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A Risk or a Buffer? The Dual Role of Poverty in Community Perceptions of Child Protection Demand

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between poverty and child protection demand is complex. Using macro‐level data from 293 Finnish municipalities, this study applies hierarchical linear regression and mediation analysis to examine how poverty shapes community perceptions of child protection demand. The hierarchical linear regression findings reveal that poverty
Ning Zhu, Juulia Hietamäki, Aleksandra Gawel, Timo Toikko   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private equity investment in orthopedic practices: Part of the changing landscape of health care. [PDF]

Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013)
Fariyike B, Galetta MS, Youm T.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘I Do Not Feel Great About It, but It Was the Logical Decision’—An Exploration of Why England's Agency Social Workers Have Left Permanent Child Protection Roles

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2023, England's statutory children's services recorded the highest number of agency social workers since records began. The cost of these workers, and the impact of an unsettled workforce on the children in receipt of their services, has led to a new set of national rules for agency social workers in children's social care.
Ciarán Murphy
wiley   +1 more source

African experiments in infrastructure financialisation: an urbanisation of debt in Malawi. [PDF]

Financ Space
Lane M, Mwathunga E, Robinson J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Exercising Agency for a Better Future: Adolescents in Korea's Kinship Care

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The literature on adolescents' perspectives on growing up in kinship care is limited. The study aims to explore the lived experiences of adolescents in grandparent kinship care by examining how they respond to adversity, build support and exercise agency. The study recruited 22 grandparent–adolescent pairs in a large Korean city.
Eunju Lee, Choong Rai Nho, Jinjoo Hong, Eun Hye Kim, Jeesoo Jung   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Address sustainability risks in health insurance funds: generational actuarial balance and intergenerational equity perspective. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Qin Y, Ji W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Why don’t Latvian pension funds diversify more internationally? [PDF]

Latvian employees have to choose a pension fund for the second-pillar of the Latvian pension system. These pension funds invest about 85% in domestic assets. In this paper, we address the question why this strong home bias might exist.
Swinkels, L.A.P., Vejina, D., Vilans, R.
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‘The Heart of the Matter’: Grandparent Childcare in Contemporary Chinese Families

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grandparent childcare is an international phenomenon, especially within families with children under 3 years old. China is no exception, as shown by a number of quantitative studies. Less clear is our understanding of the actual childcare arrangements involved and how these are negotiated and sustained through the intergenerational ...
Jiatong Ling, Lorna Montgomery, John Pinkerton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy frameworks for promoting public hospital development in major economies: implications for China. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Shu Y, Li Z, Xie R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Principle guided investing: The use of negative screens and its implications for green investors [PDF]

In recent years Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) has received considerable attention from both private investors as well as pension funds. Despite this proliferation in interest, several topics are still unresolved, namely selection methods ...
Urs von Arx
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