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Contains practical tools and policy guidance for family and child welfare policy makers and practitioners. Relevant topics include gatekeeping, redirecting resources into preventive and family based services, and standards of care.
This manual - the first in a series - provides an overview of the problem of child abuse and neglect and the prevention and intervention processes.
Discusses approaches to protecting at-risk children in five Asian countries. Identifies programming and policy measures that effectively address child abuse. Emphasis on committing all levels of society to coordinated practical response.
An overview of the largest longitudinal investigation of institutionalized children less than 2 years old ever conducted.
A policy paper that presents a holistic view of child sexual abuse and exploitation examining all the situations where children are sexually abused.
Minimum standards for counseling center and child hotline responding to abuse, exploitation and neglect in Romania.
A research study which explores the overt and covert abuse and neglect experienced by children, especially by those who work and/or live on the streets, in three Nigerian towns. Includes a brief discussion of the African Network on Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) in Nigeria.
Documents the nature of sexual abuse against girls in Zambia, why it continues to happen, and the links with HIV infection. Outlines policies for prevention and details what each relevant organization on the ground is doing (or not doing) to address the problem.
A training guide for health and social workers on the delivery of medical and psychosocial services to survivors of sexual abuse.
A report of an action research study done by Farm Orphan Support Trust of Zimbabwe (FOST), to learn about the problems of child-headed households on commercial farms in Mashonaland Central and Manicaland provinces. The report includes the problems indentified and some recommendations for interventions, such as integration of psycho-social support and provision of material needs.