Careful: An administrative child welfare and electronic health records linked dataset
Data in Brief, 2022 Between 2012 and 2017, N = 2814 youth between the ages of 4 and 20 were in child protective services (CPS) custody in Hamilton County, Ohio, and placed in out-of-home care.
Sarah J. Beal +5 more
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How do kinship (family and friends) foster carers experience their role and working relationships within the children’s workforce? (Sharing our experience, Practitioner-led research 2008-2009; PLR0809/054) [PDF]
, 2009 This research was undertaken in a London local authority and consisted of semi-structured interviews with five kinship foster carers approved by the local authority.
Adams, Paul, Bevan, Sarah
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LOSS, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT: THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN IN KINSHIP FOSTER CARE
Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2010 Although there has been a plethora of studies on the impact of HIV and AIDS, there wouldseem to be a paucity of research on the grief reactions and psychological trauma experiencedby children who have been orphaned by the pandemic and have subsequently ...
Edmarié Pretorius, Eleanor Ross
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The voice of birth families to improve visits in foster care [PDF]
, 2016 In foster care, contact visits with birth families play an important role in relation to the child’s wellbeing, and they may impact on placement outcomes. However, the views of birth parents with respect to such visits have largely been unexplored.
Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel Maria +3 more
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Социальная психология и общество, 2020 Objectives. Analyzing the differences in the event structure of the kinship and non-kinship guardians’ life perspective. Background. The implementation of the family life management policy for orphaned children and children without parental care leads to
Korjova E.Yu. +4 more
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Researching the Linkages Between Social Protection and Children's Care in Rwanda: The VUP and its Effects on Child Well-Being, Care, and Family Reunification [PDF]
, 2014 This research investigates the links between the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP), child well-being, children's care and family reunification. It is part of a wider study on the linkages between social protection and children's care in Rwanda, Ghana ...
Helen Shelmerdine, Keetie Roelen
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Caregivers' experiences with kinship care and Child Welfare Services
Journal of Comparative Social WorkKinship care placements are significant for meeting the need for alternative care in child welfare systems worldwide. This qualitative evidence synthesis develops a comprehensive understanding of the role of the Child Welfare Service (CWS) in kinship ...
Anne Apeland Svalastog +2 more
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Children 'in need of care' or in need of cash? Questioning social security provisions for orphans in the context of the South African AIDS pandemic [PDF]
, 2003 Joint working paper of the Children's Institute and Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape ...
Meintjes, Helen +3 more
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Understanding Health Risks for Adolescents in Protective Custody [PDF]
, 2019 Children in child welfare protective custody (e.g., foster care) are known to have increased health concerns compared to children not in protective custody. The poor health documented for children in protective custody persists well into adulthood; young
Beal, Sarah J. +3 more
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Experiences of Emergency Foster Carers in Creating a Child-Safe Environment
Socialinis Darbas: Patirtis ir Metodai, 2021 Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the implementation of child wel¬fare in Lithuania: in mid-2018 the reform of child protection was launched. As the result of these reforms, taking a child from parents became not only difficult, but as a last
Julija Eidukevičiūtė +1 more
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