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Academic Trajectories of Children in Formal and Informal Kinship Care.

Child Development, 2021
The academic achievement places children on a positive trajectory for their lifespan. The aim of this study was to examine the academic trajectories of children in out-of-home care (OOCH) and whether kinship care has a protective effect relative to ...
Tyreasa Washington, C. Stewart, Roderick A. Rose   +2 more
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Mobilizing care? WeChat for older adults’ digital kinship and informal care in Wuhan households

Mobile Media & Communication, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic saw the digital amplify all aspects of our lives—work, sociality, health, intimacy, care, and inequality. In a time of restrictions and physical distancing, the role of the digital for social inclusion—especially for older adults ...
Haiqing Yu, Gehao Zhang, L. Hjorth
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Poverty and Economic Pressure, Financial Assistance, and Children’s Behavioral Health in Kinship Care

Child Maltreatment, 2020
About half of kinship families live in poverty, and one third of them receive financial assistance such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and foster care payments.
Yanfeng Xu, C. Bright, R. Barth, Haksoon Ahn   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unrecognized: Kinship care by young aunts, siblings and other young people

Child & Family Social Work, 2020
Funding information Ross Trust, Grant/Award Number: 38365; Sidney Myer Fund, Grant/Award Number: PDLM1502 Abstract Much literature about kinship care has focused on grandparents, with limited attention to other kinship carers.
Meredith Kiraly, C. Humphreys, Margaret Kertesz   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Drawing on Kinship Care Support for Older People during a Pandemic (COVID-19): Practice Considerations for Social Workers in Ghana

Journal of gerontological social work, 2020
Undoubtedly, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought both systemic, practice changes and limitations to social workers’ commitment to the welfare of vulnerable populations such as older people.
E. Cudjoe, Alhassan Abdullah
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Cumulative Effect of Prior Maltreatment on Emotional and Physical Health of Children in Informal Kinship Care.

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2020
OBJECTIVE Millions of children cared for by their grandparents or other kin without a biological parent present are not part of the foster care system.
Eunju Lee, Catherine S. Kramer, M. Choi, A. Pestine-Stevens, Yufan Huang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The nature and prevalence of kinship care: Focus on young kinship carers

, 2020
Funding information R E Ross Trust, Grant/Award Number: 38365; Sidney Myer Fund, Grant/Award Number: PDLM1502 Abstract Young kinship carers tend to be overlooked in kinship care policy and practice.
Meredith Kiraly, D. Hoadley, C. Humphreys   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Regulating the traditional kinship care practice in Ghana: Reflections from young people with kinship care experience.

Child: Care, Health and Development, 2020
BACKGROUND Kinship care has become a favourable alternative care option for orphans and vulnerable children without adequate parental care in Ghana.
Alhassan Abdullah, E. Cudjoe, S. Young, A. Choi, L. Jordan, M. Chiu, Clifton R. Emery   +6 more
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Experiences of Children in Kinship Care (CKC) in Ghana

, 2020
The provision of care by extended family members and close friends is a common cultural practice in Ghanaian traditional communities. With a recent interest by stakeholders in Ghana to consider kinship care as an alternative care option in child welfare ...
E. Cudjoe, Alhassan Abdullah, M. Chiu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analysis of kinship care

2022
This study aims to improve the understanding of kinship care by providing more quantitative evidence regarding the use of kinship foster care and SGOs both nationally and across local authorities, illustrate how variation in use is correlated with other variables, and compare educational outcomes of children who have experienced kinship care compared ...
Schoenwald, Eva, O'Higgins, Aoife
openaire   +1 more source