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Research in Out-of-Home Child Care

2001
Abstract The increase in both the number and proportion of children in out-of-home child care over the last 30 years (Hofferth et al. 1991, Thacker et al. 1992, Casper 1997) has had both economic and public health consequences. The economic impact results from indirect costs, including parental absence from work because of child care ...
Ralph L Cordell, Larry k. Pickering, M Louise Lawson   +2 more
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Infants in Australian Out-of-Home Care

British Journal of Social Work, 2008
This paper presents findings from a study examining the out-of-home care (OOHC) experiences of children aged less than one year (infants), based on data collected by the NSW Department of Community Services (DoCS), Australia. The purpose of the study is to develop a profile of infant children in OOHC and to better understand why so many young children ...
A. Z. Zhou, M. Chilvers
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Out-of-home care and adoption

Abstract Children experience temporary or permanent separation from parental care for various reasons. Societies respond to their situation through informal kinship care and formal options such as fostering, residential care, and adoption.
Nigel Cantwell, Peter B. Gross
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Out-of-home care in Denmark.

Child welfare, 1991
Paradoxically, Denmark has a large number of children in out-of-home care because it has a comprehensive child welfare system. Danish families turn to it for help, and under present social conditions of unemployment and family disruptions, the system is strained.
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Therapeutic transitions in out of home care

Children Australia, 1999
This paper sets out a series of principles for minimising the trauma of transitions experienced by children in out of home care. It is based on a child centred approach that has as its goal making transition bearable and psychologically useful for each child who must go through it, creating a space where even previous transition wounds might heal.
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Out-of-Home Care in Australia

2022
Milissa Deitz, Lynette Sheridan Burns
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Reunification in Out-of-Home Care

2020
Elizabeth Fernandez, Paul Delfabbro
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Transmission and control of infections in out-of-home child care

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2000
The epidemiology of infections associated with out-of-home child care is well-known, but our understanding of cost-effective prevention strategies is limited. Existing studies indicate that multidimensional interventional programs can reduce infection rates, but these conclusions are limited by a variety of methodologic concerns.
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Infectious disease in pediatric out-of-home child care

American Journal of Infection Control, 2005
Provision of some form of child care outside of the home is certainly not a new phenomenon. In the past, most out-of-home care was provided by a relative, a friend, or someone who had a specific relationship with the family of the child. The frequency of utilization of child care centers for out-of-home care and the different formats of out-of-home ...
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The future of cancer care at home: Findings from an American Cancer Society summit

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2023
William L Dahut
exaly