THE INFLUENCE OF A CHILD’S ETHNIC ORIGIN ON ITS ACCEPTANCE INTO FOSTER CARE
Pavla Štochlová, Lucie Kozlová
University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, Department of
Social Work, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Korespondenční autor: Pavla Štochlová (pavla.stochlova@gmail.com)
ISSN 1804-7181 (On-line)
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Submitted:10. 5. 2012
Accepted: 27. 9. 2012
Published online: 20. 12. 2012
Summary
This article describes ethnic affiliation of children suitable for adoption and foster care as one of the components playing an important role in the process of implementing foster care. The theoretical part of the article offers an analysis of the concept of “ethnic group”, the perception of the ethnic affiliation of a child by adoption and foster care applicants, and further informs about the activities and collaboration with families of sociolegal protection institutions following the realization of substitute family care. The empirical part of the article focuses in its content on the ethnical affiliation of children suitable for adoption and foster care with whom the effort to place them into substitute family care was unsuccessful during the research period. To obtain the needed results, a quantitative sociological research strategy was employed. The relevant data concerning the ethnical affiliation of children not placed into substitute family care are processed comprehensively for the whole Czech Republic, with a clear breakdown into individual regions.
Keywords: child; ethnic group; substitute family care
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