Vulnerable childhood, vulnerable adulthood: Direct provision as aftercare for aged-out separated children seeking asylum in Ireland

Children as a vulnerable population.

Children are not little adults. They have unique patterns of environmental exposure and developmentally determined susceptibilities that increase their risk of disease following toxic environmental exposure. Evidence is accumulating that children's exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment is contributing to changing patterns of pediatric disease.

Vulnerable populations and the transition to adulthood.

D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, and Mark E. Courtney examine the transition to adulthood for youth involved in social service and justice systems during childhood and adolescence. They survey the challenges faced by youth in the mental health system, the foster care system, the juvenile justice system, the criminal justice system, and special education, and by youth with physical disabiliti...

Vulnerable Populations: Vulnerable People

Policies for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

Acknowledgments Thanks to all who contributed ideas and comments on the paper, in particular, Don Dickerson, Norine Jewell, Kevin Osborne, and Brenda Rakama from the POLICY Project. Thanks are also due to POLICY's overseas staff who researched the situation of orphans and vulnerable children in their respective countries and completed the questionnaires that provided valuable information and in...

Comparison of Methods for Participation of Vulnerable Children in Neighborhood Rehabilitation (Case Studies: Tehran’s Southern Neighborhoods)

Due to the poor social and economic conditions of vulnerable children's families, vulnerable children experience urbanspaces for work and play more than other children. Although these children gain a solid understanding of urban spaces,which can be used in the process of designing desirable urban spaces in their neighborhoods, they are less considered insuch projects. Thus, the methodology for ...