Crescere a Pinerolo: stili di vita, benessere e futuro dei ragazzi

Come vivono i ragazzi? Cosa fanno, cosa pensano, come si relazionano in famiglia e con gli amici? Come aiutarli a crescere bene? Lo studio «Crescere a Pinerolo» si rivolge a 800 ragazzi, dai 12 fino ai 20 anni, che ci raccontano la loro vita, i loro problemi e difficoltà, ma anche le loro potenzialità. I risultati offrono un quadro positivo degli adolescenti: il dialogo con i genitori favorisce le relazioni in famiglia e complessivamente si sentono supportati e protetti, la scuola piace abbastanza e viene compresa l’importanza dell’istruzione. Tra gli aspetti critici che emergono vi sono: la solitudine nell’era digitale, il bullismo verbale e relazionale, l’incertezza del futuro.Fil: Vignola Barbero, G.. Fondazione Emanuela Zancan; ItaliaFil: Canali, Cinzia. Fondazione Emanuela Zancan; ItaliaFil: Eynard, Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; ArgentinaFil: Vecchiato, Tiziano. Fondazione Emanuela Zancan; Itali

Colorectal Cancer Stage at Diagnosis Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

IMPORTANCE Delays in screening programs and the reluctance of patients to seek medical attention because of the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 could be associated with the risk of more advanced colorectal cancers at diagnosis. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was associated with more advanced oncologic stage and change in clinical presentation for patients with colorectal cancer. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This retrospective, multicenter cohort study included all 17 938 adult patients who underwent surgery for colorectal cancer from March 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021 (pandemic period), and from January 1, 2018, to February 29, 2020 (prepandemic period), in 81 participating centers in Italy, including tertiary centers and community hospitals. Follow-up was 30 days from surgery. EXPOSURES Any type of surgical procedure for colorectal cancer, including explorative surgery, palliative procedures, and atypical or segmental resections. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was advanced stage of colorectal cancer at diagnosis. Secondary outcomes were distant metastasis, T4 stage, aggressive biology (defined as cancer with at least 1 of the following characteristics: signet ring cells, mucinous tumor, budding, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion, and lymphangitis), stenotic lesion, emergency surgery, and palliative surgery. The independent association between the pandemic period and the outcomes was assessed using multivariate random-effects logistic regression, with hospital as the cluster variable. RESULTS A total of 17 938 patients (10 007 men [55.8%]; mean [SD] age, 70.6 [12.2] years) underwent surgery for colorectal cancer: 7796 (43.5%) during the pandemic period and 10 142 (56.5%) during the prepandemic period. Logistic regression indicated that the pandemic period was significantly associated with an increased rate of advanced-stage colorectal cancer (odds ratio [OR], 1.07; 95%CI, 1.01-1.13; P = .03), aggressive biology (OR, 1.32; 95%CI, 1.15-1.53; P < .001), and stenotic lesions (OR, 1.15; 95%CI, 1.01-1.31; P = .03). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE This cohort study suggests a significant association between the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the risk of a more advanced oncologic stage at diagnosis among patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer and might indicate a potential reduction of survival for these patients

The international association: Origins, history, and development

In this special issue of Children and Youth Services Review, we present a sampling of research and scholarship performed by members of the International Association for Outcome-Based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children's Services (iaOBERfcs). The iaOBERfcs is a small group of scholars in this arena, who have been invited to come together to work collaboratively on descriptive and comparative evaluations and research. The Association has been able to meet annually, in the various countries of its members, since 2001. We have organised these offerings to represent different theoretical perspectives and/or practical examples of outcome evaluation, embedded within the cultural and national perspectives of Association members from a variety of countries. Not all countries included in the International Association can be represented here, but we hope that this selection will provide a tasting of the fruits of our collaborations. In a recent seminar we proposed an image for depicting the International Association: we used the image of a tree. We will use that image for describing the history of the International Association for Outcome-Based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children's Services (iaOBERfcs).History International Association Future development

Child protection in Italy and Spain: Influence of the family supported society

The analysis of the historical development of child protection in Spain and Italy shows remarkable common aspects. There has been a strong tradition of using residential care by means of large institutions, mostly run by catholic religious organizations, in both countries, and both have had to face the challenge of changing the tendency of this institutional care to a family based care. On the other hand, both countries share aMediterranean culture where the family has been the main provider of personal and social wellbeing, although the welfare state has achieved a high level of development with large health, education, and socialservices coverage in the last decades. The current financial crisis of these countries is jeopardizing these recently attained advances and again the importance of family support is becoming crucial. The articlereviews the historical development of out-of-home care in both countries and compares foster family and residential care, as well as the main research contributions to these topics in both countries

Mirando al pasado - mirando al futuro: mensajes de profesionales sociales experimentados a los recién calificados

