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COVID-19 has become a worldwide pandemic impacting child protection services (CPSs) in many countries. With quarantine and social distancing restrictions, school closures, and recreational venues suspended or providing reduced access, the social safety net for violence prevention has been disrupted significantly. Impacts include the concerns of underreporting and increased risk of child abuse and neglect, as well as challenges in operating CPSs and keeping their workforce safe.
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The current discussion paper explored the impact of COVID-19 on child…
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In this article, we present child abuse and neglect data available in Brazilian public health system platform and in a national childline reporting channel (Dial 100) from 2011-2017. Overall, Brazil has a robust set of laws to protect its children, however, the implementation of public policies is insufficient. The pathway to solve these problems goes through increased governmental funding, intense professional training, and the adoption of an evidence-based perspective to design and implement the policies.
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Background
The COVID-19 pandemic deeply affected child protection professionals. One potential area of concern is whether and how the pandemic has dampened these individuals’ ability to engage in the resilient practices that are so vital to their wellbeing.
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Within the unique and understudied context of a developing economy facing the strain of an international pandemic, this study sought to expand our theoretical understanding of the individual and socio-ecological predictors of whether child protective services professionals engage in resilient behaviors.…
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Neglect is a type of child abuse that leads to a variety of consequences on child development. Although neglect is present in any social class, a lot of parents that live in poverty are not negligent; but poverty has many characteristics that contribute to the presence of neglect. Considering the importance of preventing and better understanding neglect, the present paper aims to describe and discuss similarities and differences among negligent families, comparing them to other families in terms of socioeconomic aspects and risk factors related to neglect. A total of 90 parents of…
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Objective: To describe and analyze the interactions between children and their siblings in an institutional shelter. Method: Descriptive research with convenience sample carried out with seven groups of two or three siblings who were at the institution. Focal-subject observation techniques were used with focus on the siblings, noting the frequency, peers, and types of interaction among the siblings and other children. Results: There was a higher average interaction among siblings when they shared the dormitory; when they were in separate ones the interaction was higher with other…
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Most research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been conducted in high-income countries in the global North. The current longitudinal study examined the prevalence, overlap, and impact of ACEs in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents who use city streets as spaces for socialization and survival (i.e., street-involved youth). Participants (N = 113; M age = 14.18 years) were recruited in three cities following standardized procedures. Most youth were male (80.5%) and non-White (91%). Lifetime exposure to ACEs was assessed at the first…
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Objective:
to understand the perspective of caregivers about the formation and disruption of bonds with institutionalized children.
Method:
a qualitative research that used as a theoretical framework the Attachment Theory and the Symbolic Interactionism, and the Grounded Theory as methodological framework. Participating in the study were 15 female caregivers of children aged zero to three years, from a child care institution in the south of Brazil, from April to July 2015.
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three categories were elaborated: "Experiencing the formation of bond and attachment…
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This chapter aims to present a research grounded in the bioecology of human development that analyzed shelter institutions through the perceptions of children aged from 7 to 12 years. The methodology focused on documental research, ecological engagement, and reflexive interviews associated with simultaneous photographic records made by seven children of two governmental institutions located in the south of Brazil. The main purpose of data collection was to listen to children’s voices and develop a dialogue taking into account their life adversities and experiences while being…
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This chapter aims to (1) review results of recent studies, conducted in different countries, on the subjective well-being of children; (2) provide an overview of residential care in Brazil; (3) discuss recent research findings from the Research Group on Community Psychology (GPPC) of well-being in children in southern Brazil; and (4) discuss the specifics of the research context with children on state protection. For the first part of the chapter a review of the literature was conducted using the terms “well-being + child * + residential care” or “foster care” or “care system”,…
This study investigates the interplay and social relationships between young street dwellers and middle class residents, businesses, and police in one specific neighbourhood in urban Brazil. The purpose of this study was to: (1) examine the hegemonic exclusionary discourses that happen regarding ‘other’ poor people in general and boys and young men on the street in particular; (2) map out exclusionary mechanisms that guard the socio-spatial boundaries of an elite neighbourhood; and (3) explore less known but equally important inclusionary mechanisms, facilitating street life and…