Children in foster families in Greece

dc.contributor.author	Ασκούνη, Νέλλη	el
dc.contributor.author	Κάκουρος, Ευθύμιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Μπαλούρδος, Διονύσης	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-07T18:23:15Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/9885
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
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dc.source	http://www.arsi.gr	en
dc.subject	Ανάδοχες οικογένειες
dc.subject	Υιοθετημένα παιδιά
dc.subject	Ελλάδα
dc.subject	Adopted children
dc.subject	Greece
dc.title	Children in foster families in Greece	en
heal.type	conferenceItem
heal.secondaryTitle	current status and prospects	en
heal.classification	Sociology
heal.classification	Families
heal.classification	Κοινωνιολογία
heal.classification	Οικογένεια
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Κοινωνιολογία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Οικογένεια
heal.dateAvailable	10000-01-01
heal.language	en
heal.access	forever
heal.publicationDate	1995-07
heal.bibliographicCitation	Askouni, A., Kakouros, E. & Balourdos, D. (1995) Children in foster families in Greece: current status and prospects. In "9th World Congress of Pediatrics and Child Care, Book of Abstracts". July 1995. London, p.51	en
heal.abstract	This research was conducted on the purpose of evaluating the quality and effectiveness of the currently employed procedures by the National Foundation for Mother and Child Welfare (PIKPA) in promoting foster care programs. Our results showed that a main reason a child was referred to PIKPA was neglect (32,4%) and that the most common reason the foster par-ents gave for fostering a child was their love for neglected children (49,1%). Kinship care (placement in a relative family) was the first setting where the child was placed after PIKPA (58%) and a foster family was the second one (20,1%). A high percentage (38,9%) of the children stayed at these settings for more than eleven years. During this period, 62,8% of the children were not communicating at all with their biological families. In addition, 57,5% of the children presented various mental or/and psychological difficulties. Although the professionals estimate that the majority of foster parents come up to the expectations of the program, there is much room for further improvement. An effective and well organized foster care program should have better defined objectives and provide a better preparation of the foster parents and the children as well as a high quality of post-placement support.	en
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heal.conferenceName	9th World Congress of Pediatrics and Child Care	en
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