Abstract The Bucharest Early Intervention Project is the first ever randomized controlled trial
of foster care as an alternative to institutional care for young abandoned children. This article …

Entry to institutional care is being used as an ineffective and expensive response to child
and family poverty in a number of countries. In this paper, the practice of using institutional …

Abstract The Bucharest Early Intervention Project is the first ever randomized controlled trial
of foster care as an alternative to institutional care for young abandoned children. This paper …

How do harsh early environments affect children's development? The answer to this
question is complex and difficult to determine for a variety of reasons. However, data …

Les enfants et la politique de protection sociale en Roumanie. La période postcommuniste a
généré de nombreuses difficultés, mais aussi de nouvelles opportunités pour les familles de …

The study addressed foundling and abandoned children in the Palestinian society as a multi-
dimensional phenomenon. The study consisted of a retrospective transversal survey of one …

Method Written consent was obtained from the appropriate Romanian authorities to use
these archival data for research purposes, and the study was approved by the appropriate …

Abstract In 1990, Romania signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the rights of
children. This created the conditions for the adoption of some measures that lead to the …

This article reports the findings of a multi-country study of medical professionals' perceptions
and evaluations of children. The primary aim of the study was to establish the perceptions …

Caritas is one of the best known charity organizations active in Europe. Established in
Romania immediately after the political shift in 1990, it developed services for the needy in …