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As the annual number of reported difficulties with LBC increases in rural China, the need to find innovative and different interventions grows. In this study, the outcomes of a whole-community intervention program targeted at improving the well-being of LBC and other rural children ages 7–18 were examined through a quasi-experimental evaluation. Our evidence suggests that the implementation of the Children's Companion Mother Program benefitted LBC in several dimensions of their well-being: their resilience, physical health, academic performance, safety, …
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The aims of this study were to systematically evaluate and comparatively analyse the mental health status of left‐behind children (LBC) in China and to provide a scientific basis for mental intervention and healthy education for LBC. Six electronic databases were searched for studies (published from 1 January 2010 to 5 March 2018) of the mental health of LBC using the Mental Health Test scale. We only selected original articles that either reported the incidence of serious mental health status or the means and standard deviations of each factor score of the scale. The pooled rates…
This paper from UNICEF presents a profile of children in Cambodia, paying particular attention to those who are left behind in different spheres - education, health and nutrition, and protection - against the backdrop of society’s prevalent inequality. It attempts to present key parameters computed from three databases: the Cambodia Socio-economic Survey (CSES) of 2010, the Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey (CDHS) of 2010 and the Commune Database (CDB) of 2010. At the time of writing, 2010 is the latest year for which data on human development indicators is available, and this…
Introduction
India has a well developed and strong family system. In many areas the traditional joint family system is still very strong where a child grows in the company of his/her own siblings, cousin and grandparents. The term “joint family” is used more commonly than “extended family” in the country. In situations where parents are unable to take care of children due to illness or any other reason, children are taken care of by the joint family i.e by the kins/relatives.
The present Guidelines are not aimed at institutionalising such informal family systems embedded in our socio…
This webinar presentation by Professor Marie Connolly of the University of Melbourne was given at a UNICEF Seminar on the 1 April 2014. Professor Connolly began by introducing the history and background of Family Group Conference (FGC) in New Zealand, which was developed initially in the late 1980s as a culturally responsive way of diverting children and their families from the court system. It has since become a key decision-making mechanism for both care and protection and youth justice systems. FGC was later…
This Handbook produced by Save the Children aims to provide guidance, primarily for Save the Children staff, NGO partners, Community Child Protection Groups and community volunteers in Myanmar, although the authors hope that it will also be used by responsible government bodies. It is based on the outcome of a workshop organized by Save the Children in Yangon, May 2013 and is informed by the international Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2009). It clarifies that the intention of the Handbook is not to formalise kinship…
This book by Dr. Xiaoyuan Shang and Karen Fisher provides a comprehensive and clear picture of the situation of children who are orphaned or abandoned in China. Based on research conducted as part of related projects from 2001 to 2012, it introduces the context and framework for the alternative care system and China’s welfare system as it applies to children, including its history and development in both urban and rural areas. It provides a profile of orphans and of care arrangements, describing both the formal child welfare system that has primary responsibility for the…
This important study on foster care practices in India by BOSCO, a Bangalore based organization promoting a non-institutional model of child care and rehabilitation, provides important insight into the history, approaches, challenges and opportunities facing the development of foster care services in the country. It highlights that foster care has a long history in India spanning across five decades, yet despite this there was very little data available about the foster care organizations providing such services and the various models of foster care they practice. This study sought to remedy…
The goal of this Prakas is to ensure the best interests of the child and to protect the basic rights of all children especially children who are in need of special care and protection or at-risk children, to fully develop in a family environment in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding. This Prakas is intended to define roles and responsibilities of relevant competent agencies and establish procedures, operational guides, and forms to implement the Policy on Alternative Care for Children, aiming to uphold the best interests of the child as the paramount consideration, recognizing…
This manual offers a training session targeted at policy makers, professionals and paraprofessionals who are already working on programs to support children without appropriate care, or who may begin work in this area. It is designed as the first stage in a series of capacity building events which will support the development and implementation of improved care and protection systems for vulnerable children.
This workshop focuses on children in developing contexts, who require support within their families and those who need an alternative care placement. It does not address children on…