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Whole-community intervention for left-behind children in rural China

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  • Guan, Shanshan
  • Deng, Guosheng

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As the annual number of reported difficulties with LBC increases in rural China, the need to find innovative and different interventions grows. In this study, the outcomes of a whole-community intervention program targeted at improving the well-being of LBC and other rural children ages 7–18 were examined through a quasi-experimental evaluation. Our evidence suggests that the implementation of the Children's Companion Mother Program benefitted LBC in several dimensions of their well-being: their resilience, physical health, academic performance, safety, guardianship and communicative competence. This study also examined intervention effects among different populations. The ‘Whole Community and Whole Child’ approach, containing pluralistic engagement, activated endogenous resources, and para-professional social service workers, should be employed in order to build up a systematic and effective rural child well-being framework.

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  • Guan, Shanshan & Deng, Guosheng, 2019. "Whole-community intervention for left-behind children in rural China," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 101(C), pages 1-11.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:101:y:2019:i:c:p:1-11
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.03.033
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    1. Lei, Jie & Cai, Tian & Brown, Louise & Lu, Wei, 2019. "A pilot project using a community approach to support child protection services in China," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 1-1.
    2. Chunhai Gao & Endale Tadesse & Sabika Khalid, 2022. "Word of Mouth from Left-Behind Children in Rural China: Exploring Their Psychological, Academic and Physical Well-being During COVID-19," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 15(5), pages 1719-1740, October.
    3. Jason Hung, 2023. "Policy-Oriented Examination of Left-Behind Children’s Health and Well-Being in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-12, March.
    4. Yue Tang & Li Zhu & Jiang Li & Ni Zhang & Yilin Sun & Xiaokang Wang & Honglin Wu, 2023. "Assessment of Perceived Factors of Road Safety in Rural Left-Behind Children’s Independent Travel: A Case Study in Changsha, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-23, June.
    5. Zhu, Xiaoqin & Shek, Daniel T.L., 2020. "Impact of a positive youth development program on junior high school students in mainland China: A pioneer study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).

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