The purpose of this literature review is to inform and examine how foster children were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many enter exit child welfare system every day, did not stop due There many challenges that ranged from providing adequate services, seeing youth in person, visiting facilities homes, biological parents exercising their rights visitation, court proceedings, mention stress f...

Adoption is a necessity for every family that cannot have children, especially married couples who do not children so they make adopted like biological children. Problems arise if the adoptive parents submitted lawsuit canceling adoption. This paper result of legal research method using an empirical juridical problem approach. The considerations are court may refuse to examine and decide on cas...

Arranged marriage is where parents choose marital partners for their children. It is a norm in many parts of Asia and Middle East. A marriage is said to be consanguineous where the marriages are solemnized among persons with close biological relations. There is considerable overlap in arranged and consanguineous marriages with many cultures adopting both practices. Recent studies showed that th...

The evolving American family presents new psycholegal dilemmas. Recently many publicized landmark cases have involved custody disputes in which settlements turn on the genetic component. Although the court acknowledges the principle of "the best interest of the child" as important to the determination of custody, this interest is not absolutely paramount. Court rulings have taken the position t...

In South Africa, rates of adoption remain low while the number of fostered children continually rises. Little is known about the public perceptions, beliefs and experiences that inform decisions to either foster or adopt in South Africa. This qualitative research explored these issues among a national sample of childless adults, biological parents, kin and non-kin fostering parents and prospect...

BACKGROUND The increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in children and the huge family burdens have caused concern in the academic field as well as society. AIM To study the personality characteristics and neurocognitive functions in the Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and compare them with the parents of well-developed children. METHOD This study r...

BACKGROUND Data sharing presents several challenges to the informed consent process. Unique challenges emerge when sharing pediatric or pregnancy-related data. Here, parent preferences for sharing non-biological data are examined. METHODS Groups (n = 4 groups, 18 participants) and individual interviews (n = 19 participants) were conducted with participants from two provincial, longitudinal pr...

Objective To determine whether familial risk of cancer is limited to early onset cases. Design Nationwide prospective cohort study. Setting Nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer Database. Participants All Swedes born after 1931 and their biological parents, totalling >12.2 million individuals, including >1.1 million cases of first primary cancer. Main outcome measures Familial risks of the concordan...

Background. A formative assessment of the implementation of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) at school showed high acceptability and willingness to test among learners. However, the success of the proposed HTC depends on the support and acceptability of key stakeholders, including the parents. The aim of the study was to assess the opinions and acceptability of the implementation of HTC at scho...