Grandparents are often a key source of care provision for their grandchildren, yet they are
sidelined in caregiving research and policy decisions. We conducted a global, systematic …

Father absence in early life has been shown to be associated with accelerated reproductive
development in girls. Evolutionary social scientists have proposed several adaptive …

Objectives COVID-19 may spread rapidly in densely populated urban informal settlements.
Kenya swiftly implemented mitigation policies; we assess the economic, social and health …

Inequality represents an extreme environment to which humans must respond. One
phenomenon that contributes to this growing extreme is precarity or the intersection of …

BACKGROUND Fostering, raising children that are not one's biological children, is common
in many societies worldwide. Despite predicted lower investment in nonbiological offspring …

Background: Diarrhea remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children in
Tanzania. The purpose of this study was to explore associations between diarrheal disease …

Parental dying is a life changing experience for children. This study explores children's
strategies and (inter) actions in their everyday life when facing critically ill parents and …

Nuclear family structures are often thought to be essential for the well-being of children.
Divorce, the loss of either biological parent, the presence of step-parents, and the practice of …

Kinship fostering in Igbo indigenous communities is an enduring alternative child care
practice that promotes collective responsibility for child care in a family environment. The …

Resumen (analítico) El objetivo del estudio consistió en comprender los fenómenos que
emergen de la experiencia de la ausencia paterna durante la infancia del adulto con …