Vulnerable Children, Disposable Mothers: Holocaust and Stolen Generations Memoirs of Childhood

Stolen generations testimony: trauma, historiography, and the question of "truth".

In recent Australian Aboriginal history, testimonies have played a significant role in bringing into the public domain knowledge about the practices and effects of the removal of Aboriginal children from their families and communities. Broadly defined, the category of testimony includes a wide range of texts, such as autobiographical narratives, oral histories, semi-official testimonies such as...

Effectiveness of the Comprehensive Childhood Protection System for vulnerable mothers and children.

OBJECTIVES To establish the effectiveness of the public benefits and services of the "Chile Grows with You" and "Protect Network" programs for socially vulnerable women and children in an urban community in the Metropolitan Region of Chile. METHOD Descriptive study employing a questionnaire. The sample consisted of 132 mothers and their 133 infants, all grouped according to social vulnerabili...

The ‘Stolen Generations' of Mothers and Daughters: Child Apprehension and Enhanced HIV Vulnerabilities for Sex Workers of Aboriginal Ancestry

OBJECTIVES The number of children in care of the state continues to grow in BC, Canada with a historical legacy of child apprehension among criminalized and marginalized populations, particularly women of Aboriginal ancestry and sex workers. However, there is a paucity of research investigating child apprehension experiences among marginalized mothers. The objective of the current analysis is t...

Perception of Childhood Obesity in Mothers of Preschool Children

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to identify the perception of childhood obesity in mothers of preschool children using Q methodology. METHODS A total of 38 Q statements about childhood obesity were obtained from 41 participants. The QUANL PC program was used to analyze the results. RESULTS There were three types of perception toward obesity in mothers of preschool children: the "au...

The childhood origins of World War II and the Holocaust.