Youth

EDIS, 2022
This publication discusses foster care in the United States, risk of experiencing homelessness among foster care youth, and possible interventions.
Francesca Michelini, Randall Cantrell, Kate Fogarty   +2 more
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One‐year outcomes for congenital diaphragmatic hernia

BJS Open, 2019
Background Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital anomaly with high mortality and long‐term morbidity. The aim of this study was to benchmark trends in 1‐year and hospital volume outcomes for this condition. Methods This study included all
Y. Wang, K. Honeyford, P. Aylin, A. Bottle, S. Giuliani   +4 more
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Foster Care: An Update

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997
To inform child and adolescent psychiatrists about the almost 500,000 children now residing in the American foster care system. This overview surveys the pediatric, developmental, and psychiatric needs of these children.Child and adolescent psychiatrists, pediatricians, a child welfare researcher, a social worker, and a psychologist developed a ...
A A, Rosenfeld, D J, Pilowsky, P, Fine, M, Thorpe, E, Fein, M D, Simms, N, Halfon, M, Irwin, J, Alfaro, R, Saletsky, S, Nickman   +10 more
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Safeguarding the Lives of Children Affected by Boko Haram: Application of the SAFE Model of Child Protection to a Rights-Based Situation Analysis [PDF]

Health and Human Rights, 2020
The Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria is responsible for the highest number of lives lost in Africa in the past decade. The country has witnessed significant violations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Nigeria ...
Rosie O’Connor, Theresa S. Betancourt, Ngozi V. Enelamah   +2 more
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COMPARING THE EXPERIENCES AND WITHDRAWAL CONSIDERATIONS OF TREATMENT AND REGULAR FOSTER CARE PARENTS: THE CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE

International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2015
This study investigated differences in the experiences of Canadian foster parents providing regular and treatment foster care and their consideration to withdraw from their position.
Jessica Smith, Susan Rodger, Jason Brown, Laurel Pickel, Wendy den Dunnen, Alan Leschied   +5 more
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Relative Versus Non-Relative Foster Care: [PDF]

, 2007
This study explored the benefits and limitations of relative foster care versus non-relative foster care. This study hypothesized, that despite the limitations of relative placement, the emotional benefit to the child placed in a relative setting far ...
Picinich, Victoria
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Foster Care

Pediatrics In Review, 1988
A SYSTEM OVERLOADED: THE FOSTER CARE CRISIS "The children are now buffeted by countless rejections and severe stress. They often become angry, depressed, and violent. Few of them understand that they are the littlest victims of a system that, by all accounts, has been overwhelmed" (The New York Times, March 15, 1987).
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Factors associated with hospital emergency readmission and mortality rates in patients with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a national observational study

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2018
Background: Heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) lead to unplanned hospital activity, but our understanding of what drives this is incomplete.
Alex Bottle, Kate Honeyford, Faiza Chowdhury, Derek Bell, Paul Aylin   +4 more
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