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Peer reviewedTam, Tony S. K.; Ho, Mary K. W. – Child Welfare, 1996
Draws on information collected from 877 subjects in Hong Kong using structured questionnaires to highlight the importance of parental involvement in the child's prospects of returning home from residential care. Challenges decisions in discharge planning that do not take into account an overall view of the child's needs. (MOK)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Welfare, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHo, Mary K. W.; Tam, Tony S. K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Studied the first comprehensive research on residential child care in Hong Kong. Found that substantial numbers of children in care had been transferred from one residential facility to another, and that their parents suffered from more health, economic, and social maladjustment. Comparison of children involved in four types of movement found…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHo, Mary K. W.; Tam, Tony S. K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Surveyed the social workers responsible for 877 children in Hong Kong who had been placed in residential care and interviewed 205 parents of these children to determine the reasons for institutionalization. Found that most children were placed in residential care because the parents lacked the tangible resources necessary for them to bring up the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Family Financial Resources, Foreign Countries
