Child protective services during COVID-19 and doubly marginalized children: International perspectives

Katz, Carmit; Varela, Natalia; Korbin, Jill E.; Najjar, Afnan Attarsh; Bérubé, Annie; Bishop, E. L.; Collin‐Vézina, Delphine; Desmond, Alan; Fallon, Barbara; Fouché, Ansie; Haffejee, Sadiyya; Kaawa-Mafigiri, David; Katz, Ilan; Kefalidou, Genovefa; Maguire-Jack, Katie; Massarweh, Nadia; Munir, Akhtar; Muñoz, Pablo; Filho, Sidnei Rinaldo Priolo; Tarabulsy, George M.; Levine, Diane; Tiwari, Ashwini; Truter, Elmien; Walker-Williams, Hayley J.; Wekerle, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105634

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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, children living with disabilities, those from low socioeconomic backgrounds, those from rural areas, and those with immigrant or refugee status became more vulnerable to child maltreatment (Katz et al, 2022) because of increased poverty, social isolation due to home schooling, and a corresponding rise in mental health issues (Chaabane et al, 2021;Font et al, 2021;Marmor et al, 2021). The pandemic impacted not only the children in marginalized households, but also their parents, who encountered such challenges as lack of access to services (Brown et al, 2020) and heightened marginalization due to precarious immigration status (Children First Canada, 2020).…”

Section: Immigrant Families and Child Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating “Safety” in a Pandemic: A Critical Examination of Ontario Child Welfare Safety Interventions for Newcomer Parents and Other Families During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Kikulwe,

Maiter

2024

IJCYFS

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This study investigated circumstances surrounding the impact of COVID-19 on child protection investigations, particularly those affecting newcomer parents in Ontario, Canada. Recognizing that the pandemic inflicted substantial socioeconomic disadvantage on some people, the purpose of the study was to use an intersectional lens to examine challenges and solutions found by child welfare agencies when working with families. Insights for policy and practice are drawn from 11 virtual interviews with child welfare workers and managers in Ontario. Our findings reveal that some newcomer families encountered unique challenges: ineligibility for the available pandemic public assistance; inaccessibility to faith-based supports, which had often been their first key contact for mental wellness in the past; technological inequities; and language barriers. These intersecting conditions impacted newcomer families and led to innovative child protection interventions. Analysis of the interview data shows a gradual shift in Ontario from risk-focused approaches to supportive and preventative child welfare interventions in families. Furthermore, supervisors faced the dilemma of how stringently to enforce ongoing safety policies when some social workers were questioning the benefits of these rules for families with intersecting identities who were experiencing added burdens because of the pandemic.

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Section: Immigrant Families and Child Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating “Safety” in a Pandemic: A Critical Examination of Ontario Child Welfare Safety Interventions for Newcomer Parents and Other Families During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Kikulwe,

Maiter

2024

IJCYFS

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“…In 2020, there was scientific evidence of impacts on children's mental health, with the development of different symptoms (Avila et al, 2020;Miranda et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2020). During the deepening of the pandemic, new evidence emerged about the impacts on mental health and the challenges to social protection systems (Almeida et al, 2022;Katz et al, 2022). Moreover, how the crisis affected families broadly compromised children's mental health and capacity to respond to the situation (Bai et al, 2022;Prime et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Mental health and social protection of children during times of crisis: The case of the COVID-19 pandemic

Carvalho

Lucas

2022

Rev Port Inv Comp Soc

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Background: Children and adolescents have been silent victims during global crisis periods. In recent decades, a worldwide discussion has been developed to include health, education, social protection, housing, food, healthy coexistence, and participation, among others, as rights on a global agenda and consolidate children's and adolescents' rights. The world is still experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak, which has been considered one of the greatest crises of humanity, with repercussions throughout the complex of social life. Children and adolescents seem to be most affected by the synergistic effects of this pandemic, with evidence of increased mental health problems, abuse, violence, and other forms of violation of their rights. Objective: This article discusses care strategies based on articulated and coordinated actions between social protection systems that include mental health services. Method: A narrative review of the literature on the Scopus platform was carried out during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. At that time, many organizations pointed out the impact of the pandemic on children's mental health and the challenges for social protection systems. Therefore, we sought to capture this moment through a narrative literature review to identify the experiences of other health crises and what could be done at that moment. From this review, we drew analytical categories to develop a recommendation guide that can be used to improve social protection systems for children and adolescents. Results: The analyses suggested that the protection systems must develop different social policies and care plans for children and adolescents during the humanitarian crisis that must include mental health actions and guarantee their rights. Conclusion: Based on our reflections, we developed a guide of recommendations that governments could adopt to improve their response to children during the post-pandemic future or in other times of crisis.

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Child protective services and out-of-home Care for Children during COVID-19: A scoping review and thematic analysis

Katz,

Attrash-Najjar,

Cohen

et al. 2023

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Child protective services during COVID-19 and doubly marginalized children: International perspectives

Cited by 8 publications

References 78 publications

Navigating “Safety” in a Pandemic: A Critical Examination of Ontario Child Welfare Safety Interventions for Newcomer Parents and Other Families During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Navigating “Safety” in a Pandemic: A Critical Examination of Ontario Child Welfare Safety Interventions for Newcomer Parents and Other Families During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Mental health and social protection of children during times of crisis: The case of the COVID-19 pandemic

Child protective services and out-of-home Care for Children during COVID-19: A scoping review and thematic analysis

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