Institutional Care of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Oliver Twist

Whether institutions or extended families are better suited to care for orphans depends on the specific circumstances. Reported rates of traumatic experiences among orphans and vulnerable children are high in both institutions and extended families; improving the quality of care for such children sh...

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Autor principal: Braitstein, Paula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4570007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26374794
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00228
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spelling pubmed-45700072015-09-21 Institutional Care of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Oliver Twist Braitstein, Paula Glob Health Sci Pract Editorial Whether institutions or extended families are better suited to care for orphans depends on the specific circumstances. Reported rates of traumatic experiences among orphans and vulnerable children are high in both institutions and extended families; improving the quality of care for such children should be the paramount priority in all settings. Global Health: Science and Practice 2015-09-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4570007/ /pubmed/26374794 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00228 Text en © Braitstein. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00228.
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title_fullStr Institutional Care of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Oliver Twist
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title_short Institutional Care of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Oliver Twist
title_sort institutional care of children in low- and middle-income settings: challenging the conventional wisdom of oliver twist
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