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The alarming prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) across the globe demands scrutinization of the present mechanisms in place to protect children from abuse. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child acknowledges that the family is the natural environment for the development and well-being of children. However, historically, children throughout South Asia have suffered homelessness, neglect and deprivation due to factors such as broken homes, lack of financial resources, physical and sexual abuse, and the age-old tradition of migrating parents in search of a better life,…
Abstract:
Introduction: Even though children in orphanages experience's multifaceted psychosocial problems, limited research has focused on psychological protective factors that can lessen the effect of orphanhood.
Aim: To examine associations between mindfulness and psychological factors (i.e., depression, cognitive function, positive emotion, and negative emotion) among adolescent orphans.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive correlation study and 140 orphan children living in three orphan homes, Tamil Nadu, India were recruited. Study's instruments…
Introduction
Orphanages are a vulnerable group in any socio-economic setting simply because they are deprived of one or both of their primary care givers. The level of vulnerability they face however increases significantly with the level of poverty. The practice of placing deprived children having minimum or no emotional and material resources, in orphanages has since long been prevailing in socio-economically poor Asian countries.
Aims
To assess the nutritional status of children residing at an orphanage.
Methodology
A cross…
This document provides a full report of the workshop on “Depression in Children and Young Persons living in Alternative Care: Challenges and Possibilities.” The workshop was organised by Udayan Care on the 1st of September, 2017 at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) in New Delhi, India, under the tutelage of Dr. Nimesh G. Desai, Director of IHBAS and Dr. Monisha Nayar-Akhtar, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, also teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
The workshop examined the causes, prognosis, and…
EveryChild is an international development charity working in 17 countries with a strategic focus on children without parental care. This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights. It also provides principles for good practice in trying to reduce the number of children without parental…