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Highlights
- School-based population survey in British Columbia, Canada (unweighted n = 38,015)
- Youth in care reported worse general and mental health than youth not in care.
- Youth in care missed needed medical care more frequently than youth not in care.
- Female and non-binary youth in care had worse health and more missed care than males.
- Negative health care experiences and transportation were barriers for youth in care.
Objective
A large literature has identified exposure to early caregiving adversities as a potent risk for developing affective psychopathology, with depression, in particular, increasing across childhood into adolescence. Evidence suggests telomere erosion, a marker of biological aging, may underlie associations between adverse early-life experiences and later depressive behavior; yet, little is understood about this association during development.
Method
The current accelerated longitudinal study examined concurrent telomere length and depressive symptoms…
Abstract
There are a lack of studies examining youth’s perspective on their experiences in residential care. Such studies may yield important contributions to quality improvement and, hence, outcomes of youth in residential care. In this mixed-methods study, the authors aimed to evaluate youths’ perspectives of the quality of care and experiences in residential group care.
The sample (N = 450) was comprised of 50.9% females and 48.6% males with a mean age of 14.77 (±2.27). The majority were white (36.3%) and black (36.0%). The sample was drawn from 127…
This book presents the results of this research on more than 52,000 children placed in public care in Romania (in special protection) who receive family or residential-type protection services, as shown in Intrograph Chart 1, as well as on the children at risk of separation from their families from the source communities. In order to fulfill the research objectives, various quantitative and qualitative data were collected by means of: (i) a survey of households with children in public care in rural source communities; (ii) case studies in urban source communities; (iii) an analysis…
Sommaire Exécutif
On estime que 30 000 enfants vivent dans approximativement 750 orphelinats en Haïti, dont la majorité est financée et gérée par le secteur privé. Selon le gouvernement d’Haïti, 80 pour cent des enfants dans les orphelinats ont au moins un parent en vie et presque tous ont d’autres membres de leur famille. La pauvreté, le manque d’accès aux services de base, et le désir d’offrir une éducation poussent les parents et les aidants à placer leurs enfants dans des orphelinats. Avec un appui adéquat, de nombreux enfants pourraient réintégrer une prise en charge familiale et…
Executive Summary
An estimated 30,000 children live in approximately 750 mostly privately-run and financed orphanages in Haiti. The Government of Haiti estimates that 80 percent of children in orphanages have at least one living parent, and almost all have other family members. Poverty, lack of access to basic services, and the desire to provide an education drive parents and caregivers to place their children in orphanages. With adequate support, many children could return to family- and community-based care, and at-risk families could be strengthened to prevent…
This report from Opening Doors discusses the Opening Doors II pan-European campaign launched in Chisinau. This campaign addressed challenges and improvements faced in child protection reforms. This document includes latest developments, as well as facts and figures on deinstitutionalization in Moldova including counts on children in institutions and statistics on children with disabilities in institutions.
This Country Fact Sheet from Belgium contains short facts on care and institutionalization in Belgium. Institutional care is the primary form of care for children in Belgium without parental support. Currently, there is no deinstitutionalization strategy in place.
As of 2013, there were over 5,000 children in institutional care in the French community of Belgium. There were over 7,000 children in institutional care in the Flanders community of Belgium as of 2015. Both had a high proportion of children with disabilities in institutional care.
There were about 24,000 children affected by AIDS living in Nepal in 2010; of these 5,000 AIDS orphans were in need of immediate support. The objective of this study was to investigate which model of care and support is more appropriate for improving psychosocial and economic security of AIDS orphans. With 5200 documented cases of AIDS orphans from 42 districts at National Association of People Living with HIV, the authors purposively selected five districts – one from each development region, based on the highest number of AIDS orphans reported. From five…
In March 2012, the Cabinet of the Republic of Rwanda approved the National Strategy for Child Care Reform. The aim of the strategy is to transform Rwanda’s current childcare and child protection system into a family-based, family-strengthening system whose resources (both human and financial) are primarily targeted at supporting vulnerable families to remain together. The strategy recognises that transformation of institutions (sometimes known as orphanages) is an entry point to building sustainable childcare and child protection systems. The first phase, estimated to take 24 months,…