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Kinship care has become a favourable alternative care option for orphans and vulnerable children without adequate parental care in Ghana. However, kinship care practices in Ghana are considered informal cultural practices without formal regulations. The absence of formal regulations could have consequences on the health and development of children due to the lack of proper supervision and empirical assessment of children's needs. In line with recent policy discussions on mechanisms to regulate informal kinship care practices, this study aimed to identify how the…
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Much literature about kinship care has focused on grandparents, with limited attention to other kinship carers. This article describes results from the second part of an Australian research project that explored the prevalence, experiences and support needs of kinship carers aged 18–30 years through interviews with 41 kinship carers. Most were sisters or aunts. Findings included deep commitment of the carers to children in their care and the children's positive development over time. Young kinship carers described personal costs of caring, including sudden adjustment to the task…
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This is the 3rd and final presentation in the Kinship Care in Brazil mini-series. Here, Claudia Cabral of Associação Brasileira Terra dos Homens describes the importance of considering the extended family when making decisions about children’s care, and efforts to advocate to the Brazilian government.
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Esta é a 3ª e última apresentação da mini-série Kinship Care (Acolhimento pela familia extensa) no Brasil. Aqui, Claudia Cabral, da Associação Brasileira Terra dos Homens, descreve a importância de…
This is the 2nd presentation in the Kinship Care in Brazil mini-series. Here, Jonathan Hannay of ACER Brazil, shares learning from a programme of formal therapeutics kinship care that draws upon the Breaking the Cycle approach. Correction: The number stated at 17:02 should be 4, not 17.
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This is the 1st presentation in our Kinship Care in Brazil mini-series. Here, Ana Angélica Campelo of Brazil’s Ministry of Citizenship, shares an overview of the social welfare system in Brazil and how kinship care fits within it.
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Esta é a 1ª apresentação da mini-série Kinship Care (Acolhimento pela familia extensa) no Brasil. Aqui, Ana Angélica Campelo, do Ministério da Cidadania, compartilha uma visão geral do sistema de assistencia social no Brasil e como o acolhimento pela familia…
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This secondary analysis involved exclusively parents with children placed in kinship care by a child welfare agency. It examined associations between parents’ receipt of needed services and 6 sets of variables measuring parents’ needs, access to service providers, social structural factors, demographic factors, family resources, and child welfare interventions experienced. The sample of 731 parents was extracted from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being II. Data were analyzed using generalized least squares random-effects modeling. Analysis showed an association…
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Education is a fundamental and universal basic need for all, especially orphans and vulnerable children in Tanzania. Education imparts knowledge, skills, and competencies to individuals. This study assessed educational opportunities and the support available to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Bagamoyo District to determine socioeconomic and psychological factors that limit access to education. Data were collected using in-depth interviews, non-participant observation and documentary review. The study involved 102 orphans and vulnerable children aged between 7 and 15 years…
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Given the high rates of placement disruptions for teenagers, a need exists for resource parents (the collective term for foster, adoptive, kinship, and guardian caregivers) who are both willing and able to care for teenagers. In response to this need, we created Critical On-going Resource Family Education (CORE) Teen, a comprehensive foster parent training program designed to provide resource parents with the knowledge and skills to support teens in their care. A one-way repeated measures ANOVA compared the results from participants at the pretest (N=188), posttest (N=130), and…
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In a context of rapidly changing social and economic conditions and increasing practice complexity, critical research perspectives can create in-depth explanatory knowledge for social work practice. Drawing on a broader knowledge base, these approaches provide a comprehensive view of social phenomena and the causes of personal and social harm. They also offer a framework to guide ethical intervention based on principles of collaboration, social justice and social transformation. The aim of this article is to demonstrate how critically oriented research can deliver useful and…
This report illustrates current patterns and projected trends of population aging in Africa and empirical evidence of the socioeconomic circumstances and health status of older Africans. Two central themes are applied throughout the report: (1) the profoundly different nature of aging in Africa compared to other world regions; and (2) the important heterogeneity in aging experiences within Africa both between and within subregions and countries.
Data for this report come from many sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau’s International Data Base (IDB) and HIV/AIDS…