Essays about: "family-based care"

Found 5 essays containing the words family-based care.

  1. 1. It is like fighting against an entire army : A qualitative study of patients’ and parents’ experiences oftreatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Hanna Berghamre; [2022]
    Keywords : Anorexia Nervosa; Family-based treatment; Eating disorders; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Day-patient care;

    Abstract : Introduction. Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder with one of the highest mortalityrates of all psychiatric illnesses. One county hospital in Sweden has seen an increase in theprevalence of adolescent AN over the last year. READ MORE

  3. 2. Young People Living in Residential Care in Estonia: Pathways to Further and Higher Education

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Gerda Heinma; [2018-07-23]
    Keywords : educational choice; educational pathway; Estonia; out-of-home care; residential care; young people.;

    Abstract : Educational outcomes of children and young people in out-of-home care are internationally well researched. Relatively less is known about the basis for their choice of educational pathway. The aim of this degree report is to determine the different influences behind educational choices of young people in residential care. READ MORE

  4. 3. Orphaned children´s school attendance in Kenya

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Andreas Wigren; [2016-09-16]
    Keywords : Human Capital; Education; Kenya; Orphans;

    Abstract : This paper aims to investigate how school attendance differs for orphan children living at orphanages and orphan children living in the family based care called “Kinship care” in Nairobi, Kenya. The data was retrieved through qualitative interviews with 55 orphan children in Nairobi during a five weeks period in April and May 2016. READ MORE

  5. 4. A child belongs to the whole community.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Lovisa Strömberg; Josefin Svensson; [2015-01-22]
    Keywords : Institutional care; family-based care; orphans and convention of the rights of the child.;

    Abstract : This qualitative study has taken place in Burundi. Burundi suffers from years of violence and diseases like HIV/AIDS. Many parents have passed away or are not capable to take care of their children, which are leading to a lot of Orphans and other Vulnerable Children (OVC). READ MORE

  6. 5. Towards a brighter future for institutionalised children? A case study of de-institutionalisation of childcare in Kyrgyzstan.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Anna-Lena Nordin; [2015]
    Keywords : child protection.; childcare system reform; alternative care; residential childcare; Institutional childcare; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Institutional care for children, so called orphanages, are still the most common type of alternative care for children deprived of parental care in Kyrgyzstan. The number of children who enter residential care in Kyrgyzstan has increased in recent years – this despite international attention of the need to move away from institutional childcare towards a range of family-based services. READ MORE