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Post-Soviet countries face the obstacle of having one of the highest number of children in institutional care worldwide, according to this article from the Children and Youth Services Review. Poverty is one main underlying reason behind this issue. Through a desk review of peer reviewed journal and “grey” literature published in English and Russian languages, this paper provides a review of current deinstitutionalization efforts in the region, identifies potential challenges, describes the need for economic empowerment interventions, and outlines directions for future research.
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Many European countries have high rates of young children in institutions, where the physical care of the child predominates, with social/emotional needs a secondary concern. Institutional care is a very poor substitute for positive family care, increasing the risk of development delay, attachment difficulties, neural growth dysfunction and mental health disorders. This article provides an update on a series of projects that have highlighted this issue in Europe, arguing that babies and small children aged less than 3 years old, with or without disability, should not be placed in residential…
This article discusses the use of institutional care for children in Europe and shows that it remains common place despite the evidence of harm for children, including attachment disorder and developmental delay. The authors review the use of alternatives to institutional care and argue that children less than 3 years old, with or without disability, should not be placed in residential care without a parent and that when institutions are used as an emergency measure, the child should be moved into a foster family as soon as possible.
British Medical Journal VOLUME 332 25 FEBRUARY 2006…