Children in difficult circumstances
The rights, health, development and well-being of children in difficult circumstances are severely compromised. Outcomes depend on the nature and duration of the adversity, the child's age and gender, and availability of support and protection.
Community-based and culturally sensitive interventions should be considered as far as possible. Targeting of children orphaned by AIDS should be avoided as stigmatisation may result. Family rather than residential care for orphans is good practice wherever feasible. Effective treatments for abused children include trauma/abuse-focused cognitive therapy and parent-child interaction therapy. Home visiting preventive initiatives have to be intensive if they are to reduce risk of abuse.
- The impact of conflict on infant immunisation coverage in Afghanistan: a countrywide study 2000-2003
- This paper assesses the impact of conflict and resource availability on the provision of infant immunisation services. It evaluates the progress and changes in immunisation coverage in Afghanistan using data from 331 districts across 7 regions of Afghanistan between 2000 and 2003.
Recommended reading
- Family and community interventions for children affected by AIDS
- ( L. Richter; J. Manegold; R. Pather / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This report, produced by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, reviews the effectiveness of current programmes for children affected by HIV and AIDS. It begins by identifying and defin...
- Children's risk, resilience and coping in extreme situations: background paper to the consultation on children in adversity, Oxford, 9-12 September 2000
- ( J. Boyden; G. Mann / Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford , 2000)
- Recommended reading
- Following the near-universal ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the protection of children exposed to adversity has now become one of the central priorities of c...
Latest Additions
- Exposure to war increases malnutrition and stunting amongst children in Burundi
- ( T. Bundervoet;P. Verwimp;R. Akresh / Microcon , 2008)
- This Microcon research working paper examines the impact of Burundi’s civil war on children’s health status, focusing on early childhood malnutrition and stunting. The paper uses household...
- Economic growth does not necessarily translate into improvements in child survival
- ( Save the Children Fund , 2008)
- This Save the Children report considers why millions of children under the age of five continue to die every year, even though proven remedies and practical measures are available to help save them. I...
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