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Child abuse and neglect in Cambodian refugee families: characteristics and implications for practice
- Authors:
- CHANG Janet, RHEE Siyon, BERTHOLD S. Megan
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 87(1), 2008, pp.141-160.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
This study examines the characteristics and patterns of child maltreatment among Cambodian refugee families in Los Angeles and assesses the implications for child welfare practice with Cambodian refugee families. Data were extracted from 243 active Cambodian case files maintained by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Service (LAC-DCFS). Some of the major findings include: (1) Cambodian child maltreatment cases were most frequently reported to the LAC-DCFS among various Asian-Pacific ethnic groups; (2) Cambodian refugee families were more likely to be charged with neglect, while their Asian-Pacific counterparts were more likely to be charged with physical abuse; (3) the circumstances under which maltreatment occurred most frequently were parental substance abuse and mental illness; and (4) while fathers who maltreated their child were likely to use alcohol, mothers were also more likely to have a mental health problem such as depression. This study suggest the importance of collaboration between child protective service agencies, substance abuse programs, traditional healers, mental health services and other social service agencies for effective child abuse prevention and intervention efforts.
A year of COVID-19 in crisis: the impact of the pandemic for children, young people and families already on the brink
- Authors:
- SMITH Amelia, BARRON Richard, JAKOBCZAK Anna
- Publisher:
- Buttle UK
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- London
This report highlights how families, already in crisis, have been made to struggle even more during the pandemic. More families are in debt and struggling financially. Mental health problems have increased in parents and children. More children have been experiencing neglect. More children have been struggling or unable to engage in home-schooling, and parents have struggled to support this on top of dealing with trauma. Some of the key statistics that can be drawn from our data are as follows: 72% of families in crisis are in debt during COVID-19, compared to only 50% beforehand; 17% of children have been experiencing neglect during COVID-19, compared to 13% beforehand; 13% of children have been experiencing abuse, compared to 10% beforehand; 27% of parents/carers have been experiencing mental health problems during COVID-19, compared to 21% beforehand; 75% of children and young people have had behavioural and emotional difficulties during COVID-19, compared to 71% beforehand; 14% of children and young people have been out of education, compared to 5% beforehand. (Edited publisher abstract)
Do maltreated children who remain at home function better than those who are placed?
- Authors:
- MENNEN Ferol E., BRENSILVER Matthew, TRICKETT Penelope K.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 32(12), December 2010, pp.1675-1682.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The majority of children in the child welfare system remain with their maltreating parents. The mental health functioning of children who had been abused or neglected was compared with a comparison sample of non maltreated children to see if the level of functioning varied by the child’s maltreatment status or placement type. An ethnically diverse sample of 302 maltreated children and 151 comparison non-maltreated children aged 9–12 were interviewed to see if there were differences between those who remained at home, those placed in kin care, non-relative foster care, and those in the comparison group. The children were evaluated on multiple measures of mental health functioning, both self report and caregiver report. The results showed that the maltreated children did not differ by placement type but did score significantly higher than the comparison children on many measures. There were substantial numbers of maltreated children scoring in the clinical range of measures in all placement types with over 60% of those remaining with birth parents being seen as functioning at a level that indicated a need for mental health intervention. While fewer comparison children had scores indicating a need for mental health care, the numbers were higher than noted in national studies. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Neglected children and their families
- Author:
- STEVENSON Olive
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 182p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotional abuse and neglect is an important responsibility as well as a key skill. As well as ensuring that children and young people are free from harm, it is equally important to ensure their well-being and quality of life. This new edition is updated throughout to include the latest policy and research developments, and expanded to include greater consideration of topics such as the impact of parental mental health, substance abuse and alcoholism on parental capacity and the issue of parents with learning disabilities. Providing clear guidelines for the assessment and intervention of child neglect, Neglected Children and Their Families is an invaluable resource for all those studying and working in childcare, including social workers, health visitors and child nurses.
Child homicide psychiatric disorder and dangerousness: a review and an empirical approach
- Authors:
- STROUD Julia, PRITCHARD Colin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 31(2), April 2001, pp.249-269.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Recently there has been increased professional recognition of the association between adult psychiatric disorder and childcare, although the association with child homicide continues to be overlooked. By reviewing the psychiatric child homicide studies and analysing of a decade of child murder in two English counties, the authors propose how dangerousness, psychiatric disorder and child homicide may be conceptualised. Whilst the vast majority of psychiatrically disturbed people pose no threat to their children, the psychiatrically disordered are over-represented in unselected child homicide case samples, women account for almost half the assailants and assaults are predominately an intra-familial phenomenon. Extra-familial assaults are associated with a sexual motive.
The health of children in foster care
- Authors:
- BILAVER Lucy A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 73(3), September 1999, pp.401-417.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
Reports on and American study which compares the health service use and the prevalence of reported conditions among three groups of Medicaid-eligible Illinois children: those receiving Aid to Families the Dependent Children (AFDC), who do not enter foster care, those receiving AFDC who subsequently enter foster care, and children in foster care. Results found that the two groups of children receiving AFDC differed in their health service use and reported conditions. Once in foster care children used more health services than children receiving AFDC. Children in kinship foster care also had similar patterns of service use and reported conditions.
Where do we go from here?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.2.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
After intensive help a young mother's parenting skills fail to improve. Talks to the social worker facing the dilemma and provides an expert's view of the case.
A testament to pain
- Author:
- GAZE Harriet
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.3.98, 1998, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how a new book, Wednesday's Child by Bifulco and Moran, which draws on 20 years of research involving 800 London women. The research reveals the links between widespread abuse of women in childhood and clinical depression in later life.
An overview of emotional maltreatment and failure-to-thrive
- Author:
- IWANIEC Dorota
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 6(5), December 1997, pp.370-388.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Provides a detailed overview of the history of the current identification of emotional abuse and neglect as a separate condition within child abuse. Discusses how there is now a growing consensus among professionals that emotional maltreatment is more prevalent than was realised; it is at the core of all major forms of abuse and neglect ; its impact is usually more damaging than the effects of physical and sexual abuse; and it requires special attention to disentangle emotional from physical acts of maltreatment.
Mental illness, delinquency, addictions and neglect
- Editors:
- NUNNALLY Elam W., CHILMAN Catherine S., COX Fred M.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 266p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses several forms of therapy for families which face problems of schizophrenia and other mental illness; drug abuse; alcoholism; delinquency or child neglect.