Child Welfare
Volume 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-168

Your policies, our children: Messages from refugee parents to child welfare workers and policymakers (Article)

Dumbrill G.C.
  • a McMaster University, School of Social Work, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Abstract

In this study, refugee parents living in Canada share their views of parenting and their experiences of Canadian child welfare services. Using photovoice methods, parents develop messages for child welfare workers and policymakers working with refugee families and communities. The messages are presented from the parents' point of view within three major themes: understanding the hopes and fears we have for our children, understanding our settlement challenges, and working with us in the development of child welfare policies and services.

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Index Keywords

Needs Assessment refugee psychological aspect Professional-Family Relations human Africa, Western Refugees Asia policy Adaptation, Psychological ethnology Social Work human relation Humans Adolescent male Canada Emigrants and Immigrants Acculturation female adaptive behavior Africa Child Welfare cultural factor Article migration public policy attitude to health Child

Link
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ISSN: 00094021
Cited by: 23
Original Language: English