This paper first briefly scopes what is known about social workers who make a long-term commitment to working within child and family services. It then reports on the re-sponse of 32 long-serving social workers from 9 countries to an open-questions survey about the messages they would want to pass on to beginning social workers. The thematic analysis seeks to tease out the motivations, rewards and strategies that are associated with those who, in different country contexts, remain committed to and find satisfaction in child and family social work. Whilst identifying similar themes to those reported in earlier publications, mostly focusing on why some social workers leave and others stay, it adds to the still comparatively limited literature reporting on career-long child and family social workers.Este artigo examina, brevemente, em primeiro lugar, o que se sabe sobre profissio-nais da área social que assumem um compromisso de longo prazo com o trabalho nos serviços para crianças e famílias. Em seguida, relata a resposta de 32 trabalhadores e educadores sociais seniores, de 9 países, a um questionário de perguntas abertas sobre as mensagens que eles gostariam de transmitir para aqueles que iniciam a sua profissão. A análise temática procura descobrir as motivações, recompensas e estratégias que estão associadas àqueles que, em diferentes países e contextos, se mantêm empenhados e encontram satisfação no trabalho social com crianças e famílias. Embora identifique temas semelhantes aos relatados em publicações anteriores, a maioria dos quais focados nas razões por que alguns profissio-nais saem e outros ficam, acrescenta à literatura, ainda comparativamente limitada, relatos sobre as carreiras dos profissionais que desenvolvem o seu trabalho, durante prazos longos, com crianças e famíliasEste artículo examina brevemente, en primer lugar, el conocimirnto existente sobre los profesionales del ámbito social que están comprometidos al trabajo con infancia y familias a largo plazo. A continuación, informa acerca de las respuestas a un cuestionario de preguntas abiertas sobre los mensajes que transmitirían a quienes inician la profesión. El cuestionarió se ha pasado a 32 trabajadores sociales y educadores, de 9 países distintos, con una larga experiencia acreditada. El objetivo del análisis de este tema es conocer las motivaciones, recompensas y estrategias que se asocian a quienes, en diferentes países y contextos, se mantienen comprometidos con la profesión y encuentran satisfacción en el tra-bajo social con niños y familias. Si bien el artículo identifica temas similares a los tratados en publicaciones anteriores, que abordan las razones de la permanencia o del cambio en este ámbito profesional, en nuestro caso se agregan, además y considerando las limitaciones de las comparativas existentes, informes precisos sobre la trayectoria de los profesionales que desarrollan su labor, a lo largo de mucho tiempo, en estos ámbitos de trabajo

Mirando hacia atrás - Mirando hacia adelante: mensajes de trabajadores sociales experimentados para los recién calificados

[EN] This paper first briefly scopes what is known about social workers who make a long-term commitment to working within child and family services. It then reports on the re-sponse of 32 long-serving social workers from 9 countries to an open-questions survey about the messages they would want to pass on to beginning social workers. The thematic analysis seeks to tease out the motivations, rewards and strategies that are associated with those who, in different country contexts, remain committed to and find satisfaction in child and family social work. Whilst identifying similar themes to those reported in earlier publications, mostly focusing on why some social workers leave and others stay, it adds to the still comparatively limited literature reporting on career-long child and family social workers. [ES] Este artículo examina brevemente, en primer lugar, el conocimirnto existente sobre los profesionales del ámbito social que están comprometidos al trabajo con infancia y familias a largo plazo. A continuación, informa acerca de las respuestas a un cuestionario de preguntas abiertas sobre los mensajes que transmitirían a quienes inician la profesión. El cuestionarió se ha pasado a 32 trabajadores sociales y educadores, de 9 países distintos, con una larga experiencia acreditada. El objetivo del análisis de este tema es conocer las motivaciones, recompensas y estrategias que se asocian a quienes, en diferentes países y contextos, se mantienen comprometidos con la profesión y encuentran satisfacción en el tra-bajo social con niños y familias. Si bien el artículo identifica temas similares a los tratados en publicaciones anteriores, que abordan las razones de la permanencia o del cambio en este ámbito profesional, en nuestro caso se agregan, además y considerando las limitaciones de las comparativas existentes, informes precisos sobre la trayectoria de los profesionales que desarrollan su labor, a lo largo de mucho tiempo, en estos ámbitos de trabajo

Crescere: studio longitudinale per il benessere dell'infanzia.

La transizione dall'infanzia all'adolescenza \ue8 un momento chiave nella vita di una persona. Si affrontano numerose sfide e compiti di sviluppo, che aiutano la persona a formare la propria identit\ue0. Quali fattori favoriscono la crescita positiva e proteggono dai rischi? \ue8 la domanda principale dello studio Crescere. I risultati mettono in luce i circoli virtuosi che si possono sviluppare nella vita dei ragazzi. Emerge l'importanza dei legami familiari, del dialogo con i genitori, del supporto che ricevono dalla famiglia, e di quanto sia importante per promuovere la fiducia nelle proprie capacit\ue0, il sentirsi bene con se stessi e con gli altri. il benessere scolastico \ue8 un altro aspetto fondamentale per la crescita, per lo sviluppo psicologico e sociale dei ragazzi. L'articolo presenta i risultati finora raggiunti dalla ricerca longitudinale (10 anni

An international classification system for child welfare programs

A major challenge in child welfare is whether a program (or service) developed and successfully implemented in one jurisdiction, especially another country, will attain the same outcomes for children and families in another jurisdiction? This paper presents the "DCE Classification System" (Defining, Classifying, and Evaluating), a classification system that facilitates cross-jurisdiction comparisons of child and family services. The paper reviews the cross-national research literature in child and family services as well as literature on classification schemes and typologies. As an example of the issues that arise when importing a promising program, we briefly highlight the exporting and importing of family group conferencing. After tracing the history and development of the DCE Classification System, the paper describes the proposed classification scheme, and provides a brief example of how researchers and practitioners can use the classification system for cross-national comparisons of client outcomes and program costs. Finally, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this approach, as well as possible benefits for child and family practices.Classification system Child welfare Programs Services Interventions International

Child Poverty in Germany. Conceptual Aspects and Core Findings

Andresen S, Fegter S, Hurrelmann K, Pupeter M, Schneekloth U. Child Poverty in Germany. Conceptual Aspects and Core Findings. In: Fernandez E, Zeira A, Vecchiato T, Canali C, eds. Theoretical and Empirical Insights into Child and Family Poverty. Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Vol 10. 1st ed. Cham: Springer; 2015: 127-140